[FoRK] His Not-So-Dark Materials

[Jeff Bone]

While we're on the topic of the pernicious influence of religion,  
check out the implicit and pervasive censorship caused by our  
unjustified deference to the religious.  Philip Pulman's novels are  
inherently about "killing God."  However, in fear of the church lobby  
and general American religious mania, the studio and director of the  
movie adaptation have played down the religious aspect of the story  
--- the whole point of the story --- and instead substituted the  
notion of a political, dogmatic authority for the notion of religious  
authority.

Cf.  http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/15-12/ 
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The religious memeset has a dangerous, unacceptable stranglehold on  
our society.  It's time for all of us who disagree with this to stand  
up and be heard.


jb