7 and has grossed more than US$100 million worldwide. "In the name of their god, they have burned, hanged, tortured, maimed, robbed, violated, and enslaved millions of their fellow creatures, and done so with the happy conviction that they were doing the will of God, and they would go to Heaven for it."Ī film version of "The Golden Compass," starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, was released on Dec. "The trouble is that all too often in human history, churches and priesthoods have set themselves up to rule people's lives in the name of some invisible god (and they're all invisible, because they don't exist) - and done terrible damage," Pullman writes on his website.
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1a1b18d4e8 28 The Golden Compass Hindi Dubbed Movie in HD 720P Bluray Watch online In High Quality And Download With Subtitles From Best Servers. The second part of a book about a little girl who. Pullman, known for his "legendary atheism" in the British press, has never shied away from his controversial views on religion. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman Part 2. "Yes, we do want the children to be good critical thinkers but we can do it with other materials than that one." "The board felt that because it really was in opposition of what we're trying to teach the children, there is a lot of literature out there that is more appropriate for teaching critical thinking," she said.
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The three titles will not be made available to students upon request and will be "stored at the central board office for the time being." Asteroid Bounty Hunter (2: The Golden Compass, the Time Gate) Chinese Edition by M.J. LeMay said this is the first time a book has been banned from school libraries within the board. The board set up a committee, made up of teacher, principals, trustees and consultants, to review the book and recommend whether it should be available to students. All three titles were available to students upon request. The book made it perfectly clear that Philip Pullman had a specific problem with the Catholic church, but the film diluted his fury down to a general disenchantment with all dogmatic belief systems. The trio of books was removed from library shelves last November after receiving a request for review from a member of the community. Why is The Golden Compass a banned book The main reason cited for the failure of The Golden Compass was its treatment of religion. "Philip Pullman's trilogy of atheistic ideology, carefully couched within the realm of fantasy for young readers, is in direct opposition to the mission statement and governing values of our board," the board's decision reads.
The book, written by popular British author and avowed atheist Philip Pullman, has won numerous awards, including the Maine Student Book Award and the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults award. OIF claims 513 cases where books were targeted for censorship, of which 74 were successfully banned or restricted."The Golden Compass" and two other books in the "His Dark Materials" trilogy have been banned indefinitely by the Halton Catholic District School Board despite a committee's recommendation that the titles remain on library shelves.īoard chair Alice Anne LeMay told CTV.ca that the committee found the books suitable for students in Grades 7 and up, but the majority of board members voted against the committee's report Tuesday night. Oshkosh, Wisconsin - pulled from St John Neumann Middle School and Lourdes High School for "anti-Christian messages."Ģ008 - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada - retained but added a sticker that said "representations of the church in this novel are purely fictional," and don't reflect real Roman Catholic Church or Gospel of Jesus Christ Lubbock, Texas - Challenged at Shallowater Middle School for being anti-religious Winchester, Kentucky - Challenged because of childhood alcohol and drug (wine and poppy) consumption and anti-religious Halton, Ontario, Canada - trilogy was challenged at a Catholic school district that the books were "written by an atheist where the characters and text are anti-God, anti-Catholic, and anti-religion," pulled from public display be available for students who askĬalgary, Alberta, Canada - publicly funded Catholic school district removed then returned the books to shelves for anti-religious contentĪlamosa, Colorado - pulled then returned to shelves at Ortega Middle School for anti-religious content
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