I don't recall anything directly related to religion having been mentioned in the books from Philosopher's Stone to Half-Blood Prince (1-6).  The only exception is that Christmas is widely celebrated. In Deathly Hallows Harry and Hermione pass St Jerome's Church in Godric's Hollow and there's one biblical reference ():     in Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows, Harry finds two tombstones   with Bible (New Testament) quotes on them. His parents' reads "The   last enemy that shall be destroyed is death" (1 Corinthians 15:26)   while Kendra and Ariana Dumbledore's reads "Where your treasure is,   there will your heart be also" (Matthew 6:21).   Two direct references in all seven books (and potentially Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), is this correct?
The question of  made me wonder as to whether wizards, any of them, do practice religion. Whether there be magic-person only religions or shared muggle faiths, I do not recall any wizards (born in the wizard world anyway) saying that they did practice a religion.  Many of them do celebrate Christmas, but as was commented on the above linked question, there are many non-christian muggles that also observe Christmas. So I am not sure that can be an accurate identifier. Answering this question may link into identifying .
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Being a huge Eclipse fan but having not had the time to try out IntelliJ, I am interested in hearing from IntelliJ users who are "ex-Eclipsians" some specific things that you can do with IntelliJ that you can not do with Eclipse.  Note: This is not a subjective question nor at all meant to turn into an IDE holy war. Please downvote any flamebait answers. Old Budrys(?) end-of-world/alien invasion of NYC story This one, from the late 1950s or early 60s (I think), features the last girl in NYC, who drives her jeep up the stairs of the main library (with the lions). She feels bad about breaking the lock, but what's a girl to do, if she wants something to read? In summertime, she drives topless and, the author writes, her bosom dances enchantingly on the steps. She lives in the boathouse on the lake in Central Park. Mysterious insect-like aliens are eating the buildings in the City.... I didn't recognize a title in Budrys or Bester's isfdb bibliogs, so I may be wrong about the author. But not about the story details: it's a memorable one. Thanks in advance for helping ID this one!