Pullman: religion, humor, pronunciation

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---I unfortunatly missed most of the program, but saw the ending which
was predictably enough about organised religion (I don't think I've
seen him being interviewed about anything else!).  I was quite
interested in his venomous view of the Narnia stories. I think his
views were slightly over the top as children don't, in my experience,
see the religious overtones to the books. I certainly didn't until I
re-read them as an adult. I don't believe children are getting the
messages he seemed to think they were (for those who didn't see it, he
was saying that C.S.Lewis sent Susan went to hell because she wore
make-up).

I did genuinely love the books and will be watching reports of the
filming of the trilogy with interest.


 In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Amy Z" <lupinesque at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Pullman's opinion notwithstanding, one does not have to worship the 
> Authority to be Christian.  Plenty of Christians believe that God 
> does not want to rule us but created us to be free.  Likewise, plenty 
> share Pullman's opinion that the Church's hatred of sexuality and the 
> body/the physical has been very destructive and is not in keeping 
> with the essence of Christian teaching.  Pullman may see Christianity 
> as hopelessly out of step with his views, but I think he's wrong.  
> 
> I hope some Christians will weigh in.

I would describe myself as a Christian and have been all my life.  In
my opinion the Church and some of its teachings are flawed. The Church
is created by people and people can be both corrupt and prejudiced.
Jesus' life and teachings do in my opinion show a better way of living
your life then the rituals and rules of the catholic church. 



> 
> Incidentally, I also think his views of Christianity--his residue of 
> anger, yes, I agree, Lisa--get in the way of his literary 
> interpretation.  He thinks Tolkien's sagas are infected with Roman 
> Catholic dogma.  I think that like Granger, he is perhaps holding 
> what he knows about the author's beliefs against him 
> inappropriately.  
 
 Yes I'd agree with this too, see above.


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