Why did voldemort kill harry's parents

Being such a big Harry Potter fan, those words sound dreadfull.I was having a conversation with a friend about Harry Potter last night, and he insisted that Voldemort killed the Harry's parents because of the prophecy that he heard.This prophecy was made by Sybill Trelawney and it mentioned a boy born at the end of July who would have eventually be able to kill Voldemort.Voldemort regarded it as the ultimate threat to his own power and killed what he believed at time was potential threat.In his pursuit to kill Harry, Voldemort met with the resistance of James and Lily Potter who protected him in death.

Of course, Voldemort was just unlucky in life right from the start, but in no way does that excuse his behavior. They heard the prophecy about a child who could put an end to this reign of terror. Who be He? None other than Harry Potter! And wouldn't you know it, he was born at the end of July. The prophecy was tantamount to putting a red-hot target on the Potter family. Our dear James and Lily were betrayed badly: they died because out of all nobility they decided to save their son. Their deep, unshakable love as parents meant both that Harry lived and they died. Really, it's about time You-Know-Who got a grip on himself. What was he expecting? That they hand over their child? Snape said it best, ``You do have your mother's eyes, Potter.'' It is sad, but truly a testament to mother's love.

Simply put, Voldemort kills Harry's parents because he believed in a prophecy that predicted a child born at the end of July to parents who had evaded him three times would cause his downfall. This prophecy basically made him paranoid, so he decided to strike first. James and Lily Potter, Harry's parents, fit the description, so Voldemort tracked them down and murdered them, but he failed to kill Harry.

Just suppose you had heard a prophecy delivered by a new-born baby, and for the rest of your existence always worried whenever that kid approached or was near? You'd feel pretty dreadful, wouldn't you? Something rather similar befell him: Voldemort. The prophecy referred to a child whose children would one day finish him off. It was this child, he safely inferred, that it talked about after all, when Harry was born at the end of July. Tragically for him, however, Harry's mother and father, James and Lily, chose to ignore Voldemort and deliberately died rather than let Harry live. Thus, Voldemort killed them both as he sought to murder Harry and extend his own life of fear further.