Friday, December 4, 2009

How many know the truth about the new kids' movie- 'The Golden Compass'?

Origins: The Golden Compass, a fantasy film starring Nicole Kidman that



is scheduled to be released into theaters on 7 December 2007, has been



drawing fire from concerned Christians. The film is based on Northern



Lights (released in the U.S. as The Golden Compass), the first offering in



Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy of children's books, a series



that follows the adventures of a streetwise girl who travels



through multiple worlds populated by witches, armor-plated bears, and



sinister ecclesiastical assassins to defeat the oppressive forces of a



senile God.



Books of the trilogy have sold more than 15 million copies around the



world, with Northern Lights winning the Carnegie Medal for Children's



Literature in 1995 and in 2007 being awarded the 'Carnegie of Carnegies'



for the best children's book of the past 70 years. The Amber Spyglass, the



final book of the series, won The Whitbread Prize in 2001, making it the



first children's book to do so. The series' author, Philip Pullman, is an avowed atheist who has averred



that "I don't profess any religion; I don't think it's possible that there



is a God; I have the greatest difficulty in understanding what is meant by



the words 'spiritual' or 'spirituality.'" Critics of Pullman's books point



to the strong anti-religion and anti-God themes they incorporate, and



although literary works are subject to a variety of interpretations,



Pullman left little doubt about his intentions when he said in a 2003



interview with The Sydney Morning Herald that "My books are about killing



God." (Conservative British columnist Peter Hitchens labeled Pullman "The



Most Dangerous Author in Britain" and described him as the writer "the



atheists would have been praying for, if atheists prayed.")



Bill Donohue, president of The Catholic League, has condemned The Golden



Compass as a "pernicious" effort to indoctrinate children into



anti-Christian beliefs and has produced a 23-page pamphlet titled The



Golden Compass: Unmasked in which he maintains that Pullman "sells atheism



for kids." Donohoe told interviewer John Gibson on 9 October 2007 why he



believes Christians should stay away from the film:



Look, the movie is based on the least offensive of the three books. And



they have dumbed down the worst elements in the movie because they don't



want to make Christians angry and they want to make money. Our concern is



this, unsuspecting Christian parents may want to take their kid to the



movie, it opens up December 7th and say, this wasn't troubling, then we'll



buy the books. So the movie is the bait for the books which are profoundly



anti-Catholic and at the same time selling atheism.



Other reviewers, however, have described Pullman's works as being more



generally anti-religion rather than specifically anti-Christian or



anti-Catholic:



In "His Dark Materials," Pullman's criticisms of organized religion come



across as anti-authoritarian and anti-ascetic rather than anti-doctrinal.



(Jesus isn't mentioned in any of the books, although Pullman has hinted



that He might figure in a forthcoming sequel, "The Book of Dust.") His



fundamental objection is to ideological tyranny and the rejection of this



world in favor of an idealized afterlife, regardless of creed. As one of



the novel's pagan characters puts it, "Every church is the same: control,



destroy, obliterate every good feeling."



How many know the truth about the new kids' movie- 'The Golden Compass'?plays



As a writer, I make a distinction between the deity in a fantasy story and the deity in my real life. I know that the author of the "His Dark Materials" series is an atheist who is trying to spread his ideas through his books.



So what? All writers try to spread their ideas through their books, and some writers are atheists.



If the deity and religion in 'The Golden Compass' are evil, then they deserve to be destroyed. You notice that this author has to resort to fantasy to destroy the deity and religion in his novel. That's because real faith cannot be destroyed, and faith does not require religion.



I don't fear anything said in the book, nor will I speak out against it. If we can have 'The Lord of the Rings' (written by a Christian author), then we can have 'The Golden Compass.' There is plenty of room here for philosophical debate.



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Wow. That was really long.
Sounds great!
your question is proof of the statement:



the truth is somewhere in the middle
I'm looking forward to seeing it - I like Nicole in anything.



I must admit I do like the fact the xians are scared of it ... even though it's not released yet.



It doesn't take much to scare a xian - I'm sure it's their vivid imagination and the fact they're easily lead that has the parasitic preachers running interference.



LOLz
The trailers look great!



I hope to see it before Xmas.
Greetings!



Thanks! I`ll promote the Movie now that I know people like you are against it.



The role of the Church should be to serve, not control.



/!\
Avoid it like the plague...or Harry Potter. Real simple. Boycott. Love in Christ, ~J~

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