Should Christians go see the Golden Compass movie?

Question

Here is an excerpt from an interview with the author before he had a movie to sell us.
Why would a Christian put money in this man's pocket?

"I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief," said Pullman in an article by The Washington Post, adding that C.S. Lewis, the Christian author of Chronicles of Narnia, would describe his books as the “Devil's work."

I'm told to think for myself and go see the movie. The author has already told me what his agenda is. I am thinking for myself with the help of the author who knows more than any of you what his books and movie are about.

Answer 1

Whatever movies one views are based on their personal moral compass, level of maturity and/or peer pressure.

Golden Compass hasn't received good Christian press, therefore I wouldn't consider taking young children. But not all Christian ratings or recommendations are made fairly, there is a lot of bias and religious legalisms polluting the mix.

A mature adult can use such experiences to learn just how the spiritual enemy works to destroy the soul. You can't fight what you don't know and most Christians have no clue as to how the enemy really works in the lives of men.

"Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." Proverbs 27:17

Very good source; Plugged In: http://www.pluggedinonline.com/

His Dark Materials: An Urgent Warning for Parents: http://www.familylifecenter.net/cart/product_detail.cfm?Id=1095

A measure of a society's true moral fiber can be seen through the eye of it's laws and treatment of it's unborn.

Start your research here: http://www.google.com/search?q=golden%20compass%20%2B%20Christian&sourceid=groowe&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/news/blog-060911.html
Make it a great day!

Answer 2

I am a Christian and I plan to go see the movie and take my children. It's a movie. Nothing more. It's fiction.

The legalistic Christian always have a lot to say about things that don't matter and things they haven't read or watched. They are always screeching about things that are simply a matter of personal taste or preference and turning them into salvation issues.

Personally, I think Pullman made those statements more for the added publicity than anything else.

Answer 3

People who claim to be Christian see all kinds of movies that do not glorify their God. I believe the verse says "whatever is good, whatever is holy...think on these things". This Q could just as easily be asked about "transformers", "Mr Magorium", or practically anything else out right now (I don't really keep up with such things.)
If even 75% of people who claim to be Christian truly put their money where their mouth is, the entertainment industry would take a huge hit. But most choose to believe on Sunday, and live their own lives the rest of the week.

Answer 4

Trust your instincts and do not put money in his pocket. I am not opposed to hearing beliefs contrary to Biblical truth; we must learn to defend the Bible against such. Yet, that does not mean I want to seek out such for my entertainment. That is the same reason I did not want "The DaVinci Code." I have read the work of Christians who want other Christians to know what the real problems are in such anti-Christian movies and books.

Answer 5

Oh please. I am so sick of hearing you people getting in histrionics over a movie that isn't even out yet. Stop being a sheep and think for yourself -- and go see the movie so you have some credibility when you talk about it. Criticizing something you know nothing about only makes you look even more absurd than you already do, which is quite a feat.

Answer 6

No I will not. Not after I heard that this movie about kids killing God. Of course I know it's a movie, but anything that has to do with such things as that, I will not be apart of it.

Answer 7

Anybody should go see whatever they like if they are of legal age. They also have the right to not go.

I didn't go see "The Passion" because I am turned off by violence and torture. I nearly walked out of "Braveheart" in the theater for those reasons, especially the gratuitous torture scene at the end. (Leaving aside it was so historically inaccurate, it was laughable.)

Answer 8

If a person is so weak minded that one movie would change their views on something or upset their faith, they need to realistically question themselves as to if they really ever believed it in the first place.

Answer 9

I'm going to go see it. I don't care about what some other Christian dude said, I have a mind of my own, and the movie looks friggin sweet.

Answer 10

Some Christians should, and some Christians should not. To the Lord some should go, to others - to the Lord they do not go. Let each decide according to their conscience.