Did anyone notice any traces of the authors' Christian beliefs in "Twil

Question: Did anyone notice any traces of the authors' Christian beliefs in "Twilight" or "Harry Potter" Books!?

Even before I knew Stephanie Meyer grew up in the Mormon church, I would find bits and pieces of Christian jargon or lingo in her writings!. I wondered if anyone else noticed this too! also, examples too!.!.!.por favor!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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like someone else said, the apple on the cover is a reference to the apple Adam and Eve ate that gave them knowledge and i evil in the garden of Eden!.

i havent read all of twilight, but i read other people's responses and they keep saying that edward wanted to protect bella's virtue and thats kinda a big thing in christianity!. "doing it" is a pretty serious sin before your married and if edward didnt want to, then that would be a strong christian thing, i guess!.

theres a lot in HP too!. when Harry dies in the 7th book, its like Jesus dying to save the souls of everyone!. Dumbledore explained to him that because he chose to die to save everyone else, it caused voldemort to be unable to control them, like Jesus dying to save us from the devil!.

theres also the whole good vs evil!. Dumbledore had like 5 whole pages in the 6th book explaining how powerful harry's love is and how thats the only thing that can stop Voldemort's hate!. like how our love for each other can hurt the devil!.

also in the 7th, when ron left, he was welcomed back by harry (even if a little reluctently by hermione) which shows how much of a good person he is and that he's like God and will accept traitors back if they ask for forgiveness

truthfully, i dont know why some Christians are against harry potter or fantasy books in gerneral, especially after the 7th one!. theres almost like a gerneral rule that fantasy books are all good vs evil and that good always triumphs!. personally, if fantasy isnt like that i think its kinda lameWww@QuestionHome@Com

Well, I remember the cemetery scene in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows stuck out in my mind because the characters stumbled on gravestones that sported Christian scripture and they didn't recognize it as from the Bible!. That was interesting!.

also, the archetypes of the Harry Potter series are very analogous to Christian 'mythology' (if you will) - Harry Potter is the "chosen one" (Messianic Figure == Jesus), Harry also must die to save humanity, but his resurrection is also absolutely necessary (again, Jesus)!. Voldemort is the evil force (Satan)!. There are followings built up around both of these forces (which doesn't have a direct parallel in scripture, per se, but is reminiscent of Churches and their missionary emphasis)!. Generally, there's the huge motif of sacrifice throughout the entire Harry Potter series!.

I didn't really notice anything like this in Twilight - sure, the cover has an apple on it but the cover probably was not Ms!. Meyer's choice, and has moved to the point of symbol where it has been thoroughly integrated in society as a recognizable symbol and is thus secularized!. Maybe Edward's desire to protect sexual virture, but that's also offset by Bella's urgent desire to lose said virture!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I noticed when Bella wanted Edward to sleep with her, the whole "marriage" thing first!. I'm not sure if it had anything to do with religion, but it could have been based from it!. Virtues, and everything

Im not sure that i noticed any in Harry Potter, though!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i think the apple has to do with when eve broke the rules and ate the apple!. and became like not part of god or whatever, so it represents bella breaking the rules and being with a vampire!.!.!. i think all the covers are like that but i can't figure anything out!.

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J!.K!. is a Christian!. I don't know if she goes regularly!. But her books do have bi-lines of the Bible!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

None whatsoever in Twilight!. For starters, she lies to her parents constantly!. I don't know any Mormon kids who grow up being taught to lie like that!. Pax-CWww@QuestionHome@Com

the only one i noticed was when edward refused to "do it" with bella in order to protect her virtue!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I never really noticed any!.!. except that edward is so determined to pretect bella's virtueWww@QuestionHome@Com

yep even the book cover!. the apple is a christian referance to when eve ate one and became taintedWww@QuestionHome@Com

No, not really!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well, the Harry Potter books definitely display a Christian-based cultural background!. I noticed the following items (off the top of my head)

1) Harry uses a cross to identify the place of Mad-Eye Moody's "grave"

2) Harry has a godfather - Sirius - and is himself given the privilege to be the godfather to Lupin's son!. In "traditional" Christian sects (as in, for example, the Anglican Communion and Roman Catholic sects) a godfather is the man who promises to raise a baptized infant in the faith of that sect if, for some reason, the parents are unable!. In other words, the godfather is the adoptive father in case the child becomes an orphan!. This particular aspect of godfatherhood is seen in Harry and Sirius' relationship!. Harry accepts him as a substitute father, and Sirius accepts that role, without the necessity of request!. In other words, both accept (without speaking of it) that this is what is entailed in the role of "godfather"!.

3) The Christian celebrations of Christmas and Halloween are celebrated, rather than the pre-Christian equivalents that one might expect in a "witches" culture

4) Hogwarts, despite being a pay school ("private" by American classification; "public" school by British classification) has an Easter break!. In America, only pay schools are permitted to allow an Easter holiday because of the separation of church and state!. In Britain, I believe that all government schools are required to have an Easter vacation, but that pay schools are *not* required to do so!. If Hogwarts were a school of any non-Christian religion, they would not have an Easter (Christian holiday) break, they would have a break for some non-Christian religious holiday!.

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Well, she didn't just grow up in the Mormon church!. She's still Mormon!.

I'm a Mormon myself, and honestly, I wouldn't be able to tell she was a Mormon unless someone had told me!. There are certain things in her books that don't!.!.!. mesh well with LDS beliefs!. Obviously she has a life outside of her religion (don't we all!?), but just!.!.!. some of the things in her books don't seem!.!.!. Mormony-like!. There are just some things in there that I would expect would be more important (or less important), since she's a Mormon!. If that makes any sense :P!.

I can pick up on Christian themes, though!. Edward's insistence on abstinence (but that's counteracted by Bella's extreme horniness)!.!.!. Edward's worries over Heaven/Hell!.!.!. Carlisle talking about God (which isn't exclusive to Christianity) etc!.

As for Harry Potter!.!.!.
There are so many, it's hard to know where to start!.
Basically, Harry is a Christ figure!. He is the "one"!. He's the one who has to sacrifice himself, but he doesn't end up dying!. He gets to come back (Resurrection)!. Voldemort=evil=Satan!. There are scriptures on the headstones in Godrics Hollow ("The last enemy that is conquered is death" or whatever!.!.!. that's very Christiany)!. And you could argue that the examples of sacrifice/love have Christian ties as well!. It all depends on how you look at it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com