Philip Pullman: "No One Has the Right to Spend Their Life Without Being Offended."
You know who is awesome? Philip Pullman. He's the author of the marvelous His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass), a kind of anti-Christian un-Narnia series for kids who would rather have their fantasy reading unadulterated by Christianity. Excellent starter books for the tot too young for Nietzsche or Rand.
Hey, I posted this already...
ReplyDeleteI find it queer that people who insist on publicly advertising their beliefs also insist that their advertised beliefs are beyond public criticism.
ReplyDeleteThe notions and beliefs of the religious are not beyond criticism and ridicule, no more than any other publicly-espoused position is.
By all means, believe what you want. But never should one expect that a belief or position is too deeply held or popular to be beyond inspection, discussion, criticism, or ridicule. If an opinion is so right, so advocated by a creating deity, then its tenants should welcome such reflections and transparency.
That they never seem to should shock any believer and console any nonbeliever.