i dunno... on the homeschool lists it seems to be more the fundamentalists than the catholics who are upset. Mind you on a coupla lists there are some wiccans and hard-core atheists who are having WAY too much fun with this...
Dana On 11/10/07, William Seiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/ > ---------------------- > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:246195 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
