> To put it in context for the thread we had recently, I would not class > it as anti-religion but I can see how it could be viewed as > anti-church. The Magisterium looks a lot like the Roman Catholic > Church but perhaps more based on the era of the Inquisition but the > Magisterium could also just as easily be the Communist Party > controlling the USSR back in the day - and certainly their military > enforcers could be mistaken for the Russian army.
As I mentioned in that extremely long thread that I didn't get a chance to participate in much beyond my initial reaction (it's been a busy busy time) I won't take my kids to it because my daughter gets bothered by an 80's Care Bear movie and my son is 3 and wouldn't get it. The author, Philip Pullman, is quoted on his website: "The religious impulse which includes the sense of awe and mystery we feel when we look at the universe, the urge to find a meaning and a purpose in our lives, our sense of moral kinship with other human beings is part of being human, and I value it. I'd be a damn fool not to. But organised religion is quite another thing. The trouble is that all too often in human history, churches and priesthoods have set themselves up to rule people's lives in the name of some invisible god (and they're all invisible, because they don't exist) and done terrible damage. In the name of their god, they have burned, hanged, tortured, maimed, robbed, violated, and enslaved millions of their fellow-creatures, and done so with the happy conviction that they were doing the will of God, and they would go to Heaven for it. That is the religion I hate, and I'm happy to be known as its enemy." So, you nailed him as anti-religion. Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249044 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
