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

nife'and'TheAmberSpyglass'attacktheChurchandtheBible'spictureofGod.Thesepagestrytorespondfromthepointofviewofafollower

ofChrist,notjustbeingnegativeforthesakeofit,buttakingPullman'scriticismsseriously.Thesestoriesarewell-crafted,andkeepyouturningthepagestofindoutwhat

happens.Theyhaveanepicsweepthatinevitablybrings'LordoftheRings'tomind,andindeedtheserieshasbeencomparedfavorablywit

h'LordoftheRings',withmanycriticsmakingcommentsalongthelinesof'rolloverJRRTolkein'.'HisDarkMaterials'hasalsobeendescribedas'CSLewisforathe

ists.'However,webelievethatthesestoriesareharmfulpropagandaforaworldviewthatisnotsupportedbytheevidence,anddoesnotworkinprac

tice.Pullman'sworldviewdoesawaywithGod,buthehasnothingtoputinGod'splacetoaccountforhowwearehere.Wearejustacosmicaccident.But-aswehaveshownelsewh

ereonthissite,thereisnowamassofscientific(notreligious)evidencetoruleoutthispossibility.Pullman'sworldviewisessentiallypantheistic-matterisintellige

nt,'matterlovesitself'.Butthereisnotashredofevidenceforthisworldview.Ifhisworldviewispantheistic,hisvisioni

ssecular:wewillrejectthekingdomofheavenbutbuildarepublicinitsplace.Ofcourse,itisthesamesecularvisionthatactua

llydrivesmuchofthepoliticalactivityofourtimes.Yetitisadeeplyflawedvision,andthereisagrowingmassofevidencethatitdoesnotwork-itsimplycannotdeliveraliva

blesociety.AsJohnBentonsaysin'EvangelicalsNow',July2002: