I did a paper on Philip last year for my contemporary english class. One of the themes of the story is to show how corrupt organized religion is along with the idea that only goodness can exist if there is a God. But, that's what he *says* he meant to do. We can only imagine what the underlying agenda was.
Anyway, does that take away from the fact that this was an excellent book series (that will probably be brutally toned down and made "PC" by the movie industry)? It's already had a huge following as a book, which is why they're making it into a movie. It contains the same themes as Paradise Lost, which is also a very good book. I don't see an issue with an "Anti-God" book. It's just a story, like the Bible.
I did a paper on Philip last year for my contemporary english class. One of the themes of the story is to show how corrupt organized religion is along with the idea that only goodness can exist if there is a God. But, that's what he *says* he meant to do. We can only imagine what the underlying agenda was.
Anyway, does that take away from the fact that this was an excellent book series (that will probably be brutally toned down and made "PC" by the movie industry)? It's already had a huge following as a book, which is why they're making it into a movie. It contains the same themes as Paradise Lost, which is also a very good book. I don't see an issue with an "Anti-God" book. It's just a story, like the Bible.