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source for "I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief."
Frank Furedi wrote:
Frank Furedi wrote:
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... He is adept at public moralising. He has denounced [[Narnia]] as "morally loathsome," describing [[C.S. 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>
... He is adept at public moralising. He has denounced [[Narnia]] as "morally loathsome," describing [[C.S. 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>Phillip Pullman said this to the Washington Post in 2001, in an interview about his trilogy, His Dark Materials [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/4169/]</ref>
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Most of Pullman's criticism is based solely on the controversial ''His Dark Materials'' series, the series for which he became famous and is most well known, in particular the killing of [[Yahweh]], the Judeo-Christian God as the climax of the novels.
Most of Pullman's criticism is based solely on the controversial ''His Dark Materials'' series, the series for which he became famous and is most well known, in particular the killing of [[Yahweh]], the Judeo-Christian God as the climax of the novels.
Pullman is quoted as saying: "I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief."
Pullman is quoted as saying:
* "I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief."<ref>http://www.thinkingchristian.net/C1983916159/E20071118075122/index.html</ref>
He's not trying to make an accurate (or even objective) of the Narnia books. He just wants to keep anyone from reading them, so they'll have more time to read his "Dark Materials".
He's not trying to make an accurate (or even objective) of the Narnia books. He just wants to keep anyone from reading them, so they'll have more time to read his "Dark Materials".