Re: Happy to disagree :)
Personally I think Albus believed in the prophecy but wanted to downplay Divination to others because he didn't want anyone else to ask too many questions about Trelawney's prophecy. But since he never studied the subject he didn't realize how tricky it was to interpret a prophecy correctly *before* it came to pass.
Still, hard to know how he interpreted the prophecy before he had any additional facts, so hard to use that alone as an explanation of his decisions.
Still, hard to know how he interpreted the prophecy before he had any additional facts, so hard to use that alone as an explanation of his decisions.