Only religion makes doing evil feel quite so good.
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From: firemonkey on 29 Sep 2008 12:34 http://jimjay.blogspot.com/2008/09/only-religion-makes-doing-evil-feel.html "Not my words but those of Philip Pullman on those who've been attempting to erase the excellent His Dark Materials trilogy from the shelves of American libraries." "Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite so good," Anyone read the trilogy? Is it any good?
From: Rowland McDonnell on 29 Sep 2008 13:46 firemonkey <firemonkey(a)gatty.me.uk> wrote: > http://jimjay.blogspot.com/2008/09/only-religion-makes-doing-evil-feel.html > > "Not my words but those of Philip Pullman on those who've been > attempting to erase the excellent His Dark Materials trilogy from the > shelves of American libraries." > "Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally > corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, > but only religion makes doing evil feel quite so good," > > Anyone read the trilogy? Yep. >Is it any good? Powerful enough to scar a psyche for life, I reckon. The first book terrified me - I shudder to think what effect it has on impressionable young children with vivid imaginations. It's unquestionably *superb* literature, and I'm not surprised anyone who follows an evil or weak faith would want it banned. It's powerfully against the evil done by and in the name of religion, amongst other things. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
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