Golden Compass? What is the big deal?

Question

Okay I don't really know anything bout the books or the movie. I heard it got something to do with killing God. Now is that what the people think the deeper message in the movie is, or are they actually killing God? I'm a Christian, I'm not happy with killing God obviously, but I'm so tired of all this attack on mainstream things, I mean, when I was 4 I was a huge Ninja Turtles fan, then all of a sudden it's satanic, pfff, then Biker Mice, Pokemon, Harry Potter. Same with music (I'm a big fan of Old School Rock, it's attacked for decades now!). So is this movie something to be concerned about, or is just as the above mentioned?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Here's my take after seeing it:

If you don't go see it because someone told you you might be offended at the "anti-religious" theme in the movie- you are a sheep and a coward for not using your own brain to determine such a thing, and probably not intelligent enough to understand the message underneath it all.

Having said that- that movie sucked and is in no way enriching whatsoever... Nicole Kidman is a lousy actress, the plot STUNK, and the CGI was ugly. Don't go see the movie because of THAT.

Answer 2

I haven't seen the movies but i've read all three of the books. So this could be a bit of a spoiler for anyone planning to read them.

In the third book god makes a brief appearance, he's old and senile and barely knows whats happening, and he is a sort of spirity thing. The god in the book is sort of like the DemiUrge in the gnostic religion, he is just pretending to have created the universe. No-one actually kills him though, he is just so weak that the wind blows him away..
In the first book, and i suppose the first movie, its not really clear that one of the characters motives is to kill god. I don't think we really find that out until the second book.
I think there were gay angels in the second book, i can imagine how well that will go down.
I like them, they are very gripping books, but then i liked Narnia as well! :) If you can treat it as just a work of fiction and not as any sort of insidious atheist agenda then you will probably enjoy it. The special effect look cool at any rate!

Answer 3

It is part of the above chain, to an extent. The final book in the trilogy is highly critical of Christianity, and the series was written by an atheist, but I don't think that that is a fair reason for boycotting a movie (you could just not see because it sucks...) and making such a fuss. As for killing God...it is largely symbolic. "God" is actually just an angel named Metatron who has usurped a position as leader of the other angels.

Answer 4

The big deal with The Golden Compass and the books in that series are that the author has admitted that he (an atheist) wrote the books in protest to the Chronicles of Narnia (which have Christian undertones). He wrote them to "destroy God in the eyes of children." Many Christians find this offensive and don't want it out there for children to see.

Answer 5

You did admit that you like everything deliver to your eye and ear without discretion. You don't have to recruit Christians into Golden Compass, you know you like demon and killing authority (police, teacher parent, church). Don't lie. That what the Golden Compass are telling story about. Where the moral of the story?

I know you would support that. If you don't support it, then why bother watching Golden Compass?

By the way, the word "daemon" is the same as demon. It is a different language that represent the english word "demon".

Answer 6

Great books
Great movie

It's not really about killing god and that certainly doesn't come up in the first film and even if it were - it's a fantasy story the "god" in the book isn't your god, the church in the story (I hope) isn't your church.

The people complaining about it have neither read the books nor seen the film. They're basing their views on what some priest on the telly has told them

Answer 7

Why do human beings save throwing around the Pullman "quote" that he's making an attempt to "kill God interior the minds of youngsters". the place and while did he say this? i've got been searching for a on an identical time as and the only source of this "quote" seems to be like from the propaganda launch from the Catholic League--a launch that has a minimum of one occasion of dishonestly quoting Pullman out of context to "coach" their element. Can somebody positioned up a link to the unique, unedited source of this so-referred to as "quote"?

Answer 8

the big deal isn't the influence of the 3 books on already believing Christians, the big deal is the influence of the movie on small children whose mind can be moved by make believe. this movie isn't claiming to be accurate or true but since when did the devil ever claim to be real. if you're a Christian the you must realize that you shouldn't subject yourself or you children to anything that contradicts God. you may not notice or feel any different but it makes an impact on your inward man.

Answer 9

It's just wannabe powerful people using the weight of the church as a method of increasing their standing - all it takes is for one individual in a reasonable position of power to say "Christianity cannot approve of this" and all of a sudden everyone thinks that every christian thinks the same thing.

The metaphorical opening a box with a crowbar that's on the outside, really.

Answer 10

some people really wig out about anything that threatens their narrow sensibilities.

Star Wars, D&D, comic books, jazz, blues... the list of media forms labelled as evil/satannic over the past century is truly mind-boggling; you and I together have barely scratched the surface of things falsely attacked.

Some people use Christianity for genuine spirituality, but others use it to try to control others, and control what they read/see/do. I oppose mind control by any name it hides under, but I support any effort towards a genuine spirituality. The two never seem to overlap.