WAY, WAY OT/ A Warning about a movie coming out in Dec 07~ for Kids

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> The books are fantastic!! Dont know what all the fuss is about.

>. Ange

Yes, they are. We don't have all this kind of controversy in the UK -

Harry Potter, now The Dark Materials, books and movie

I suggest the books be read before dismissing books and movie (usual

problem, people don't make up their own mind after reading on their own)

http://www.hisdarkmaterials.org/news/philip-pullman/philip-pullman-in-chicago

" Not all parents have have been quite as thrilled as Weschler, however.

Just as the Harry Potter books have been maligned as promoting witchcraft,

His Dark Materials has been controversial. Because of the fact that in

Lyra's parallel world, the church has decentralized and devolved into

factions -- including one, the Magisterium, which uses despotic means to

track down the girl they believe may unwittingly hold the fate of the world

in her hands -- Pullman has been accused of being anti-Catholic and

promoting atheism among children.

" Which completely misses the point of how children read, saying they can be

turned into atheists, " Weschler says. " What they can be turned into is

people who question things. "

Pullman, an unapologetic freethinker, remains serene. " I don't think that

these people who criticize me, who accuse me of being evil, have actually

read the books, " he says. " An honest reading of the novels would have to

accept that the values they celebrate are love, kindness, compassion,

tolerance and open-mindedness; the values criticized are cruelty,

coldheartedness, intolerance and so on. I think the morality of the books

is absolutely secure. "

http://www.hisdarkmaterials.org/

www.bridgetothestars.net/index.php?d=movie

Sheri

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>You may already know about this, but I just learned about a kids movie

coming out in December starring Kidman. I's called The Golden

Compass, and while it will be a watered down version, it is based on a

series of children's books about killing God (It is the anti-Narnia).

Please follow this link, and then pass it on. From what I understand, the

hope is to get a lot of kids to see the movie - which won't seem too bad -

and then get the parents to buy the books for their kids for Christmas.

The quotes from the author sum it all up. I'm going to tell everyone about

this movie. I hope it totally bombs because we were all paying attention!

>Please go to this link to learn more about why this movie is bad.

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