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The New Atheism

What is the Christian response to the New Atheism, especially in light of the recent release of the major motion picture of Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass–the first part of his fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials, an atheistic reaction to Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia?
Consider this article in the Wall Street Journal, especially this quotation [...]

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Vatican Blasts “Golden Compass” as Godless and Hopeless

That is the headline from Reuters earlier this week. Calling for a boycott of the recent film based on the controversial trilogy, His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman, the Vatican statement elaborates: “when man tries to eliminate God from his horizon, everything is reduced, made sad, cold and inhumane”. Also according to Reuters, the [...]

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“The Golden Compass” Lost Its Direction

On it’s opening night, The Golden Compass, brought in just over $9 million. In comparison, the last Harry Potter movie raked in over $100 million it’s first day. $26 million was the take for TGC this whole weekend. Costing almost $200 million to produce, this is a huge disappointment for New Line [...]

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