In the movie the Golden Compass, Adam and Eve KILL God. I thought Atheists didnt believe in God, or that he has never existed. So why would an Atheist find it necessary to harm Christians. Im not a christian either, nor an I an Atheist, but I find this behavior appalling at best.
2007-12-07 06:59:29 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The author states that he has an atheist agenda. This is how he hopes to accomplish it.
2007-12-07 07:02:44 · answer #1 · answered by mommanuke 7 · 8⤊ 8⤋
Someone else who got sucked into the hype... read the books, then come back and make an attempt at a proper argument. Just by reading what you wrote, it's extremely obvious that you're capable of little more than parroting BS propaganda.
If you read the books you would know;
a) There is a complete lack of malice.
b) When 'god' dies in the book, it's entirely accidental.( and it's the third book that it happens)
c) Pullman is criticizing all of the abrahamic religions, but especially the Gnostics.
d) What Dawkins writes 'harms' (and I use that term loosely) Christians. Fiction does not.
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Pullman is also agnostic- I've taken the liberty of taking this directly from the FAQs of his official website philip-pullman.com
Q: His Dark Materials seems to be against organised religion. Do you believe in God?
A: I don't know whether there's a God or not. Nobody does, no matter what they say. I think it's perfectly possible to explain how the universe came about without bringing God into it, but I don't know everything, and there may well be a God somewhere, hiding away.
Actually, if he is keeping out of sight, it's because he's ashamed of his followers and all the cruelty and ignorance they're responsible for promoting in his name. If I were him, I'd want nothing to do with them.
2007-12-07 07:08:23 · answer #2 · answered by moddy almondy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-14 19:10:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt this movie was made it irritate Christians. Did you ever think that maybe the writer just liked the story? No, you didn't. Was every movie where someone goes to church made just as an attack on Atheism? No, it wasn't. As an atheist, I don't find it necessary to harm Christians.
2007-12-07 07:15:08 · answer #4 · answered by Jennifer 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1) The author is an agnostic not an atheist.
2) It is a fictional story and thus it cannot harm anyone.
3) Religious nut jobs need to get over their "everyone is out to get us" paranoid delusion.
2007-12-07 07:11:50 · answer #5 · answered by sprcpt 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They wouldn't. No one kills God in "The Golden Compass" or any other books in the series. A powerful angel who is the focus of a fictional religion is killed in the third volume of the series "The Amber Spyglass". In the series "His Dark Materials", Phillip Pullman creates a fictional universe with a religion most comparable to the Inquisition of the 16th century Catholic church. Pullman is an agnostic.
2007-12-07 07:05:28 · answer #6 · answered by smartsassysabrina 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I think religious controversies are silly.
Christians in India boycotted the Da Vinci Code by going on long fasts.
It's all silly. Let people see what they want, and don't make a fuss about it if you don't want to see it. I'm not a fan of the left behind films (fundamentalist dogma about Revelations in the bible and bashing of non-christians), but I'm not about to post signs calling for it to be censored or to call it an all encompassing scheme to indoctrinate children (even if indoctrination is a part of its plot).
Stop being so offended. The story behind the movie is critical of organized religion, from what I've heard. And considering how people freak out about religion, maybe they should be more wary of it. In any case, it's just a movie.
Why can't people simply relax, and enjoy a film for its merits? It's a discussion of ideas at best, and sheer enjoyment at the least. I saw the Chronicles of Narnia and even the Passion fo the Christ. Notice how I don't call the Passion of the Christ "appalling at best," even though the story contained nauseating promulgations of violence for the enjoyment and conversion of its audience.
2007-12-07 07:06:01 · answer #7 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Fallacy: non sequitur
Please explain how a movie "harms" Christians.
Was any Christian ever jailed ?
Any Christian ever lose their job?
Any Christian ever denied their pension?
Any Christian ever get kicked out of their apartment?
Any Christian ever denied hospital visitation rights?
Any Christian ever had their marriage annulled?
Any of these things ever happen to a Christian because of the making of "Golden Compass?" If not, your claim of material harm is unfounded.
2007-12-07 07:05:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Yes, please! Let's censor every piece of writing that's offensive to Christians. Oh, but Christians only, k? Anything that offends Atheists by calling them evil corruptors is more than welcome!
If Christian faith is really weak enough to be "harmed" by a piece of fictional writing, what's that telling ya?
2007-12-07 07:07:49 · answer #9 · answered by eyes nothing like the sun 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The guy is a hater and is making money of other people hatred and ignorance like Mike Moore and Al Gore they are draining money from their base into their confers at the expense of their followers, so everyone loses, but that is OK.
2007-12-07 07:36:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's a MOVIE. If you don't like it, watch Noelle instead. Imagine! A very uplifting Christmas movie that actually includes the true story of Christmas!
2007-12-07 07:07:32 · answer #11 · answered by Michelle C 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋