The atheist bike?

article written by Heather.

Lame pun, based on whether or not you can “peddle atheism” (Peddle? Pedal? geddit? Look I’m sorry, ok?)

Well, it’s got Nicole Kidman in it and she’s not exactly one of my favourite actors (she says, as politely as possible*) but the Golden Compass movie can’t be all bad. According to the BBC:

The author of the book on which the new film The Golden Compass is based has hit back at critics who accuse him of peddling “candy-coated atheism”.
Philip Pullman dismissed as “absolute rubbish” accusations by the US-based Catholic League that the film promotes atheism and denigrates Christianity.

So now, I suppose we’ve all got to watch it then? Bah.

* Well, I have never seen her in anything good. She is a wooden actress. She has an annoying face. Plus, she’s responsible for appearing in the most irritating perfume adverts ever. And that’s in a field where the bar is set so low that an ant with a spinal injury would have trouble limboing through.

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3 Responses to “The atheist bike?”

  1. XanderG Mac OS X Safari 312 wrote:

    Who cares about an atheist movie? I want some of this ‘candy-coated atheism’! It sounds deliciously rational.

    This comment was written at November 28th, 2007 at 12:15,

  2. TW Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 wrote:

    Apparently this film has had a bit of secular slating as well. The times review of it (online) is a bit harsh.

    This comment was written at November 28th, 2007 at 20:18,

  3. TW Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 wrote:

    This is a comment on the times review of the film:

    The reason this movie was probably so lame was due to the fact that it was NOT based on our Lord. Instead it sounds like it has been based on demons and magic. Children should not be subjected to this sort of thing. And we wonder what is wrong with the world today and our precious children.

    rachel, canton, OH

    How funny is that!

    This comment was written at November 28th, 2007 at 20:21,