The movie is about that and free will. Why do Christians get so upset when someone disagrees with them? It doesn't take a genius to figure out all the flaws in organized religion, just walk into any church. I liked the movie, although I may not agree with all the points. The author himself said the book was for you to figure out.

From the author's website:
www.philip-pullman.com

Your books deal with many of life's big questions? God, the church, good and evil, love? and you are not afraid to challenge your young readers. Is that a conscious aim when you sit down in front of a blank sheet of paper? Do you think children's writing has a duty to pose difficult questions?

No. The ...

The movie is about that and free will. Why do Christians get so upset when someone disagrees with them? It doesn't take a genius to figure out all the flaws in organized religion, just walk into any church. I liked the movie, although I may not agree with all the points. The author himself said the book was for you to figure out.

From the author's website:
www.philip-pullman.com

Your books deal with many of life's big questions? God, the church, good and evil, love? and you are not afraid to challenge your young readers. Is that a conscious aim when you sit down in front of a blank sheet of paper? Do you think children's writing has a duty to pose difficult questions?

No. The only duty it has is best expressed in the words of Dr Johnson: "The only aim of writing is to help the reader better to enjoy life, or better to endure it."

You have run into criticism from certain religious groups who regard you as subversive, with the Catholic Herald describing your work as 'worthy of the bonfire.' Do such emotional responses concern or upset you or does it please you to generate strong reactions?

I'm delighted to have brought such excitement into what must be very dull lives.

His Dark Materials seems to be against organised religion. Do you believe in God?

I don't know whether there's a God or not. Nobody does, no matter what they say. I think it's perfectly possible to explain how the universe came about without bringing God into it, but I don't know everything, and there may well be a God somewhere, hiding away.

Actually, if he is keeping out of sight, it's because he's ashamed of his followers and all the cruelty and ignorance they're responsible for promoting in his name. If I were him, I'd want nothing to do with them.