Talk:Church/@comment-23825768-20130927222334

Being a person of faith, this is the one quality of this wonderful series, which bothers me. As noted in the above write-up, there no overt connection to Christianity. In fact the institution here could be compared to the church in The Golden Compass. Still the constant hypocrisy and cruelty by the members of the institution and its followers makes me wince. It is not that I am bothered by the portrayal of corrupt churchmen. Anyone who knows the history of religion knows that the combination of political power and religious status, often led to men of the cloth being consumed by very earthly issues. What bothers me is the single themed portrayal. Anyone who pursues faith in the Church’s life is actually hiding a cruel and covetous nature. Chaucer certainly portrayed worldly abbots, womanizing friars, anti-Semitic Prioress, but he also had at least one honest, good parson. The world is far more complex than having one group always being bad. The fine writing elsewhere in this series demonstrates that the authors know this. I wish they had shown it here.