'Killing God' author's book gets pulled off shelves

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/663932,CST-NWS-cath2...

November 23, 2007

BURLINGTON, Ontario -- A Roman Catholic school board ordered the popular fantasy book The Golden Compass taken off library shelves at dozens of schools Thursday.

Similar concerns prompted a Catholic organization in the U.S. to urge parents to boycott a movie version of the book starring Nicole Kidman.

[JI7]

1. why don't they just allow God to deal with the evil Atheist

why are they always trying to control things ? do they not have enough faith in God ?

[Perry Logan]

10. Good point. Apparently, God is a fuck-up to these people.

[Le Taz Hot]

18. Not only that

he seems to need a lot of money -- and often.

[Kajsa]

19. Free will.

Something GW used to FU our country BAR.

[cali]

2. good.

All the stupid brouhaha means more readers for the best children's book series in decades- perhaps ever. Books with complex language, real character development and complexity of ideas.

[dipsydoodle]

3. Boycott of the movie

will most likley help ensure its success - hopefully anyway.

Watch the trailer here : http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/

[H2O Man]

4. "Intolerance

betrays want of faith in one's cause." -- Gandhi

[DFW]

6. THAT quote

Should be on marble plaques in front of every statehouse instead on the ten commandments.

[and-justice-for-all]

5. I am not one for fiction..

but I think I will go buy HIS DARK MATERIALS to send it to, or at least help sent it to, the best sellars list.

church negative attitude and parental advisory stickers are great for sales. The Golden Compass will be a smash at the box office!

[TechBear_Seattle]

14. Read the books, you might like them

I found them very good.

[opihimoimoi]

7. The the BEST NEWS the authors can get....LOL...believe me...

Sales will go through the roof.

[Mythsaje]

8. I've said it before and I'll say it again...

If I could just get them to realize how anti-religion MY books are so they'd raise a fuss, I'd be sitting pretty.

[LizW]

9. Funny

They never bothered the book until the movie was made of it.

I saw a commercial for the movie yesterday and thought, "Ruh-roh! Witches and powers -- someone's panties will be getting in a twist."

[Nihil]

12. Their reading skills weren't up to it ...

... they could never master the long words or multi-sentence paragraphs
but then someone went and put pictures in front of them ...

[Marrah_G]

11. It's their perogative

As long as it isn't removed from public library's, public schools or banned from being sold I would care less what a Catholic school or organization does.

[TechBear_Seattle]

13. This brouhaha will only boost opening weekend ticket sales

I'm organizing a group to see it on the Saturday it opens. It ought to be fun.

[Zodiak]

15. So in order to quell the comparison between Magisterium and the Church

The Church acts exactly like the Magisterium?

(The Magisterium is the Church in the book, and they are evil.....the whole series is about the Magisterium trying to prevent people from knowing their own true spiritual nature....and prnciple Magisterium representative in the book is Mrs. Coulter)

[shadowknows69]

16. The producers of that movie are soooo happy right now.

[shadowknows69]

17. And I'm sorry I have to say

again and again the Catholic Church portrays their God as the ultimate cosmic wimp, with his followers in a tizzy over the smallest besmirching of his name.

[east texas lib]

20. We'll get those...

We'll get those Agents of Satan yet!!!
Damn Hollywood and the Press!!!

[and-justice-for-all]

21. So did they or did they not...

leave the really good anti-religious parts out?
Is it a theme through out the series or is it more blunt in one or the other parts?

Just imagine what would happen of FFRF or American Atheist did the same thing to Passion of the Xrist..We would be called everything imaginable from 'Bigots' to 'Anti-Semitic'

[Irreverend IX]

24. There's a part in the third book where one character says...

"The Christian religion is just a comforting illusion" or something similar. I'd like to see them say that in the movie.

[and-justice-for-all]

25. Thats all?? Nothing more??

Is that what all the noise is about? I thought there was something more to this racket the fundies are clammering about.

I just bought the entire set of hardcover books, I do hope it is worth it.

[Irreverend IX]

28. No, there's way more than that.

The Catholic Church is basically portrayed as the Evil Empire, committing all kinds of atrocities. It's not the "real" Catholic Church, though, since a good portion of the stories takes place in a parallel universe that's like this one, with many of the same nations and institutions, but different. The stories generally paint organized religion as the root of all backwardness and wrongness. The Christian religion quote is just the most blatant slap in the face. I of course got a big kick out of all this, and an even bigger kick out of knowing how it pisses off the fundies -- although many of them ironically share Pullman's attitude toward Catholics.

[and-justice-for-all]

29. Oh, that sounds great!!!

I will most defenantly read the series now.

Not just the Catholic Church, but all religion is indeed an evil empire and the root to the worlds backwardness and wrongness.

[depakid]

22. Another AP headline aimed at riling up the fundies

Is it time for the war on Christmas yet?

[Didereaux]

23. Catholic - just another flavor of SICK-o_phant!

[JerseygirlCT]

26. Anyone else who was raised RC of a certain age

Does it also seem to you that the church is becoming increasingly intolerant and reactionary?

This sort of stuff didn't happen in the schools I attended, and certainly not in my home. In fact, while I expect to read this about some of the more nutty fundamentalist denominations, I'm continually surprised these days to read these things happening with Catholics.

[AnnieBW]

27. Okay, I'm definitely seeing it now

Piss off a Fundie - see "The Golden Compass".