[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Philip Pullman

[John Walton]

Aberforth's Goat wrote:

> Perhaps this is how people who dislike Christianity experience the Narnia
> stories ... Of course, I'd like to think that I'd be equally PO'd with a
> Christian author if he (or she) were as heavy handed with other religions as
> Pullman is with mine. And since I do love the Narnia tales deeply, I'd like
> to think that CSL shows more charity with his enemies than Pullman. But I'm
> not sure I'd like to defend that thesis!

Oooooh no. I'd say that CSL's portrayal of Tash and his supporters is far,
far worse than anything that Pullman says about Christianity. Sure, it may
not *actually* be saying "Islam", but it sure as heck feels like it.

And Pullman isn't so much taking shots at the Authority but at what is done
in the Authority's name. *coughCrusadescough*

--John

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"The Universe is not only Queerer than we suppose,
it is Queerer than we can suppose." - JBS Haldane, 'Possible Worlds'

John Walton -- john at walton.vu
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