[Petronski]

[sinanju]

From my own researches, “The Golden Compass” would likely not have attracted nearly as much opprobrium had not the author spent years ranting and raving against christianity.

Furthermore, from a scan of the Amazon.com reviews, the quality of the writing drops off precipitously after the first installment. Far fewer people read “The Subtle Knife” and almost no-one reads “The Amber Spyglass.”

[boogerbear]

Was it really protests or was it that the movie blew chunks? Even people who liked the book didn’t like the movie, that’s usually not a situation that spawns sequels.

[weegee]

"When religion gets its hands on the levers of power - whether to go to war, hold people prisoner or decide what they can or can't do - that is when it is dangerous. "I find it very hard to understand how anyone can disagree with that.

Antitheism is the intolerant ideology of atheist supremacists. It's not enough that they don't believe in God, they believe that religion itself should be outlawed (eventually).

[messierhunter]

"In the world we live in, both Catholics and Protestants have wielded that power to the detriment of very many people."

His "final solution" should apparently involve making sure that neither Catholics nor Protestants can take a position of public office ever again. Another idiot who thinks there should be a true "separation of church and state" to the point that there's a religious test for office. Notice he specifically avoids saying anything bad about Muslims in positions of power though.

[LiteKeeper]

read later

[ClearCase_guy]

It's a big planet, and we've got 2000 years of history to lookover -- have Christians done some bad things? You bet. Humans are flawed, and mistakes have been made in the name of the Christian faith. It doesn't hurt to admit that.

On the other hand, pretty much every good thing done in the past 2000 years has been done as the basis of Christian faith. Art, science, economics, exploration, individual rights, property rights -- all basically brought to you courtesy of Christianity.

Philip Pullman thinks thats a darn shame.

[Tax-chick]

Or in other words, the movie did poorly. C’est la vie.

[LAforme2008]

“The first in the trilogy, which starred Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, was dogged by accusations from American religious groups that it was anti-Catholic and even sought to “destroy God”.

British author Pullman admitted such objections may have hit US box office sales....”

No what hit US boxoffice sales was that the movie was crap, and the reviews said so.

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1923315/posts

[snip] Pullman left little doubt about his intentions when he said in a 2003 interview that “my books are about killing God.” He has even stated that he wants to “kill God in the minds of children”. [end]

[Boagenes]

Good.