Yesterday, the day of Jesus’s birth, I realised one of the most explicit, yet wholly unnoticed, parallels of all time.

Harry Potter and Jesus: A Comparison

Similarities

• Dudes
• Rad hair
• Born with the expectation that they will save the world
• No choice whatsoever over this enormous/terrifying expectation
• Struggle with the terrible weight of this quest
• Have a very dedicated fan club
• Have a lot of angry naysayers
• Died for a little bit
• Came back stronger than before
• Their death had serious significance to their followers
• Had a great father figure who helped them in their quest
• Exploited for dank memes
• Fought dark forces
• Had books written about them
• Treated unfairly by the media
• Lots of fanart
• Life story used to educate grade 3 kids
• Used magic
• Had a ‘trustworthy’ bloke betray them, resulting in murder
• Name is 5 letters long
• Name sounds better in Spanish
• Have a really special cup
• Difficult circumstances early in life
• Said a lot of stuff no one believed/listened to

Differences

• Only one of them can fly a broomstick