View Full Version : The Golden Compass Has No Moral Compass


George Peatty
12-19-2007, 10:43 AM
In article <48ugm31dkv8orctehqi26h3n7u71j34fop@4ax.com>, Howard Brazee says...

>So it's Christian because the author said it is, and Golden Compass is
>atheistic because the author said it is.

>I don't buy it. I've read them both, and what they wrote is what
>they wrote.

Surely, in any work of fiction, the author's stated motives and meaning are the
preferred motives and meaning to attach to their works.

Mike Schilling
12-19-2007, 10:51 AM
"George Peatty" <pttyg47-1230@copper.net> wrote in message
news:fkbe7q015tl@drn.newsguy.com...
> In article <48ugm31dkv8orctehqi26h3n7u71j34fop@4ax.com>, Howard
> Brazee says...
>
>>So it's Christian because the author said it is, and Golden Compass
>>is
>>atheistic because the author said it is.
>
>>I don't buy it. I've read them both, and what they wrote is what
>>they wrote.
>
> Surely, in any work of fiction, the author's stated motives and
> meaning are the
> preferred motives and meaning to attach to their works.

Why would you think that?