Comments on: The [Evil] Golden Compass http://aldenswan.com/2007/11/the-evil-golden-compass/ free speech, critical thinking, and really good coffee Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Gilson http://aldenswan.com/2007/11/the-evil-golden-compass/comment-page-1/#comment-617 Tom Gilson Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:39:45 +0000 http://www.aldenswan.com/2007/11/15/the-evil-golden-compass/#comment-617 Oh don't worry, Quixote, they have. Whether they're on the right track is another question. Thanks for the encouraging word, Alden. Your son is on a great track! It reminds me of my experience in reading the Bible. The Bible sometimes bothers me a lot. Unlike other books, when that happens with the Bible I can always safely assume the problem is not with the book, but with my understanding or application. It means something about me has to change, which is another way of looking at learning. I don't always cooperate with the program as I ought to... but I know when I get that uncomfortable feeling, there's something in me being worked on. With the Golden Compass, though, I'm certainly not assuming the book is right and my frame is wrong. That's another story altogether. Thanks again for the encouragement. I really like your blog! Oh don’t worry, Quixote, they have. Whether they’re on the right track is another question.

Thanks for the encouraging word, Alden. Your son is on a great track! It reminds me of my experience in reading the Bible. The Bible sometimes bothers me a lot. Unlike other books, when that happens with the Bible I can always safely assume the problem is not with the book, but with my understanding or application. It means something about me has to change, which is another way of looking at learning. I don’t always cooperate with the program as I ought to… but I know when I get that uncomfortable feeling, there’s something in me being worked on.

With the Golden Compass, though, I’m certainly not assuming the book is right and my frame is wrong. That’s another story altogether.

Thanks again for the encouragement. I really like your blog!

]]> By: Quixote http://aldenswan.com/2007/11/the-evil-golden-compass/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Quixote Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:48:41 +0000 http://www.aldenswan.com/2007/11/15/the-evil-golden-compass/#comment-616 I did read The Golden Compass a long time ago. I enjoyed it, but not enough to read the sequels. It is not a Christian book but that doesn't mean it's not pretty good. I guess now that Harry Potter's all wrapped up, the arbiters of religious taste need a new target. I just wish that somebody would go after that godless Purpose-Driven Life book. I did read The Golden Compass a long time ago. I enjoyed it, but not enough to read the sequels. It is not a Christian book but that doesn’t mean it’s not pretty good.

I guess now that Harry Potter’s all wrapped up, the arbiters of religious taste need a new target. I just wish that somebody would go after that godless Purpose-Driven Life book.

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