05 Dec '07 18:16>
Originally posted by chappy1We'll cut you some slack since you've still been here less than 1 year.
Yeah, I only hope he was being ironic. You never know with this crowd.
Originally posted by geniusUh-huh,,,and what of all the children's media that is biased *toward* religion? Do you have a similar problem with that?
No, if christians really believed what they preached they would want to share it with as many people as possible. Why would they laugh at someone condemned to death when they could at least try and do something about it?
I think the main gripe of most christians who oppose the film is that it is a childrens film, and children are impressionable. Children s ...[text shortened]... t thought it was a kinda weird story that mentions God. I missed the whole anti-religion part.
Originally posted by mdhallCompletely agree. Additionally, simply being labeled an 'atheist' says absolutley nothing about a persons belief structure, it simply implies the lack of belief in one particular myth.
What's your point?
Since when did we start judging the sum of a persons works by their belief structure?
Originally posted by geniusIt has been the Christian agenda to manipulate kids into believing their religion before they are capable of remembering their own phone number. How many babies have given express consent for their baptization?
No, if christians really believed what they preached they would want to share it with as many people as possible. Why would they laugh at someone condemned to death when they could at least try and do something about it?
I think the main gripe of most christians who oppose the film is that it is a childrens film, and children are impressionable. Children s ...[text shortened]... t thought it was a kinda weird story that mentions God. I missed the whole anti-religion part.
Originally posted by MarinkatombThe two meet regularly in Oxford and conspire. There are clandestine meetings in the Eagle pub in Oxford which is, of course, where Watson and Crick discovered DNA.
I think Pullman has read a lot of Dawkins, it shows in his writing. Also Dawkins mentions 'His Dark Materials' in The God delusion which is obviously not going to put Pullman on any Church Christmas card lists... 😉
Originally posted by shavixmirThe premise of religion is thinking one can do something to please God.
These books denigrate Christianity, trash the Catholic church, and sell the virtues of atheism
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6498947.html
Well... if that doesn't draw crowds to the cinema begin December, I don't know what will!
What do you's all think? Are stories like Harry Potter or "His dark materials" reason for Christia ...[text shortened]... orried?
Or is it long overdue... some kiddy films which question the premise of religion?
The post that was quoted here has been removedI've read the books, and this is really an extrapolation with clever wording to make it seem like a direct attack. I could say "Asrael's war on valhalla" or "Lyra and Will as Romulus and Remus" and make it appear to be an attack on any myth I choose.