The Amber Spyglass

The Amber Spyglass for me was the weakest in the trilogy since it suffered from "everything but the kitchen sink" syndrome I'm sort of averse to. Other than it was a fitting end to a good story and I liked many of the messages. I don't understand the need to not believe in God though. I understand the dislike of organised religion but not disbelief (well of course as a believer it is normal that I'd think so) Also believing God does not prevent you from being good, curious, cheerful and intelligent. Anyway I'm not going to get into that.