Sorry, Hermione/Jesus shippers...if there...are any, but Hermione, in my mind, at least, is ATHEIST! In an interview with Melissa Anelli, webmistress of The Leaky Cauldron, Jo says that all six of the main Potter protagonists, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Luna, Ginny, and Neville, could hear the voices behind the veil. Ron was too afraid and doubtful to believe that he was hearing voices, and Hermione had no logic to back it up. Luna is a more spiritual character than the others, Harry has seen death and understands it, Neville has witnessed death and understands it, and Ginny has the same intellectual curiosity as Harry. They are the four that admit that they can hear the voices.
Throughout the series, Hermione always has to back things up with logic. Sure, she's brave and all that, and proves herself to be a worthy Gryffindor, but Hermione also could have been a Ravenclaw. The theories that come with God cannot be backed up with Hermione's ideas of logic. Hermione must have a passage from a book to confirm that God was ever, or will ever be, real.
However, in Deathly Hallows, Hermione recognizes the Bible verse on the graves at Godric's Hollow. Hey, the Bible's a book, and if it's print, Hermione's read it. She probably read the Bible for pleasure, but also to see if there was any plausible information backing up the formation of Earth.
I am sure there's some wizarding myth that regards how Earth was created that has nothing to do with God, but I don't think Hermione would agree with that, either. Hermione is probably on the side of the scientists, and ideas of the Big Bang and such.
We also know that Hermione absolutely detests Divination, a very religious and spiritual class that involves dedication and belief. Harry and Ron are ignorant of this class, but Parvati Patil and Lavender Brown seem to love it, and they need no logic.
As we know, Hermione has loosened up, focusing a bit more on SPEW and working for the Ministry, and she may have opened up to religion. But, as Jo has pointed out, Hermione and her creator(no, not the dentists! I meant J.K., herself!)are a lot alike, and Jo is very skeptical about religion.
Thanks for tuning in for this blog post. I should be doing another rather soon...about Susan Bones.
Goodnight.
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