I'm hearing this over and over in the news. It has a subtle (watered down from the books) anti-theist subtext. However when the "Chronicles of Narnia" movie came out, with it's not-so-subtle subtext, I didn't hear any Atheists whining about Christians trying to influence their children.
Why the outcry about one movie and not the other?
2007-12-03 11:01:47 · 17 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
P.S. How many people will not bother to read any details at all, completely misunderstand the question and scream at me?
2007-12-03 11:03:09 · update #1
It seems that a certain goup is all for freedom of expression when it agrees with them.
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2007-12-03 11:07:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
I guess it has an atheistic allegory. I'm a Christian, but I don't think there is anything wrong with the book or movie. I haven't read/seen them, but I'm going to pick it up from the library and read it. There's nothing wrong with fantasy. This is exactly like what people say about Harry Potter. Yet you would NEVER see them pick up the book and actually read it to see if the lies are true. By the way, for those of you who don't know, Harry Potter has a Christian allegory to it and J.K. Rowling is a Christian and the 7th book has a Bible verse in it. People these days... :[
2007-12-03 11:10:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've read the series and enjoyed them very much. The writer is supposedly an avid atheist and Christians are afraid that his evil intentions will rub off on their innocent little children. Kind of like the woman in Georgia who is suing a school board for allowing the Harry Potter books in schools. The whole witchcraft thing might rub off or something. It's paranoia.
2007-12-03 11:13:20 · answer #3 · answered by ghostwolf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds more like the "SAY NO TO DRUGS" campaign started by the Reagan administration. Police officers would actually go to classrooms and tell children to narc on their parents. No one compared that to hitler youth camps, and that seems a whole lot closer to me. The comparisons between the current administration's agenda and fascism needs to stop. Fascism is not to be taken lightly, and if we were anywhere even remotely close to living under a fascist regime, you could not express your views so freely. Obama is our president, and the children should learn about him, just as they are taught about Lincoln and Washington. Besides, there is no evidence that any of his interactions with the schools are politically motivated. Even if they were, how afffective do you think they would be? Kids get bored too easily too listen too political issues. Hell, even I get too bored to listen and I'm 29. Look, believe what you want, and don't allow your children to listen to presidential speaches, it's your choice as a parent. BUT STOP WITH THE NAZI RHETORIC!!! My great grandparents were Polish Jews who survived the holocaust. Many of their family didn't. Stop insulting them and belittling that tragedy by comparing it to a democratic administration that you happen to disagree with you jerk.
2016-05-28 01:27:59 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT he screamed
oh come on, Narnia wasn't "not so subtle" really you wouldn't realize it unless you knew beforehand.
ironically, it seems that the US college of Catholic Bishops gave "the golden compass" an equal review to film atheist gave Narnia
http://www.filmatheist.com/reviews/narnia.htm
http://www.usccb.org/movies/g/thegoldencompass.shtml
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2007-12-03 11:09:17 · answer #5 · answered by Quailman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hear atheists whining about Christians trying to influence children all the time.
I also hear the opposite when it comes to "The Golden Compass".
If I had children, I wouldn't be concerned about outside influences. I would be strong enough to raise my own children.
2007-12-03 11:08:43 · answer #6 · answered by Mystine G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you'll have quite a few people screaming at you because they didn't have the sense to read the subtext of your question. I also think their answers will be quite funny.
Personally, I'm interested in seeing the movie when it comes out because it looks interesting and it sounds like an interesting story. Too many people are putting too much into it.
2007-12-03 11:07:37 · answer #7 · answered by ಠ__ಠ 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
They call their souls (which take the form of animals) DAEMONS! If that ain't some kind of plot to make children love the devil, I dunno what is.
By the way, I've already seen the movie. I saw it with my Catholic sister. She didn't walk out of the movie with steam pouring out of her ears. Actually, on the way to the movie, she was asking me why so many people were up in arms over this film. She knows that it supposedly promotes atheism and is centered around a plot which symbolizes killing God, but she recognizes that it's ART, that it's FICTION, and that an atheistic/God killing storyline is just as valid an expression as, say, "The Passion of the Christ", and that while people are certainly within respectable bounds to say "this film offends me", they oughtn't picket outside of theaters showing the film or swarm mailboxes with angry letters, etc.
2007-12-03 11:09:05 · answer #8 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I think that many christians get a thrill out of finding Satan under every rock and pebble. Look at how many questions here deal with things that Satan is supposedly doing to catch poor unsuspecting souls with, like Christmas, Halloween and good music.
2007-12-03 11:09:27 · answer #9 · answered by in a handbasket 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because most atheists believe in free speech and realize that if a movie may offend them for some strange reason, we just won't go see it!
2007-12-03 12:46:46 · answer #10 · answered by punch 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The catholic church really needs to do something constructive instead of complaining about a movie no one is being forced to go see.
2007-12-03 11:08:16 · answer #11 · answered by Wired 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋