{"id":11732,"date":"2005-10-16T23:44:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-16T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lookingcloser.wordpress.com\/2005\/10\/16\/specials-phillip-pullman-attacks-narnia-again-march-of-the-value-less-penguins\/"},"modified":"2012-10-17T16:41:34","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T22:41:34","slug":"specials-phillip-pullman-attacks-narnia-again-march-of-the-value-less-penguins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/10\/specials-phillip-pullman-attacks-narnia-again-march-of-the-value-less-penguins\/","title":{"rendered":"Specials: Phillip Pullman Attacks Narnia, Again. March of the Value-less Penguins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Today\u2019s specials:<\/p>\n

Once again, ladies and gentlemen, the author of The Golden Compass <\/em><\/strong>attacks C.S. Lewis\u2019s The Chronicles of Narnia <\/em><\/strong>as \u201cracist\u201d and \u201cmisogynistic.\u201d<\/a> If you think Pullman\u2019s accusations are interesting, wait until you read the comments following the article.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Neb<\/strong>\u2018s comment in reply to this post was so good, I\u2019ll include it here in the post:<\/p>\n

Pullman amazes me yet again with his abundance of sour grapes. I\u2019ve read the Narnia chronicles, and I\u2019ve read the \u201cHis Dark Materials\u201d trilogy. If the Narnia stuff is love-less and misogynistic, then Pullman\u2019s trilogy is positively nihilistic and even more misogynistic. Love, real love, abounds throuhout the Narnia series. There are evil women AND men.
\nWhat is Pullman\u2019s problem? He is a gifted (if neurotic) writer who\u2019s prose is a delight to read. On the other hand, I found his trilogy to be, on the whole, depressing, especially the final chapter. Does he feel superior because he is darker and edgier? Are we supposed to see his world view as superior because he makes God out to be a third-rate hack angel on His last legs? Is the world he created a better one because the Church is founded on lies, there is no good or evil (only relative utilitarian objectives), and love only leads to misery? I\u2019ll take Lewis or Tolkien any day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> At another link<\/a>, we see the full Pullman quote:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Disney corporation wants to market this film as a great Christian story, they\u2019ll just have to tell lies about it. It\u2019s not the presence of Christian doctrine I object to so much as the absence of Christian virtue. The highest virtue \u2013 we have on the authority of the New Testament itself \u2013 is love, and yet you find not a trace of that in the books.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah. A god-like lion lays down his life willingly for his friends. No Christian virtue there. Grace is shown to a rebellious and wicked boy. Sheesh. Where do you read about forgiveness in the Bible? Lies lies lies\u2026.<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t it interesting that an author whose anti-Christian novels include heroic characters coming right out and saying, \u201cChristianity is a lie,\u201d is criticizing the Narnia chronicles because they apparently \u201clack Christian virtue\u201d?<\/p>\n

Peter T. Chattaway has posted yet another interesting update<\/a> to the ongoing discussion of whether March of the Penguins<\/em> is a \u201cfamily values\u201d movie.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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