in the HDM universe, while there is no real established religion, Did you typo that? ;)
I see the daemons not so much as a belief as Pullman saying: "for the purposes of these books, everyone has souls, they're just expressed differently in each world." The daemons are people's souls, not just parts, which is why people who had been 'cut' from their daemons were actually called zombis (sic!).
God is very much in the later books at least, and even in Northern Lights, characters quote a modified version of the bible (I haven't read the last two yet, but I've read broad spoilers)
I'm more bugged by the alethiometer than the daemons or the anti-organised religion: It appears to tell the truth (as far as I've read it's spot on), but how?
On a slightly different topic: I find the Harry Potter books a lot more damaging to kids than this series. *head tilt* Interesting choice of words? :)
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Date: 2007-12-28 07:02 am (UTC)I see the daemons not so much as a belief as Pullman saying: "for the purposes of these books, everyone has souls, they're just expressed differently in each world." The daemons are people's souls, not just parts, which is why people who had been 'cut' from their daemons were actually called zombis (sic!).
God is very much in the later books at least, and even in Northern Lights, characters quote a modified version of the bible (I haven't read the last two yet, but I've read broad spoilers)
I'm more bugged by the alethiometer than the daemons or the anti-organised religion: It appears to tell the truth (as far as I've read it's spot on), but how?
On a slightly different topic: I find the Harry Potter books a lot more damaging to kids than this series. *head tilt* Interesting choice of words? :)