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Originally Posted by Army_of_One  The "super christians' bitched and moaned about Harry Potter also. Some even went so far as to get it banned from some high schools despite it being a great book. The bottom line is if the book might question what the moral majority believes in then they want to censor the book. IN my opinion this isn't much different than what the Taliban does. |
Army, our society has moved to the position of not allowing religion to be taught in public schools. With that being the case we should also not allow public schools to teach an anti-religion message either. If the schools are going to only encourage one side of the religion issue then it really isn’t much different than what the Taliban does. The author, Philip Pullman, makes no bones about his agenda.
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"My books are about killing God," British author Phillip Pullman told the Sydney Morning Herald in 2003. Pullman's first children's novel in a trilogy, The Golden Compass, was adapted into film, and will be in theaters Dec. 7, starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.
"I've been surprised by how little criticism I've got. Harry Potter's been taking all the flak," Pullman said. "I'm a great fan of J.K. Rowling, but the people - mainly from America's Bible belt - who complain that Harry Potter promotes Satanism or witchcraft obviously haven't got enough in their lives. Meanwhile, I've been flying under the radar, saying things that are far more subversive than anything poor old Harry has said."
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