You have a lot more patience than I would, dealing with 'woodkirk' so calmly and rationally. Good for you! You really help make this side of the argument look rational. (As opposed to the Potter-haters 'never read the books but Tim LeHaye says they're evil and I believe every word he says and buy all his books, he isn't a bit jealous that Rowling is both talented and rich while his books are fit for toilet paper' people)
It isn't patience, as much as it is my hope, that people reading my repiies , will learn something and be able to see that facts just don't jibe with the emotional hysterics , that others post about these rather benign, innocent books. Chilren and adults have been telling / reading tales about wizards and magic , for millenia. Far from driving all of them into pagan religions, it has just given the vast majority of them a little escapist fun.
Some people don't like fantasy. That's okay, but tryng to twist the HP series, into some dire evil, that will turn unsuspecting children away from their own Christian or Jewish ( or whatever ) beliefs, is REALLY illogical. There is no proof of that at all. If it were true, past generations would all have been trying to follow in the steps of the likes of Merlin, the good witches in " THE WOZARD OF OZ ". and any or all of the wizards, witches, shapeshifters, and fairies, found throughout much of extant litterature. That hasn't ever happened . : - )