I saw The Golden Compass last night. In summary, I thought it was a pretty good adaptation. At times it moved a bit faster than I wanted it to, but that’s only to be expected from a two-hour film based on such a complex book. If you read on, there will be spoilers for both… Continue reading The Golden Compass – A Review
Category: religion
On The Naming Of Bears
The naming of a teddy bear is a serious business. I mean, you wouldn’t want to accidentally name one after a known paedophile.
Faith Schools Petition
I mentioned this when I signed it a year ago, but I’ve just noticed that today is the closing date for the petition to abolish faith schools. There are currently 19,063 on the petition. It would be great if it could get to 20,000 by the end of the day. So if you’re the kind… Continue reading Faith Schools Petition
Damned If You Do…
The story so far: The people behind the films based on His Dark Materials decided to remove any direct references to god in order to avoid offending religious people. However, the Catholic League decided that the cuts weren’t deep enough and called for a boycott of the film. Now we get this: Christian groups such… Continue reading Damned If You Do…
Catholic Call to Boycott “Golden Compass”
In December 2004 I bemoaned the fact that god was to be cut from the film versions of His Dark Materials. The first film will be released in a couple of months’ time and I see (via MediaWatchWatch) that the cuts from The Golden Compass aren’t deep enough the satisfy the Catholic League who have… Continue reading Catholic Call to Boycott “Golden Compass”
Conservapedia on Dawkins
I’ve written before about Conservapedia, the web site that is using the same software as Wikipedia to build an encyclopedia of the US christian right’s view of the world. Usually their nonsense is just amusing. But their article on Richard Dawkins has recently verged on libel. They seem determined to promote the opinion that Dawkins… Continue reading Conservapedia on Dawkins
Abusing Catchphrases
A christian group have been producing posters and other materials using catchphrases from TV shows like Catherine Tate and Little Britain. The BBC is reporting that Tate, along with Little Britain’s Matt Lucas and David Walliams have been speaking to lawyers about the situation. The posters have apparently been withdrawn. But I hope that the… Continue reading Abusing Catchphrases
Christianity Defined
Christianity: The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to… Continue reading Christianity Defined
Shambo Shambles
Just one thing I want to say about Shambo. Whilst I’m happy for people to believe whatever nonsense they want in the privacy of their own homes (or temples), belief in fairy stories (no matter how firmly held) cannot be allowed to stand in the way of public health considerations. Ramesh Kallidai, Secretary General of… Continue reading Shambo Shambles
Silver Ring Thing Lose Case
Lydia Playfoot, the daughter of the Silver Ring Thing’s UK organisers, has lost her case against her school[1] banning her from wearing her silver ring. The BBC quotes Miss Playfoot as saying that this ruling will mean that slowly, over time, people such as school governors, employers, political organisations and others will be allowed to… Continue reading Silver Ring Thing Lose Case