There is the big up roar over the Golden Comapss and His Dark Material trilogy. The Religious community says it is basically evil and it kills God. I will tell you right now I never even heard of these books till the bad press about it hit the news. So Yes I bought them and I am enjoying them.
I believe in God and I know this book will not change my view on that. Have people not learned anything? Da Vinci Code? The book was poorly written, the plot was obvious, the characters were flat and lifeless, But it sold millions of copies.
Why? I would have to say the uproar from the Catholic Church.
Its not just books. I mean I could bring up Harry Potter as well. But let's look at movies. The Exorcist. The Church hated this movie. Yet it is one of the top favorite movies still today. Yes its scary but the effects are not that good. When it came out the church protested it. The sales JUMPED!
So if I write a book I'd like bad religious press.
Do you think it sells more books?
2007-11-20 23:01:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Joshot
I did not say good religious text I said Bad religous press. Learn to read
2007-11-20 23:08:18 · update #1
jimmybond
This makes me a Sadist How?
2007-11-20 23:09:33 · update #2
Any Christians going to way in?
I believe in God but It won't stop me from reading this book. My faith is stronger than this book
2007-11-20 23:15:39 · update #3
I mean weigh in.. sorry
2007-11-21 00:26:26 · update #4
there's no press like bad press. People love dirty laundry. DaVinci Code was proof.
Everytime some weasel comes out with a "look what I found!" book, it filters down to places like this and generates conspiracy theory questions for at least a year.
2007-11-20 23:08:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Back in the 1950s, my mother read the original publication of The Last Temptation of Christ for the very reasons you stated. It did not shake her faith in the least and she found it a very well-written book with an interesting premise.
Who said something about "the only thing worse than being talked badly about is not being talked about at all"?
2007-11-21 07:09:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You are right. The Pope or the preacher will tell about how anti-Christian the book is so that the Christians will not buy the book and what do they do - they buy the book and make it the best seller.
2007-11-21 07:19:07 · answer #3 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Negative religious press DEFINITELY raises awareness of exactly those things that they want to squash.
They're just insecure in their faith. They can't help it. If they weren't, they wouldn't stress out so much.
2007-11-21 07:12:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
i think this things is not related to religiuse
indeed it is accidently that its so
it is more activity
any body should do activity to expand his feeling allover the world
and maybe make money as will
2007-11-21 07:20:27 · answer #5 · answered by albert 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
controversy will sell anything.
2007-11-21 07:04:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
is there such thing as good religious text??
2007-11-21 07:05:31 · answer #7 · answered by Joshot 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
sorry to say, u seem to be A SADIST.
2007-11-21 07:06:30 · answer #8 · answered by jimmybond 6 · 0⤊ 6⤋