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'?theatre

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.
your question is proof of the statement:

the truth is somewhere in the middle
Sounds great!
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~