I feel dumber than a head-struck cow right now - I actually included an addemnum to my Castles in the Sky review including my email address in case you wanted reply *facepalm* :S
I agree, it is pretty deep for a kiddies book. Most won't understand some of the deeper meanings until they're much older, but that doesn't mean all of them will - I read Animal Farm when I was nine and understood most of the underlying themes. Banning or limiting its sale to younger children won't really help - if they dont understand it they dont understand it and that's that.
Re the attack on Catholisism, I'm going to admit right away I supported that from the start. I have a very poor view on organised religion (putting your beliefs into the hands of others is dicey at best, and the Catholic Church doesnt have a good track record when it comes to morals), and so was immensely cheered to think some Catholic-taught children were going to have a little skeptisism enter their lives ;) Besides which, while I tend to leave adults to their own affairs via supernatural belief, brainwashing young children into believing in deities is the worst form of psychological manipulation. Given the choice, I would certainly have not chosen to have my own Christian upbringing. All those wasted Sunday mornings for a start... :P
Relieved beyond all measure you're not a fundie - I dont really enjoy emails listing the punishments awaiting me in hell (*sigh*...). Mind you, I have a strong suspision the questions encouraged are more internalised than not - its beggers belief that your Church leaders are going to encourage a breakdown of the validity of their own sacred text. I suspect the underlying basis is the assumption that the Bible is a good book to base your life on.
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Re: Pullman bad? What about the Bible?
Date: 2007-11-29 05:04 pm (UTC)From: (Anonymous)I agree, it is pretty deep for a kiddies book. Most won't understand some of the deeper meanings until they're much older, but that doesn't mean all of them will - I read Animal Farm when I was nine and understood most of the underlying themes. Banning or limiting its sale to younger children won't really help - if they dont understand it they dont understand it and that's that.
Re the attack on Catholisism, I'm going to admit right away I supported that from the start. I have a very poor view on organised religion (putting your beliefs into the hands of others is dicey at best, and the Catholic Church doesnt have a good track record when it comes to morals), and so was immensely cheered to think some Catholic-taught children were going to have a little skeptisism enter their lives ;) Besides which, while I tend to leave adults to their own affairs via supernatural belief, brainwashing young children into believing in deities is the worst form of psychological manipulation. Given the choice, I would certainly have not chosen to have my own Christian upbringing. All those wasted Sunday mornings for a start... :P
Relieved beyond all measure you're not a fundie - I dont really enjoy emails listing the punishments awaiting me in hell (*sigh*...). Mind you, I have a strong suspision the questions encouraged are more internalised than not - its beggers belief that your Church leaders are going to encourage a breakdown of the validity of their own sacred text. I suspect the underlying basis is the assumption that the Bible is a good book to base your life on.