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'''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 the Judeo-Christian [[Yahweh|God]].  
 
'''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 the Judeo-Christian [[Yahweh|God]].  
  
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Critics brand his books subversively anti-religious. Defenders say it's all good fun.
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Critics brand his books subversively anti-religious. Defenders point wisely to the facts that 1) they are well-written, 2) they are novels; how could anyone possibly have a faith weak enough to be damaged by them? 3) they have strong moral themes very much in tune with those of religious people.
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==Pullman's views on religion==
 
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Frank Furedi wrote:
 
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*... He is 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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Blogger Joe Levi charged:
 
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*Pullman is a [[militant]] [[atheist]] and [[secular humanist]] (who describes himself as both an [[agnostic]] and an atheist) has said "I don’t profess any [[religion]]; I don’t think it’s possible that there is a [[God]]; I have the greatest difficulty in understanding what is meant by the words ’spiritual’ or ’[[spirituality]]’" and despises [[C. S. Lewis]] and the [[Chronicles of Narnia]]. His motivation for writing this trilogy was specifically to counteract Lewis’ symbolisms of [[Christ]] that are portrayed in the Narnia series. <ref>http://www.joelevi.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/04/the-golden-compass-an-attack-on-god/</ref>
 
  
 
==References==
 
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Unfortunately, the people who wrote this at first had no real resources for their nasty tearing down of a respected, talented author.
 
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*[http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1359866 http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1359866] A withering review of the snarky author
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Revision as of 21:46, May 12, 2008

Philip Pullman is the atheist author of His Dark Materials, a trilogy of fantasy novels for young adults where the ultimate victory is killing the Judeo-Christian God.

Critics brand his books subversively anti-religious. Defenders point wisely to the facts that 1) they are well-written, 2) they are novels; how could anyone possibly have a faith weak enough to be damaged by them? 3) they have strong moral themes very much in tune with those of religious people.

References

Unfortunately, the people who wrote this at first had no real resources for their nasty tearing down of a respected, talented author.


Links

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