THE GOLDEN COMPASS, a new movie targeted at children, will be released December 7, 2007. This movie is based on a the first book of a trilogy by atheist Philip Pullman. In the final book a boy and girl kill God so they can do as they please. Pullman left little doubt about his intentions when he said in a 2003 interview that "MY BOOKS ARE ABOUT KILLING GOD." The movie is a watered down version of the first book and is designed to be very attractive in the hope unsuspecting parents will take their children to see the the movie and that the children will want the books for Christmas. The movie has a well known cast, including Nicole Kidman, Kevin Bacon, and Sam Elliott. It will probably be advertised extensively, so it is crucial that we get the word out to warn people to avoid this movie. snopes has even decided to make a comment about this: http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp
They are trying to boycot it here in WV. Something about the guy who did the movie doesn't believe in God, and it is a target to get children to do the same thing, or something like that.. I'd have to find the article about it...
heard a review on it this morning on the readio, they gave it a C rating on a scale of A,B,C,D, and F, said it was hard to follow!
from reading the entire Snopes analysis... it looks like certain groups are being very selective with the information they are using to support the anti-Christian or anti-Catholic stance they think Pullman is taking. He has an agenda, they have an agenda. I love these debates.
Agreed Dennis. It just chaps my *ss when people with controversial agendas impose them on the unsuspecting and easily influenced. Marsh
I believe this statement to be true of both sides of this issue.. Christian and non-Christian. I think that most people fall into the 'unsuspecting and easily influenced' category, young and old. I don't see too many parents encouraging their children to study all religions and the origins of them, the similarities and differences between them, and how they affect the world today. If they did, I believe the kids would be more tolerant of others, and open to following whatever path suited them... spiritually or otherwise. I'm all for challenging the status quo and opening minds. I don't think you should symbolically destroy someone else's beliefs in order to promote your own, though.
an interesting point on the matter.... "Whether it's controversy about religion or sex or violence, we look at them and there are certain hot-button issues that if they get addressed are bound to be controversial," said Jed Dannenbaum, a film professor at the University of Southern California. "[Pullman] identified himself as an atheist and I imagine if he'd never said anything nobody would have particularly noticed that about the books or the film." from http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Story?id=3970783&page=1 would anyone have said a word if this guy hadn't said he was an atheist beforehand?
