His Dark Materials
August 11, 2022 at 8:14 pm
(This post was last modified: August 11, 2022 at 8:20 pm by Kitan Etos.)
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His Dark Materials
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If anything, the show is anti-organized-religion, but nowhere near atheistic. The prime concept is riddled with what can be described as spirituality.
"What a little moonlight can do." ~ Billie Holiday
It's religious nuts who decided it was "atheistic"...stick around awhile, you'll see that they have no idea what the term means.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
Pullman has called himself a 'Church of England atheist'. Just because the author is an atheist doesn't make his work atheistic (despite what some fundamentalists think). The book features angels, and a very old angel claiming to be God that Lyra killed. The implication is that there is a Creator who doesn't make an appearance. I'd say His Dark Materials is more a criticism of dogmatism and the use of organized religion to oppress people, it certainly doesn't take the position that one shouldn't believe there's a God.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
RE: His Dark Materials
August 12, 2022 at 2:12 pm
(This post was last modified: August 12, 2022 at 2:16 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
That's enough. None of the nutters care if theres a god, they only care that they can assert that their god is the only god and his representatives on earth are to be obeyed - which the series is very much against. My daughter loved it.
I think it manages to touch on doubts about authority and the (suddenly apprehended) duplicity of adults, especially parents..to kids of a certain age. Basically kryptonite to dipshits who can't get a kid to do what they want them to do by any other means. Who had relied on and expected arguments from authority to be effective in perpetuity.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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