{"id":523,"date":"2007-12-03T23:12:32","date_gmt":"2007-12-03T18:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bridgetothestars.net\/news\/religious-liberalism-towards-the-golden-compass\/"},"modified":"2007-12-03T23:12:32","modified_gmt":"2007-12-03T18:12:32","slug":"religious-liberalism-towards-the-golden-compass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridgetothestars.net\/news\/religious-liberalism-towards-the-golden-compass\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious Liberalism towards The Golden Compass"},"content":{"rendered":"

The current edition of Big Issue Scotland<\/a> features an article about the religious aspects and impacts of the upcoming Golden Compass movie. However, the article is something of a rarity, covering not the controversy, nor the opponents of the film (e.g. The Catholic League) – rather it discusses the themes of atheism within the books and film and whether they are appropriate for a Christmas movie.<\/p>\n

The scientist, God denier and friend of Philip Pullman, Richard Dawkins<\/a>, is quoted as saying<\/p>\n

“Censoring a story like this is completely deplorable. I think it’s pathetic to change a story just to suit religious sensitivities.” <\/em><\/p>\n

The article also features input from the president of the national secular society, Terry Sanderson<\/a>, who argues that despite the lack of religion found in the movie, it will promote Pullman’s values as people are driven to read the novels.<\/p>\n

Perhaps most interestingly, are a number of quotations from Richard F. Holloway<\/a>, the retired Bishop of Edinburgh and current head of the Scottish Arts Council (and was paired with Pullman for a book a festival debate a couple of years ago). The highlight of the article is his response to ‘all the fuss’ surrounding the movie:<\/p>\n

“I don’t think God’s that bothered to tell you the truth.”<\/em><\/p>\n

To read the article in full, click on the thumbnails below.<\/p>\n

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