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Percent_Carbon comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 15, chapter 84 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Percent_Carbon 12 April 2012 07:19:04AM *  4 points [-]

Church of England, surely.

As an American I can tell you confidently that the wizards and witches of magical Britain have one quality above all others: they are British.

Comment author: Velorien 12 April 2012 01:50:34PM 3 points [-]

This would explain why religion never comes up in canon.

Comment author: gjm 12 April 2012 04:13:25PM 4 points [-]

It does, a little bit. I think there's one church service, seen from the outside, and some important grave -- Harry's parents? -- has a quotation from the New Testament on it. ("The last enemy to be defeated is death", which of course plenty of not-at-all-religious people would have much sympathy with.) But yes, religion in the UK tends to be rather less conspicuous than in the US.