> -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:23 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Christian's: Paranoid or not > > Regardless, I still think the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a > book > with obvious Christian intentions and I think the Golden Compass had > anti-religious tones, though possibly not intentional.
Of course they're intentional - the author's made no secret of that. The rhetoric they use to "warn" parents about this movie is insulting. You can replace the word "atheist" with "baby-eating-puppy-crushing-pedophile" and the tone would be perfect. That's the real problem: when good Christians (like C.S. Lewis) write good Christian books that reflect good Christian values it's great - it's a heartwarming story for the whole family. But when good atheists (like Pullman) write good atheist stories that reflect good atheist values it's evil and corrupting and the children need to be protected. To me it's only an interesting side issue that they feel their faith is so fragile that merely witnessing a story with atheistic themes is a danger. I mean let my kids read and watch bible stories: I've taught them well enough that I don't worry about them falling into the distasteful lifestyle depicted. The main issue that they're blatantly declaring that children need to be protected - SAVED - from people like me and my children. Christ-on-a-crutch: if I picketed "The Nativity Story" I'd be called a hate-mongering, politically incorrect malcontent. But when they do it it's all about how that poor, beset minority is only trying to maintain the barest of toeholds on their disappearing way of life. Fuckers. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247608 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
