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'''Philip Pullman''' is the atheist author of ''[[His Dark Materials]]'',
 
'''Philip Pullman''' is the atheist author of ''[[His Dark Materials]]'',
a [[trilogy]] of [[fantasy]] novels for [[young adult]]s where the ultimate victory is killing God.  
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a [[trilogy]] of [[fantasy]] novels for [[young adult]]s where the ultimate victory is killing [[Yahweh|God]].  
    
Critics brand his books subversively anti-religious. Defenders say it's all good fun.  
 
Critics brand his books subversively anti-religious. Defenders say it's all good fun.  
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==Pullman's views on religion==
 
==Pullman's views on religion==
 
Frank Furedi wrote:
 
Frank Furedi wrote:
*Pullman is not simply a brilliant children’s writer – he is also adept at public moralising. He has denounced [[Narnia]] as ‘morally loathsome’, describing CS Lewis’s series of books as amongst the ‘most ugly and poisonous things’ he has read. Indeed, Pullman directly counterpoises his ‘non-Christian’ trilogy to the ‘Christian’ Narnia. [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/4169/]
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*Pullman is not simply a brilliant children’s writer – he is also adept at public moralising. He has denounced [[Narnia]] as ‘morally loathsome’, describing CS Lewis’s series of books as amongst the ‘most ugly and poisonous things’ he has read. Indeed, Pullman directly counterpoises his ‘non-Christian’ trilogy to the ‘Christian’ Narnia. <ref>http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/4169/</ref>
    
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