The Golden Compass ( the movie )....?

Question

Is this movie stirring up a controversy about the Devil.... Someone told My seven Year old daughter she shouldnt go see this Movie with me because it is against God....Come on people its a MOVIE....

Answer 1

that is stupid, you daughter should go with you and watch it if thats what she wants to do. People just need to chill out a little bit.

Answer 2

I am a Christian and I read those books as a child. For me, they were great for my skills in practicing discernment, catching the messages. My parents didn't pay any attention to what I read, so I read everything from Stephen King to The Bible, and this. Here's what I think about boycotting this.
- First of all, they kill God at the end of the third book, so that will not be present in the movie
-An interview I read with the director said that he didn't put the anti-Christian stuff in, because he didn't want to alienate the Christian crowd.
-Nicole Kidman is Catholic and she said that she couldn't be in the movie if it was anti-Catholic.

So now the only danger will be in kids reading the books. Possible solutions:
-don't let your kids read the books. Tell them what is in them and say that the movie is better (the books were slow to me, especially the first one, so this is probably true)
-Read it with your child and point out the offensive material so that in the future when they read theologically offensive things, they will catch it and not fear it. Use them to teach them about God.

I don't support a boycott because we shouldn't just be advocating Christian material in the world. This is not a Christian state, and we can use this as a springboard to witness to others. Plus, I believe that the shadow proves the sunshine. God allowed evil in the world as another option, and as a comparison. They made the movie because they wanted to make money, and have courteously watered it down for us. I would reward the makers for that, so instead they don't make a fiery political movie in the future, because those are just not entertaining at all. Anyway, I will see this movie, because I'm not afraid of other ideas in the world. They provoke thought and lead to clarity. This movie and the books have as much right to thrive as Narnia.

Answer 3

The main idea of the movie is that God is dead, and that people are trying to rule the whole world. Even though the movie doesn't strongly encourage atheism, it still does somewhat, and many viewers of the movie will want to read the book, which is strongly against God. Hope I helped ya out!

Answer 4

This movie is based on the books that were written to show the exact opposite of teh chronicles of narnia. they are written about the devil. they even kill the god-like figure in the end. the movie is just dumbed down to appear kid friendly, but the message and main purpose is to kill god in our kids minds.

i'm definately not going to see this movie.

its kinda like the davinci code, where it made people question their faiths and testimonies.

Answer 5

If the faith taught in the home is not strong enough to over come a movie the lessons were in error not the film makers product.

Answer 6

It is based of the children's novel the Northern Lights from His Dark Materials and it is about coming of age (well the trilogy of books are). If anything it is against organized religion but not God.

Answer 7

I hear that too. I overhead that the author wrote it specifically to go against the God theme in Narnia. I will Google this later.

Answer 8

it promotes anti-god, it kills a god like figure in the end. But i agree it just a movie, would I go see it probably not, Do i agree with what it promotes absolutely NOT. Who knows these days

Answer 9

Ridiculous. People said the same thing about the Chronicles of Narnia. conspiracy theorists. That's all.

Answer 10

Yeah I heard something about that!! Madness!! Political correctness gone crazy
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