Pullman says Jesus isn’t God. Film at 11 9 Sep 2009 Philip Pullman, the author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, has a book coming out that asserts Jesus isn’t God: The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ. It will be interesting to see how the religiosi play this, but let’s just note now that so too do the Muslims, the Jews, the Unitarians, the Bahai, the Hindus and the Buddhists. But this will be spun as “atheists hate God”, you watch. Pop culture Religion
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Uhh, the generalization about all atheists might but unwarranted, but I was under the impression that Pullman explicitly acknowledges his maltheistism…. Take it for what it’s worth, since I haven’t read it yet, but I’m concerned about his foray into non-fiction. I’m a big fan of his Dark Materials trilogy, but the last thing we need is another “New Atheist” offering intro-level attacks on the strawman that is fundamentalist Christianity. The rhetoric, I admit, can be quite satisfying at times, but it is ultimately shallow and counterproductive, IMO.
Actually I thought the maltheism (nice term; I’ll take it) in Pullman’s trilogy was the least interesting and most tedious part of it. I endured it so as to read the story, and because I think atheism needs to be more normalised in society in general.