I really enjoyed reading the books. Of course, I thoroughly enjoyed the Harry Potter series as well, and we know how the Religious Right folks felt about THAT series.
:) -- William E. Seiter Have you ever read a book that changed your life? Go to: www.winninginthemargins.com Enter passkey: goldengrove Web Developer http://William.Seiter.com -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:21 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Speaking of Atheists ... The Golden Compass is almost here, and the Catholics are PISSED! http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/ ----------------------------------- ----------------------- Catholic League uges Golden Compass boycott The American Catholic League is calling for Christians to boycott upcoming fantasy film The Golden Compass. The League is concerned over portrayals of Christianity in the film and book, part of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. League officials claim the books "bash Christianity and promote atheism to kids". "Parents might be inclined to say, 'Hey, our kid really enjoyed the movie, why don't we buy him His Dark Materials for Christmas?' It introduces the kid to atheism. It's a stealth campaign," League president William Donohue said. ----------------------- ----------------------- British author Phillip Pullman has publicly denied allegations that his work, including The Golden Compass which is being adapted onto the big screen, is anti-Catholic and promotes atheism. The movie, slated for a Dec. 7 release, is based on the first book from Pullman's trilogy, His Dark Materials, in which a young girl's quest to uncover the reason behind her friend's disappearance concludes with the killing of a character named God - who turns out to be a phony. Christian groups such as the Catholic League have criticized the movie and charged the intentional removal of anti-religious themes as a ploy to encourage kids to read Pullman's pro-atheism books. http://www.christianpost.com/article/20071105/29957_'Golden_Compass'_Author_ Denies_Promoting_Atheism_in_Books.htm ---------------------- ---------------------- The club's fall book was "The Golden Compass," the first in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy. In the first volume, Pullman invites readers into a world as convincing and thoroughly realized as Narnia, Earthsea or Redwall. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21595083/ ---------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:246191 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
