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10-17-2007, 11:45 PM
| | |  J.K.Rowling talks Harry Potter & religion
Further quotes from J.K.Rowling's L.A. press conference have emerged, in which she discusses religion in relation to Harry Potter. Rowling said that "Hogwarts is a multifaith school" and explains why she refrained from talking about the subject until after the release of Deathly Hallows. Quote:
"To me [the religious parallels have] always been obvious," she said. "But I never wanted to talk too openly about it because I thought it might show people who just wanted the story where we were going."
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"They're very British books, so on a very practical note Harry was going to find biblical quotations on tombstones," Rowling explained. "[But] I think those two particular quotations he finds on the tombstones at Godric's Hollow, they sum up — they almost epitomize the whole series."
Jo also talked about the two poems featured at the beginning of Deathly Hallows. Quote:
"I really enjoyed choosing those two quotations because one is pagan, of course, and one is from a Christian tradition," Rowling said of their inclusion. "I'd known it was going to be those two passages since 'Chamber' was published. I always knew [that] if I could use them at the beginning of book seven then I'd cued up the ending perfectly. If they were relevant, then I went where I needed to go.
"They just say it all to me, they really do," she added.
J.K.R. also touched on her own faith. Quote:
"The truth is that, like Graham Greene, my faith is sometimes that my faith will return. It's something I struggle with a lot," she revealed. "On any given moment if you asked me [if] I believe in life after death, I think if you polled me regularly through the week, I think I would come down on the side of yes — that I do believe in life after death. [But] it's something that I wrestle with a lot. It preoccupies me a lot, and I think that's very obvious within the books."
"I go to church myself," she declared. "I don't take any responsibility for the lunatic fringes of my own religion."
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 I loved the two poems she chose! very nice indeed! | 
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10-18-2007, 01:00 AM
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Hahahaha. She is brilliant! Go pagan poetry!! hehehe.
I like the last quote. Very interesting. | |
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10-18-2007, 01:25 AM
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Er....wow. I'll have to read the whole thing
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that poems were very cool.
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Those poems were really inspiring!! Very nice!! Its interesting to know that she actually does believe in god,even though some people call her an atheist or whatever! 
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Oh, Jo, always the diplomatic one. 
I spent a lot of time reading those poems. I knew they were there for a reason, so I made sure I knew them before I read DH.
Also, interesting to find she goes to church while people all over say HP goes against the Bible, or whatever it is they say. | |
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I've been re-reading some DH reviews lately, and some said DH was 'too . . . Christian for a writer who claims to write on a universal note.'
I don't know; the series has some really universal themes - Friendship, love, hatred, bravery, fear, salvation, death, life. It's sort of weird, knowing that the books adhere to a particular faith, when you know Hogwarts is a multi-faith place, a multi-faith school. It's a topic I wouldn't want to touch, really.
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10-18-2007, 10:04 AM
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Hmm, sounds really interesting. But I guess I agree with Maxie. It's a touchy subject. | |
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10-18-2007, 11:32 AM
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"The truth is that, like Graham Greene, my faith is sometimes that my faith will return. It's something I struggle with a lot," she revealed. "On any given moment if you asked me [if] I believe in life after death, I think if you polled me regularly through the week, I think I would come down on the side of yes — that I do believe in life after death. [But] it's something that I wrestle with a lot. It preoccupies me a lot, and I think that's very obvious within the books."
I defo second that =/
Loving the interview 
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Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
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10-18-2007, 01:08 PM
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Nice interview
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Again, I'm gonna have to reread the book again because I don't remember the quotes 
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Nice interview, it's very interesting. | |
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10-18-2007, 07:11 PM
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cool. | |
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She's very right about the two quotes she chose for the tombstones. Absolutely perfect | |
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real good interview. im not big on the bible or religion but i still enjoy that she put those quotes and poems in the books
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Originally Posted by SenoritaMaxie  I've been re-reading some DH reviews lately, and some said DH was 'too . . . Christian for a writer who claims to write on a universal note.'
I don't know; the series has some really universal themes - Friendship, love, hatred, bravery, fear, salvation, death, life. It's sort of weird, knowing that the books adhere to a particular faith, when you know Hogwarts is a multi-faith place, a multi-faith school. It's a topic I wouldn't want to touch, really.
Yeah,I totally agree!
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Very interesting interview indeed!
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"I really enjoyed choosing those two quotations because one is pagan, of course, and one is from a Christian tradition,"
Wicked. Quote:
"I go to church myself," she declared. "I don't take any responsibility for the lunatic fringes of my own religion."
See, I didn't even know this.
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Interesting!
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