Well, yes, that's what I have concluded about these books. She just throws in everything but the kitchen sink and doesn't really consider the implications of anything. That's why the books can seem to have depth that isn't in them. BTW, Dan Hemmens, in that original "Calvinism" essay, said the same thing as Jeff Rudski. She just throws things in that she doesn't understand and doesn't bother to try to understand.

But Snape's a wonderful character, anyway. He's just about the best thing she wrote, imho, even though she clearly doesn't realize what sort of hero she had in him.

I do wish you could have come; it would have been lovely to meet you.