"Seriously – I'm not against religion – people can believe anything they want – I'm against people not keeping it to themselves (They are starting to scare me). As it happens I don't profess that Harry Potter is god, but if I did I would keep it to myself. "
They are scaring me too. I know many a family that will not even allow their children to read Harry Potter because of the 'dark element' within. The Devil is somehow lurking between those pages and going to turn their children into monsters. Seems like a control issue.
For those always asking that the topics stay on RE – I think you might have learned from being around here so long that the topics are inseperable. Likewise, one cannot comment on the Tulip bubble without discussing the social issues surrounding and augmenting it, and the social issues which sped up and accompanied the crash afterwards.