Comments on: One Last Pullman Post

By: Midori

Midori — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:31:16 +0000

al: Pullman’s specific use of the word Magisterium is revealing as it is not a neutral word at all– nor invented. It comes with its own history, refering to the 2,000 year old tradition of the Catholic teaching authority. No other religion has such a term, nor is used in secular contexts. So while Pullman creates another type of authority altogether in the novel under the title of the “Magisterium” — given his stated agenda with the novels, it’s hard not to imagine that as an author, he used that word to carry a certain ironic weight.

By: Trish-

Trish- — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:36:05 +0000

well i agree, i have read the 1st two books and i was happy when i read that the movie was coming out and now theres all this crap in the papers telling you not to see it ( i live in a small town and everyone celebrates christianty(including me)) but i think that its just another book! people should just give it a rest! see the movie if you want or dont see the movie if you want! just because im going to see the movie and i have read the books dose not mean i agree with the pullman. but his books rock my sox!

By: becca-lee

becca-lee — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:19:11 +0000

thank yOu scOtt!!! people have been driving me crazy trying to tell me that they “kill God” in the books. i’ve actually read all 3 of the HDM books, and they’re fawesome!!! totally reccomend them to everyone!!!

By: Savvy-la loves David

Savvy-la loves David — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:51:07 +0000

hhmmm… Kinky Freedman was kind of an anarchist!
For those who don’t know, Kinky was a dude running for Texas Governor.
He was amazing! And very pink.

By: Allie-wa

Allie-wa — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:48:22 +0000

Umm…I’m not even gonna start saying how much I hate politics.

And how…silly…anarchists are.

Sorry, I’ve just had bad experiences with anarchists in the past.

By: Savvy-la loves David

Savvy-la loves David — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:15:19 +0000

I think that people just kind of decided that it was christianty because of their beliefs and because of Pullman and the stuff he says about it

By: al

al — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:39:01 +0000

does pullman actually say the magisterium is a christian organization? i haven’t read the books in a while (i just started rereading the golden compass so i could see the movie, but i’m thinking i won’t see the movie because it looks bad) and i am entirely insensitive to people speaking bad about the church (i am wary of speaking ill of people for their faith, but i have no problem with people speaking out against power. i’m an anarchist too!). but while i certainly thought of the church powers in the books as christian, i can’t remember if they actually were. by that i mean, if you didn’t know that christianity was so prevalent in england, could it be read as any group gaining too much power?

By: Savvy-la loves David

Savvy-la loves David — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:43:23 +0000

Yeah… Like when people try to ban books without reading them!! *cough-HISDARKAMATERIALS-cough*

Those books should not be banned, because they ARE NOT about killing god. They’re not about god, and they’re not about killing! Ha! So There! If there not about either of those things, then they certainly can’t be about both put together!! :[

By: Fallen

Fallen — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:23:29 +0000

lol!

poor comments!

it buggs me when people make decisions without noing all the facts

By: Savvy-la loves David

Savvy-la loves David — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:41:08 +0000

What did the comments do to be sent to such a terrible fate?!?! I hope Lucifer was nice to them. THEY WERE SO YOUNG! Poor little blurbs of text T_T