Controversy Over “The Golden Compass”
Last Christmas I asked my family and friends to buy me books – lots and lots of books. I stacked them in my bookshelf, on the floor, under my desk – anywhere I could find room. Today I found a boxed set I had received from someone – it was Phillip Pullman’s “The Dark Materials” collection. I’ve seen the ads for the movie – looks pretty good. Talked to a friend of mine on the phone and told her what I was going to be reading this weekend. She yelled at me. Told me the books are anti-Christian, Pullman is an Atheist, and I should be ashamed of myself for even reading it. Oooh-kay.
Maybe they are, maybe he is . . . if it’s a good story, I’ll read it. Will it change my beliefs? No. It’s Fantasy – a place where there is magic and wizards and dragons and fairies and we never know where a story will take us. But we prepare ourselves to enter a world of the unknown where anything is possible and everything is questionable because . . . well . . . it’s Fantasy!!
I’m curious what everyone out there thinks about this whole scenario – good or bad? Have you read the books or not?
PJacks
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I have several blogs that I maintain for various business ventures but I found myself looking for an outlet for my opinions and discussions about writing and reading (any genre really although my focus is Fantasy/Young Adult) and entertainment in general. I also needed a place I could throw thoughts that just didn’t seem to fit anywhere else. Plus my writing instructor demanded (in that sweet way she has) that I have a creative blog that I write in consistently (she said daily, I said twice a week, we compromised on 5 days a week) to get myself into the habit of writing and train my brain! Who knows where it will go from here! If you have a favorite book, movie, audio that you are passionate about, please let me know. It may be something I haven’t read/heard/seen yet and I’m always looking for new worlds and adventures to lose myself in!
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Hey PJacks, I have read all three books, and found them to be excellent stories that can be enjoyed on many levels. Those who claim they are anti-Christian are probably just too deluded to realize that ther are works of FICTION (as in not true). After all, if people truly have a strong faith, why would you have to worry about a work of fiction making them change their beliefs.
Hope you enjoy the books!
Dan
I read- and LOVED- the Golden Compass and I am dying to read the others in the series! I found them very entertaining and although there were atheistic views in there, it did not convert me from Christianity. I just can’t believe that people are throwing such a huge fit over these books! What’s next…banning anything written by a Buddist or a Muslim that shows favor to thier own religion? It’s simply rediculous.
I couldn’t agree more – I just don’t know why we can’t get past the “this is fiction” part. But then again I couldn’t (and can’t) understand why Harry Potter is banned at so many schools and libraries either. *laugh*