Reply #13: I can't get too worked up about christian allegory, because the

[RaleighNCDUer]

fundies, who are the 'christians' I worry about, don't do allegory. If they did allegory, they would recognize that the book that they take literally is at least 25% allegory. Even the 'historical' books in the bible were written as all histories were at the time, with selective use of facts meant to come to a particular conclusion.

Kids that are smart enough to recognize the allegorical themes will not be influenced by the fundies. Those that don't see them may wonder why they are being encouraged to see a fantasy and may start to think outside the box in which they now live.

Literature is rife with religious allegories. I don't see this movie and book as influencing much of anybody one way or another. As for it being used by Jeb and Bushco in schools, it is just literature. Object to this and you must also object to Dante's Inferno and Milton's Paradise Lost. I devoured those, and others, in school but still wound up an atheist.