OK, I'm going to take a break from my normal blogging practice of just talking about myself and my life. This past week I found some information online about the upcoming movie "The Golden Compass." If you have a few minutes, check out this website:
http://snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp
In a nutshell, it's based on the first book in a trilogy for children by Philip Pullman, an outspoken atheist who seems to advocate the complete abolishing of religion, since he believes it to be nothing but a source of oppression. He passionately hates the Chronicles of Narnia, and his trilogy is somewhat of a humanist's response to them.
Obviously I'm coming from a different perspective than his, but there's one thing that really dumbfounds me. I actually stumbled across some quotes from Mr. Pullman some time ago when I was doing some searching online about The Chronicles of Narnia. One really stuck out to me. As I recall, he basically said he thought Christianity was supposed to be all about love, and he didn't see love as a theme anywhere in the book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. So apparently Aslan volunteering to die so that Edmund doesn't have to doesn't seem to be a demonstration of love to Mr. Pullman.
I can understand a person believing that Edmund's situation is not a true picture of our situation in the real world, that we are not in need of salvation. So I can see someone saying that C. S. Lewis' story is manipulative for that reason. But I can NOT understand anyone saying that the story is not a picture of love if you take it at face value. And Philip Pullman seems to be revered as very intelligent and intellectual. How can people accept statements so preposterous and continue to esteem his logic and assertions?
I DON'T GET IT.
Well, thanks for taking the time to listen to my venting. God bless you all.
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