My local church has announced, no-one should see
this film, why is this so?
2007-11-11 23:29:09 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It has a message that encourages the questioning of authority, even authority that presents itself as the ultimate authority. The book was written by an atheist author and does call out organized religion as being sometimes as much about power as anything else. It is a fictional story though. The God in the novels is actually something impersonating God. Why would some churches not want people to see this? Well, it could be that those with power don't take kindly to people considering questioning that authority. That they are afraid belief is actually a fragile thing? Personally, I am looking forward to sharing the Chronicles of Narnia, LOTR, Harry Potter, and the Golden Compass trilogy with my children when they are old enough. It will be fun to see which they like and what they think about each set of stories and to discuss.
2007-11-11 23:57:37 · answer #1 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I do not know what the film is about so i have googled it & according to some details that I have found this is why churches do not like the film:
The His Dark Materials books have been controversial with some Christian groups. Journalist Peter Hitchens has claimed that Pullman actively pursues an anti-Christian agenda, having stated, "This is the most dangerous author in Britain." Hitchens views the His Dark Materials series as a direct rebuttal of C. S. Lewis's series. Pullman's opinion on the matter has yet to be confirmed. "Atheism suggests a degree of certainty that I'm not quite willing to accede. I suppose, technically, you'd have to put me down as an agnostic. But if there is a God, and he is as the Christians describe him, then he deserves to be put down and rebelled against. As you look back over the history of the Christian church, it's a record of terrible infamy and cruelty and persecution and tyranny. How they have the bloody nerve to go on Thought for the Day and tell us all to be good when, given the slightest chance, they'd be hanging the rest of us and flogging the homosexuals and persecuting the witches." —Philip Pullman, author of the fantasy series His Dark Materials (the first installment of which, The Golden Compass, hits the big screen on Dec. 7). On his writing desk, Pullman has a note he wrote that says,
"So: There is a God, but he is a liar and he's mortal,"
a sentence which does an excellent job of summarizing the spiritual message of his series. Pullman has not been reticent about whom he's targeting with that message: kids. "I wanted to reach everyone," he said, "and the best way I could do that was to write for children
2007-11-12 00:08:31 · answer #2 · answered by Joolz of Salopia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By banning people from seeing it would automatically make people more curious about actually seeing it, I am sorry but no church has any right to tell people what films they can and cannot watch, even God gave us "free choice" so they certainly have no right to tell you. I think you should watch it and then at least you can have an informed opinion rather than being to scared to watch it. It is, after all, only a film and if your beliefs are swayed from watching a fantasy film then they could not have been that strong in the first place.
2007-11-12 00:23:19 · answer #3 · answered by sparkleythings_4you 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first film takes place in another world and shows the church in that reality to be a negative, restraining sort of regime and argues against the God they worship being the 'all-powerful' deity the church insist he is. So i guess the church trying to ban people from going to see a fictional childrens film just helps support that argument...
And can't people make their own minds up and see what they want to see?! Must they be censored from anything the church takes too seriously? Isnt that just brainwashing??? (sorry for the rant)
Btw, anyone unsure whether to see it/ read the book, I'd definitely recomend it! I've read the trillogy and its one of my favourite of all time, really imaginitive, gripping and touching.
2007-11-12 01:57:20 · answer #4 · answered by roberta 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hope you have better luck with your question, than I did mine. I had three removed, asking about the Golden Compass.\My daughter is taking my granddaughter to see it. I have to wait for the DVD, cuz I am a shut in. But I would if I could.
Christians don't like it because it was written by an atheist, as a counter story to The Cronicles of Narnia. and the two main characters of the movies, "kill god' because he is bad.
It is after all, fiction,and I am with you, I don't see what the big deal is about it either.
christians are I guess, afraid of anything that goes against what they believe. But people will go see it, whether the christians say not to, or not.
2007-11-11 23:53:28 · answer #5 · answered by Renee 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The author has strong atheistic views but I don't think that they're really in The Golden Compass, more in the other 2 books of the trilogy. Also I presume the film has toned down anything too strong because of the religious climate in America.
SPOILER
The "killing God" bit is in the third book and it is actually the first angel, who claimed to be God as far as I remember.
2007-11-11 23:36:23 · answer #6 · answered by Neil G 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-24 02:14:41 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've seen four posts about this, all of them from non-Christians. I have never seen any Christian ranting against this film and do not even know what its about. I thought it was another one of those Zeitsmovie things or whatever it was, but it appears just to be a fantasy film.
2007-11-11 23:52:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
People are getting upset because someone wants to kill a deity in an alternate reality.
I expect the film to be crap, so I am getting the book before hand to see what the fuss is about, I think I will wait for dvd release but it looks like a good film for the kiddys.
2007-11-11 23:40:35 · answer #9 · answered by Link strikes back 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
IIRC the writer of the series of books Golden Compass is from questions religion, so just like the Harry Potter series, religious whackjobs think the movie is a veiled attempt to turn kids away from religion.
Religious intolerance & pedophile priests are doing a fine enough job on their own, IMHO.
2007-11-11 23:36:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 2⤋