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PhilipPullman:HisDarkMaterialsPhilipPullman's'HisDarkMaterials'trilogy-'TheGoldenCompass'(called'NorthernLights'intheUK),'TheSubtleKni

fe'and'TheAmberSpyglass'attacktheChurchandtheBible'spictureofGod.ThesepagestrytorespondfromthepointofviewofafollowerofChr

ist,notjustbeingnegativeforthesakeofit,buttakingPullman'scriticismsseriously.Thesestoriesarewell-craf

ted,andkeepyouturningthepagestofindoutwhathappens.Theyhaveanepicsweepthatinevitablybrings'LordoftheRings'tomind,andindeedtheserieshasbe

encomparedfavorablywith'LordoftheRings',withmanycriticsmakingcommentsalongthelinesof'rolloverJRRTolkein'.'HisDarkMaterials'hasalsobeendescribedas'C

SLewisforatheists.'However,webelievethatthesestoriesareharmfulpropagandaforaworldviewthatisnotsupportedbythee

vidence,anddoesnotworkinpractice.Pullman'sworldviewdoesawaywithGod,buthehasnothingtoputinGod'splacetoaccountforhoww

earehere.Wearejustacosmicaccident.But-aswehaveshownelsewhereonthissite,thereisnowamassofscientific(notreligious)evidencetoruleoutthisp

ossibility.Pullman'sworldviewisessentiallypantheistic-matterisintelligent,'matterlovesitself'.Butthereisnotashredofevidencefor

thisworldview.Ifhisworldviewispantheistic,hisvisionissecular:wewillrejectthekingdomofheavenbutbuildarepublicinitsplace.Ofcourse,itisthesa

mesecularvisionthatactuallydrivesmuchofthepoliticalactivityofourtimes.Yetitisadeeplyflawedvision,andthereisagrowingmassofevidencet

hatitdoesnotwork-itsimplycannotdeliveralivablesociety.AsJohnBentonsaysin'EvangelicalsNow',July2002: