Are Atheists in favor of The Golden Compass ?

Question

Said to be an instant classic. This movie is all the rave
right now. And rather controversial too. It is written by
a man, who was said to be an Atheist. The story is this....
to try and thwart out good, for evil. On top of everything
else, the plot, is to destroy The Almighty, which is just
wrong. It has a twisted sense of morality, and is
sending a terrible message to kids all over the world.
Along with excessive violence, and crafts. This movie
looks incredible, to be honest with you. Amazing
visuals, and special effects. Awesome setting, and
a cast of decent actors. Like I said though, the message
in the film is not right. It is Anti Christ. Like the Davinci
Code..... So are you going to see this ? And are Atheists
in favor, I should say, of the movie, The Golden Compass ?
Best answer wins.

Hey DB. The talking polar bear part.
Kinda crazy right......

Answer 1

It's an AWESOME movie!!! I really liked it!

and GET OVER it already, it's JUST a movie

Answer 2

Star trek was written and created by an atheist. It was not an instant classic but an interesting thing happened during the reruns over the intervening years. It began to catch on. Star Trek was meant to be contoversial because it made you think. Many times the story lines dealt with aliens or machines who were either pretending to be god or they were mistaken to be god. Remember " Who Mourns for Adonis"? How about "The Return of the Archons"? Then There was an episode called "The Apple". In this episode there was a garden of eden scenario and a primitive culture controlled by a super computer. It got even better in Star Trek the Next Generation. One episode involved a creature that captured the Enterprise and started killing crew members one by one just because it could and it didn't know what humans were. Then there was an episode where Picard was mistaken for god. They beamed a woman from a primitive culture aboard and the first person she sees is Picard. She fell to her knees and started praying. Then there was another episode involving a giant machine in orbit around a planet that was protecting the people on the planet below it. There was also an episode where a civilization was awaiting the return of their goddess and a woman from a more advanced civilization was pretending to be that goddess. Christianity has caused excessive violence and twisted morality throughout history. To be fair they are not alone Islam has done it's share of violence too. I think the message in Star Trek is obvious . So that being said maybe you people are going to have to worry about more than "The Golden Compass" Next year there is a brand new Star Trek movie coming out. Wonder what new thing they will come out with that may potentially be offensive to your ilk. Remember Star Trek V where they went in search of God and found him at the center of the galaxy. After finding a creature that was pretending to be god they destroyed him. Sound familiar? In answer to your question yes I am going to go see "The Golden Compass". Now, please shut up about it!I am tired of hearing how offended by it you are. No one is dragging you to see it at gunpoint.

Answer 3

Yes, usually best answer wins.
I hope you will not be insulted and report me when I say that silly questions do not always deserve a silly answer.
I am sure there are Atheists who are in favor of the Golden Compass only because the Catholics make so much publicity for it.
Atheists are not very well known for monolithism in their attitudes. The way you ask your question shows that you are influenced by christianity and its obession for the one and only truth.
I do not agree that the Da Vinci code is anti christ. The fact that it has irked the RCC somewhat is no proof whatsoever.
I do not believe in god, but thinking that that attitude would send me to see a movie is beyond . . . belief.

have a nice day.

Answer 4

I haven't seen it and am unable to judge whether I would recommend it or not. Just because a movie has a few big stars and lots of flashy CGI doesn't make it good (or bad). If the storyline is weak and the acting poor, CGI won't save it. On the other hand, it might be a good film. I may be an atheist, but I enjoyed the "Narnia" movie even though C.S. Lewis promoted theistic views (pro-Christian). I thought "Lord of the Rings" was vastly superior, however. For the record, I'm more into science-fiction than fantasy.

Answer 5

There is an uproar about this movie claiming that it preaches "atheism" and "witchcraft." Radical religious groups are warning families of this story that is "viciously anti-God."

I'd just like to say that if all these right-winged radicals never heard of the movie, they would have nothing to say. Pick up a book. Ironically, the real-life dogmatic church is using the same tactics to "protect our children" as the magisterium in the book protects their children from Dust: by intimidation and deprivation.

The critics of this books never stop to think that the god in their world is evil. Much like there being a god of the underworld, or a god of war. The film is wonderful, and so are the books. Religious fanatics will manipulate anything to scare people into getting what they want.

Answer 6

You obviously haven't bothered to find out what it's really about. I saw the movie last night. It was fun and entertaining, complex and fast-paced, and about those seeking freedom for everybody fighting an overwhelming oppressive system that wants to control everybody. Freedom is identified with Good and Oppression is identified with Evil. The protagonists are fighting for Freedom and Goodness.

Nothing at all in the movie suggested destroying the "Almighty." In fact, the "Almighty" wasn't mentioned at all.

There is some violence, but nothing at all with blood and nothing any worse than the violence shown in the Chronicles of Narnia.

It's true that the books were written by an atheist, but you are seriously misinformed about what's in the film.

Answer 7

There is no "message" in the film. I saw the movie yesterday with a girlfriend, who told me that her younger sister met the author when she was little and he even explained to the children that he wasn't trying to "kill god" or any of that nonsense. Incidentally, I wouldn't call it an instant classic, but the movie was quite well done, though the ending left me hanging. It IS a mature movie (in terms of violence and the overall storyline), but it's rated PG-13-- why should parents be worried about their children seeing it if they're old enough to think for themselves? In any case, I wouldn't say that I'm "in favor" of The Golden Compass simply because I'm an atheist. People are just overreacting because they 1) haven't read the books, and 2) haven't seen the movie. They're believing whatever they hear and trying to ban a film that they haven't even seen. It's ridiculous. If you make it out to be a children's film, then that's what it will be.

Answer 8

I believe in Jesus. It doesn't mean I'll read every book some other Christian writes. Atheists aren't going to flock to this in support of the "atheist movement."

What they normally will do is actually find out the facts behind the controversy before passing judgment, something you seem to have missed here. Pullman is not "said to be an Atheist." He is an atheist, and while his books do have a strongly anti-religious tone, you are missing the point. Atheists, for the most part, don't hate that others believe in God. They hate that those beliefs sometimes block out rational thought and censor logical conversations. That is what these books are about. The author is not advocating the death of God. He doesn't believe in God. The message of the book series is that the time has come to put to rest the IDEA of a brutal, totalitarian, favoritist, God who would stop the search for knowledge in order to keep control. It is about thinking for ourselves and being allowed to find our own answers. It is against religions who do not allow that.

I'm no atheist, but I'll be seeing the movie.

Answer 9

Not especially no.

I think Pullman's written better.
(I loved "Clockwork")

And the imagery of the film, though spectacular, is just following through, trying to o'er leap previous success in genre, "The Golden Compass, out of Narnia and Lord of the Rings..."

I'm certainly not against it because it presents an other-than-Christian view of "a" world. Where would we be if film-makers were banned from that?
Under the iron rule of the...

Answer 10

If it's a good flick, I bet they'll like it. It's a work of fiction, so who cares? You don't really think God will be destroyed by people watching the movie, do you? It's a STORY.

God, assuming he exists, is not like tinkerbell. He doesn't die a little every time a movie or book says something that questions his existence, okay? If Narnia was okay, then GC is okay. What it comes down to is the freedom to express an opinion or belief in your art. You don't have to expose yourself to the movie if it offends your religious sensibilities, but that doesn't mean you have the right to prevent others from seeing it. Not every one believes in Christ (myself included), so anti-Christ is not bad to them any more than anti-Zeus is bad to you.

Answer 11

First of all, your basic premise is wrong. It is about good overcoming evil. It is not about destroying the almighty-the third book deals with going to war with an evil angel who took over after the leading angel became insane.
There is NOT excessive violence-it was barely violent at all (I saw it last night). As for the "crafts," magic really wasn't even in it. Even the witches used bows and there were no magic spells used at all by anyone.

Get over it already.