For my own child, I'm happy with wide and shallow exposure. I think the Bible belongs in school, but so does the Koran and every other holy book. Any book that influences huge numbers of people is worthy of study IMNSHO, but at an age where abstract thinking is developmentally possible, and not before. But if they aren't there, I don't really care that much. It just isn't that important to me.

Harry Potter though, is just a work of fiction that doesn't present itself as anything BUT fiction.

Ironically, the only religion sticking to my son is the ancient Egyptian one. Perhaps they should ban Tutenstein from schools too. We have a great big Bible at home. It makes a great flower press. That's the only use my son seems to have for it.

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