I am afraid that the fundementalists really do leave me cold. I worked with one once who, on finding that I liked fantasy fiction, introduced me to a series of books we she felt were OK because they relied heavily of Christian symbolism. I quite enjoyed the concept at first - hansome muscular angels fighting grotesque evil demons. It was quite amusing to see the old good versus bad but then it went downhill.

It bacame apparant that the writer believed that all faiths outside christianity were works of the devil. Worse still, and when I gave her the books back with a bit of an earful, was when he started to explain that children accusing their (good christian) parents of sexual abuse had been possesed by demons. She said she would pray for me btw.

The books were American but I can remember neither the author or title. I do believe that these were extremist views and that the vast majority of Christians would treat such nonsense with the contempt it deserves but it is worrying that some people do take notice.

Cheers

Dave the Gnome