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Thoughts on The Golden Compass

Dec 09, 2007 10:00

I saw The Golden Compass on Friday. I'm so interested in all the news stories swirling around it right now. I've been trying to write something about it, but there's so much to say, and so much already being said. So, a quick roundup ( Read more... )

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gemini_g December 9 2007, 23:58:53 UTC

Narnia is Anti-Muslim?

theplace December 10 2007, 02:31:53 UTC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia#Criticism

Who knows what he really intended, but one of the books in particular feels at least a bit racist.

gemini_g December 10 2007, 23:28:12 UTC

Thanks for sending that.

I find it funny that, according to the article, the novel is criticized by some for having Christian undertones, but criticized by Christians for having Pagan undertones... which reminds me that you just can't win ;)

gemini_g December 10 2007, 00:10:34 UTC

If you want to go around spreading agnosticism or atheism, I say more power to you. But do you have to be as smug as the people you're speaking out against?Its unfortunate that people, for some reason, feel the need to ram their ideas down your throat rather than present them on their own merit and let you take from it what you will. I think I'm more tolerant of people doing it when I believe what their saying, but its still no excuse ( ... )

vorsh December 10 2007, 04:22:48 UTC

Not to mention that Dawkins in particular made som statements that I may be misunderstanding suggesting that evolution is never accidental, in the sense that it may even be a form of predestiny.

How would that NOT be god?

theplace December 10 2007, 05:55:18 UTC

I want to read Hitchens' book, but I refuse to pay for it. Maybe I'll read Dawkins too if I can get it from the library.

But my first thought when I heard about their books was, 'So you're arguing that religion is illogical. Well... no shit?' You're not the first to tear down beliefs like 'God planted dinosaur bones in the ground to test us.' And I don't know if you're sufficiently acknowledging the religious people who aren't literalists, but have found some kind of transcendence in certain rituals, communities, history, etc. I'm sure there's more to their books than that, but I just get the sense that these guys are in love with the idea of themselves as philosopher-warriors, fighting for reason in a dumb world.