[HPFGU-OTChatter] Golden Compass

Lee Storm(God Is The Healing Force) n2fgc at arrl.net
Tue Jan 22 15:19:41 UTC 2008


Tonks,

In a nutshell, The Golden Compass (which is the US name) is the first of a
trilogy written by Philip Pullman who is a devout atheist.  The story is
almost compelling, but it is, in total, a slam against the RC and any other
Christian belief system...sometimes subtle and sometimes very blatant.  The
second story in the trilogy is The Subtle Knife.

Pullman is hoping that the movie will compel young readers to want to get
the book and the rest of the trilogy and that the work might swing them away
from Christianity.  There is a blurb and explanation which can be found on
snopes.com:
<http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp>
.

I have read the trilogy and, as a Christian, found it most disquieting and
somewhat offensive.  Taken just as a story, there are compelling things in
it, as I stated above, and one is sucked into reading the whole thing to see
how it turns out.  Once finished, however, IMO, I was disgusted at myself
for wasting so much time on it!

Cheers,

Lee
(Going back to reading Narnia)

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I may not care to lead;   | N2FGC
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Walk beside me, and be my friend.






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