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Is 'Golden Compass' 'selling atheism to kids'?

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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Perhaps I misunderstood: [quote]...and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops rates the film "intelligent and well-crafted entertainment."[/quote] Inversely: [quote]In early October, the New York-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights launched a boycott of the film, calling it "selling atheism to kids" at Christmastime in stealth fashion.[/quote] [quote]...the movie already has been condemned by conservative Roman Catholics and evangelicals.[/quote] My ironic intentions are rarely well expressed in my posts - apologies for the confusion. [quote]Catholic author Sandra Miesel is among those who call "His Dark Materials" the "anti-Narnia." Miesel co-authored a forthcoming book, "Pied Piper of Atheism: Philip Pullman and Children's Fantasy." Among her complaints: Every clergy person is evil, and their daemons typically take the form of snakes or frogs. And standing in contrast to the Christian belief in heaven, Pullman's afterlife consists of bodies breaking into particles and being recycled into the material world.[/quote] ...and so, as usual, to express the idea of anything other than what is indoctrinated incites a charge of heresy. The trilogy's narrative might be considered a little provocative (of thought, perhaps), but from what I read, the movie cuts a lot of material. I'm going to have to see the movie to really make fair comment , to be honest. Loading...
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