Critics Slam 'Golden Compass' Movie for 'Castrating' Anti-Church Themes

namitai »

Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:05 am Agree: 4   Disagree: 1

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman is part of a trilogy which in the third installment god is killed. The author states this: "Religion is at its best when it's far from power," author Philip Pullman said. "When a religion gains power, it goes bad." I see no bashing of religion in this statement. I see promotion of seperation of church and state. I see bashing of what the Church of England used to be. I think we can all agree that when the Church of England gained power that it went bad, so I see no harm in making a trilogy talking about the troubles when religion and politics mix.

I would also like to point out that the god in this series is really corrupt. As Christians should know that their God isn't corrupt, so there should be no connection between these two gods.

The movie(s) will be watered down and significantly less "offensive". Personally I don't know what they're going to do for the 3rd movie if it gets that far, but nevertheless I urge everyone to not judge the movie based on the books.

Also, the movie is PG-13. A lot of Christian groups have been stating that these books are trying to convert children to atheism. This simply is not true. These books aren't meant for children to read them at all. There are definitely deep themes in this book that children simply won't understand and don't need to be introduced to. These books were never meant for children to read.

I urge people to pray about this series before jumping to conclusions. All in all, it's a work of fiction, and people can enjoy it just for the story.