In the trilogy, a 12 year old girl, Lyra starts out on a journey to find answers after her friend is kidnapped. She travels to a parallel universe where everyone's soul is manifested in an animation or altar-ego in animal form. These are called "daemon".
In the story, a malicious governing body called, "the church" (which is renamed, the Magisterium for the purpose of the movie) is known to kidnap kids for the purpose of experimentation. Lyra finds help in The Golden Compass which reveals a coded answer to any question which she asks it. At the end of the trilogy, Lyra gets to the bottom of the mystery of the missing children and finally, she and some others rebel and kill a character called, "God", specifically YAHWEH.
The first issue that Christians are struggling with is that the "villan" in the story is the church and God- YAHWEH. For those of you who know your Bible, YAHWEH is the abbreviated version of the name that Moses wrote down when God told him His name. This seems
2007-12-03 11:06:21 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The question is:
What is your take on the matter?
2007-12-03 11:14:58 · update #1
i know this is just a movie and im not a religious person at all but i never understand why some artists or movie makers tackle sensitive issues like that. to me, this is free provocation. there are billlions names to chose from. and if the church and the god thing is supposed to be symbolic, there are many metaphors to refer to the powerful, unjust, etc.... this is hurting people's feelings for free. it really makes me apalled and disgusted. just a superficial modern way to shock people and make urself heard!
2007-12-03 11:15:51 · answer #1 · answered by theashtrayisfull 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
"Lyra gets to the bottom of the mystery of the missing children and finally, she and some others rebel and kill a character called, "God", specifically YAHWEH."
Which part was that? She got to the bottom of the missing kids in the first book and she didn't rebel against God at all. I believe that Lyra and Will accidentally released the first angel, known as The Authority from his protective prison and his particles scatter to the wind but I'd hardly call that killing, and besides, he expresses a feeling of peace after being released from his prison.
Did you even read the books?
2007-12-04 01:10:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
What do I think about it
1) Who cares if it seems anti-religious? Since when is religion the only thing allowed to be mean and opposed to stuff? If you are religious or don't like anti-religious stuff do not go see it
2) It is a (pun intended) goddamn fiction story
3) Anyone who really has an issue with this needs to smoke some weed and calm down. The story is far less violent and spiteful than the bible so no big deal in my view.
4) I think any organized religion is a bad thing but I do not try to stop people from doing so or being in one....so they should not be trying to get a boycott of movie or get it banned.
5) With War, Disease, Poverty, Famine, Educational regression, and all the other problems in the world this is what people wanna complain about........makes me sick
2007-12-04 00:30:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I've heard a lot of bad things about the books. As far as the movie goes, I think they've watered it down enough so it isn't as anti-Christian, just more of a fantasy movie. But their plan is to draw kids into the more offensive books through the less offensive movie.
2007-12-03 11:17:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
So they say.
I'm of the mind that if you don't want to watch it, then don't. The bigger of a fit people throw about it, the more popular it's going to become. Just look at what it did for the Davinci Code!
It's just a movie. If a movie changes your religion, you weren't real dedicated to begin with.
2007-12-03 11:19:39 · answer #5 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The author is an athiest who admits that his books are about Adam and Eve killing God, and who wants to convert kids to athiesm.
At the very least, he's honest about his stuff.
2007-12-03 11:09:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 3⤋
Lies or not, I dont wanna see it... if it promotes killing God you can just forget about it.
2007-12-03 11:26:58 · answer #7 · answered by Charity 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
As Barry Norman used to say "And why not?"
Is propaganda (or argument by allegory if you prefer) only allowed to go one way?
"Narnia" and "The Passion" yes, anything else, no?
2007-12-03 11:13:05 · answer #8 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
some of that was wrong. get your research right man. and so what if it is. christians have been putting down atheists for years. ive had people get really mad at me and hit just because i dont believe in their religion. kind of rediculous.
2007-12-03 11:12:09 · answer #9 · answered by Yawahoo 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I thought it looked cool with killer Polar Bears but now I'm more interested.
2007-12-03 11:11:32 · answer #10 · answered by ItsMeTrev 4 · 7⤊ 2⤋