If someone "Kills God" was it ever God? or meant to be an imposter?
I was just wondering what the fuss is about, because if the premise is as described, it's not the Biblical God anyway.
So why the fuss? Can't you just say she kills someone pretending to be God?
2007-11-11 23:44:18 · 12 answers · asked by Link strikes back 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
J.P The God of the Bible is not my God.
2007-11-11 23:56:03 · update #1
The problem is that Pullman has stated outright that his goal is to undermine the foundations of Christianity. In that light, it's less what he has said in his books that people don't like, but rather the things he says in interviews. Basically, he doesn't believe in God and doesn't understand how anyone else can -- and he is actively promoting hatred for the church through his books and, to a lesser extent, through this movie.
I've looked at New Line's site for "The Golden Compass," and it paints a picture of a very dark movie with themes that will be pretty intense for children -- the very ones who are the most likely to see it over and over, if it's worth seeing over and over. Right as the world gets ready for Christmas, Pullman and New Line will have kids delving into witches, child abduction, medical experiments (on the abducted children), etc. I described the movie as gently as I could to my daughter, and even tried to make it sound appealing. She said she'd "maybe" want to see it. I have a feeling that will be the case for a lot of kids, especially in the United States, where most people still believe in God in one form or another. "Killing God" won't go over too well here, but I suspect that in countries where religion has receded more, the reception to the film will be a bit warmer.
Still, at a reported $150 million, "The Golden Compass" will have to sell more than 10 million tickets worldwide to even begin thinking about recouping New Line's investment. This could be a film of principle for some people, who believe that this is a movie everyone "should" see in order to be enlightened. But Hollywood is still, at its core, a business, and no one will take too well to losing millions of dollars on principle. Those concerned about the movie warping the minds of susceptible young ones may not have to worry much; it may turn out to be a film without a core audience, which may make "The Golden Compass" one of the biggest busts in recent history.
2007-11-12 09:32:35 · answer #1 · answered by CapnPen 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lord Asriel explained that when seperating a child from it's daemon, it releases an enormous amount of energy, which, due to Lord Asriel’s equipment, tears a hole through the sky into a parallel world. Second question-They do not destroy 'God', in the sense. The series presents the idea that religons with too much power uses it for wrong. Hope I helped
2016-04-03 09:19:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hear they toned down the movies in fear of offending the viewers, but the books are much worse. There is a great amount of anti-Catholic/anti-Christian material which is extremely insulting and most definitely false. The whole premise is that evil is good and good is bad, and the heroine of this movie prides herself in her vices.
And you can't really say that she kills someone who is pretending to be God, because the whole idea is that God is evil and must be killed, that even though He is God He must have some weakness through which He can be overthrown. In the real world, not true.
Also, the author of the series came out and said that he is "for the devil". He works for Satan, not God.
Really, if you are a Christian who cares about your faith, I would highly recommend not seeing this movie as a matter of principle.
2007-11-11 23:57:42 · answer #3 · answered by Daewen 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Having read the book, God turns out to be an angel who gets ideas above his station. So he is not the 'creator'.
It's a Hollywood film now, so they will sanitise it to such an extent that religion won't be recognisable. The Bible Belt audience must be kept happy!
2007-11-12 00:19:34 · answer #4 · answered by numbnuts222 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They didn't actually kill God. As I recall from the books, God had been kept prisoner by the Metatron (an actual character from Christian theology) since shortly after the Creation. They just released God from his cage, but since he was so old and weak he just faded away.
But I think the problem religious Christians have with the series is not this particular event, but the whole anti-religious feeling that Pullman includes. To which I would say, last year we had to sit through the Christian-inspired Narnia film, so this year let's have one that has an opposite inspiration.
2007-11-11 23:53:08 · answer #5 · answered by Daniel R 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
No, if you read the series the Authority was not a god it was the first angle that toke control of other angles by telling them he created them with the world.
2007-11-15 10:01:02 · answer #6 · answered by Ben 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one movie or one book is going to make or break someones faith. I think the objection that SOME people have is that it is an "atheistic" fairy tale. I don't see what all the fuss is over.
2007-11-12 00:09:10 · answer #7 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hello Everyone above me
It is fiction, a book made into a MOVIE not real !!!!
Can we not just enjoy a story without analysing its religious content!
2007-11-12 01:18:50 · answer #8 · answered by Elizabeth L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a movie, set in a fantasy world, with imaginary characters.
So of COURSE christians are going to be up in arms about it, since that's their territory!
2007-11-11 23:49:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 4⤋
The whole point is in fact that it IS the deity of the Bible.
If you can have your little fictional story about him, so can anyone else.
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Correction:
If Christians can have their little fictional story about him, so can anyone else.
Apologies.
2007-11-11 23:51:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋