Someone check on Andrew. He appears to have seized up in the middle of trying to leave a comment and may need to be rebooted.

indoctrinating children

And if your a liberal (duh), thats cool, but don’t risk your salvation based on a political belief!

Risk our salvation based on a political belief? What are you smoking?

watch/read the Harry Potter series

do have to? Rather read Fford or Pratchett. (For anybody who is into literature you really need to read the Thursday Next books.  The wiki article is good. I would say that- I wrote half of it)

The ‘Muslims kill critics’ defence is boring and ignores the fact so do Christians.  Even worse not indulging in canabalism is a hate crime.

Prayingforyou, there are elements in both Christianity and Islam that would like to kill anyone who mocks their religion.  They make more news than their moderate counterparts.

Salvation from what?  From your angry God?  I’d be more worried about being saved from dangers that actually exist.

Although, I dont understand how my fellow Christians can say how terrible this story line is, but watch/read the Harry Potter series and smile.

And if your a liberal (duh), thats cool, but don’t risk your salvation based on a political belief! I am a hardcore Christian Conservative, but I *do not* place myself in the same category as those stuck-up noses in the air, religious right that you call your enemy. People like that make a mockery of my religion.

I would also like to note how interesting it is, the fact that If this book had made a play on the Muslim religion, the author would be dead long ago and the books burned. Oh, and CNN wouldn’t even do a story on it

That was great Zilzh!!

For a fair comparison of the Bible with The Golden Compass, see here.

Actually I believe that certain catholic authorities have praised the book or rather vetted (right word?) them, saying that they only attack fundamentalism and blind obedience and not religion or catholicism itself.

I guess the knee-jerk reaction of most people is towards the scene at the end where the children you-know-what you-know-who. Personally I found that scene very innocent and well-written.

Saw the film today.  There is no (as far as I can see) atheism in it, and I can’t see any in the book (just the 1st- haven’t read 2 and 3). The main attack is on a quasi-religeous authority- the Magisterium.  I can see churches’ quibble with it- Mrs Coulter saying they tell people how to think.