Christian Divorce Trends Fuel Debates

katiee »

Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:07 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 1

They can always get re-married. It's been done before.

Church of Scotland Rejects Calls to Boycott 'Golden Compass'

katiee »

Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:02 pm Agree: 8   Disagree: 0

The very end of this article perturbs me.

"Donahue also doubted Pullman’s claims that the he just intends readers to get a “good experience of a good story,” pointing to a comment made several years ago by the writer. "I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief," said Pullman in an article by The Washington Post,"

That Washington Post quote is taken out of context... in that 2001 article, Pullman was led to JR Tolkien's grave site by the reporter. Pullman did not want to be compared with another popular children's fantasy author, Tolkien or Lewis, and stated that line as a means to distance himself from those genre writers as much as possible. Philip Pullman has stated various times on his personal website that the reader's experience was 100% his/her own and that he, the author, did not want any control over the outcome. In fact, those two statements are entirely unrelated. So much for *not taking lines out of context... I suppose if atheists and non-believers can quote scripture out of context to try and "undermine" Christianity, Christians should be able to do the same thing with atheists' statements as well right?

Christian Apologist Tells Parents Not to be Afraid of 'Golden Compass'

katiee »

Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:36 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

I've been a fan of The Dark Materials trilogy since the series first came out- infact I even remember anxiously anticipating my early order of 'The Amber Spyglass' Special Edition during the days right before my last high school birthday.

I was also utterly committed to bringing one more soul to Christ during that same year.

It's difficult to carry a balanced opinion on the matter. As a Christian, we want to promote only biblically sound, or at the very least, neutral, material to our children. Anything outside of those categories fall into a gray and hazy zone labeled as "unChristian." And no doubt, all things "unChristian" are inappropriate and burnable material which should've never been conjured up in the first place. I however completely disagree with that view and with the current stance being promoted by the Christian churches on this matter/novel. To me, this story is beautiful imagination working at its' best in the form of sophisticated and brilliant contemporary literature. Pullman may not be a role-model for children nor may he have all of his morals straight but what man is perfect? Pullman is not trying to convert anyone but merely verbalizing his daydreams and thoughts, all his observations of education, religion, science in a hodge-podge of fantasy and childlike play.

If anyone actually takes his writing seriously or takes offense to his writer's-attempts at creativity... good luck in getting anywhere in this world.

Brian 'Head' Welch Hits NY Times Bestseller List with Conversion Story

katiee »

Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:58 am Agree: 2   Disagree: 0

This sounds like a great book! I can't wait for it to come out. I hope this book will go out to people who are walking down a dark path right now or just about to, and after reading Brian's experiences and testimonies will come to realize the consequences of their future life decisions.

To Hell and Back

katiee »

Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:55 am Agree: 2   Disagree: 0

This is a really interesting story; especially the Universalist point of view in that God is too good and too loving to allow people to stay in hell forever. If that were the case heaven would be an automatic machine to revert people from their painful actions and make them 'perfect' again. Absent of free will, we would all live in bliss. I find it funny how people are so committed to notions of heaven and hell and most of us cannot live our current lives on earth well.