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I have to disagree with this guy'stheological reading of HP. Based on the text and interviewsfrom Rowling, I think it's clear that they are existentialist and secular humanist. The strongest themes in the book are the power of the best sides of humanity -- love, confidence, loyalty, rising above our base desires. It's our choices that make us, not who we're born to or what religious group we belong to. There are good bad guys and bad good guys.
To my mind religion says the opposite; that if you pass the test and prove you are faithful, then you are a good person. Religions believe that everyone in the in-group is good and everyone outside the group is, at best, mistaken. This worldview is precisely what Rowling is opposed to.
To my mind religion says the opposite; that if you pass the test and prove you are faithful, then you are a good person. Religions believe that everyone in the in-group is good and everyone outside the group is, at best, mistaken. This worldview is precisely what Rowling is opposed to.