What is that movie golden compass about?!
Question: sum 1 told me it was about atheism then sum1 else said it was about christanity does anybody know?
Answers: sum 1 told me it was about atheism then sum1 else said it was about christanity does anybody know?
I don't know but based on your answers, it sounds as if your christian, and they're getting complaints about it.
This isn't a review but something i found on the internet.
Origins: The Golden Compass, a fantasy film starring Nicole Kidman that
is scheduled to be released into theaters on 7 December 2007, has been
drawing fire from concerned Christians. The film is based on Northern
Lights (released in the U.S. as The Golden Compass), the first offering in
Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy of children's books, a series
that follows the adventures of a streetwise girl who travels
through multiple worlds populated by witches, armor-plated bears, and
sinister ecclesiastical assassins to defeat the oppressive forces of a
senile God.
Books of the trilogy have sold more than 15 million copies around the
world, with Northern Lights winning the Carnegie Medal for Children's
Literature in 1995 and in 2007 being awarded the 'Carnegie of Carnegies'
for the best children's book of the past 70 years. The Amber Spyglass, the
final book of the series, won The Whitbread Prize in 2001, making it the
first children's book to do so. The series' author, Philip Pullman, is an avowed atheist who has averred
that "I don't profess any religion; I don't think it's possible that there
is a God; I have the greatest difficulty in understanding what is meant by
the words 'spiritual' or 'spirituality.'" Critics of Pullman's books point
to the strong anti-religion and anti-God themes they incorporate, and
although literary works are subject to a variety of interpretations,
Pullman left little doubt about his intentions when he said in a 2003
interview with The Sydney Morning Herald that "My books are about killing
God." (Conservative British columnist Peter Hitchens labeled Pullman "The
Most Dangerous Author in Britain" and described him as the writer "the
atheists would have been praying for, if atheists prayed.")
Bill Donohue, president of The Catholic League, has condemned The Golden
Compass as a "pernicious" effort to indoctrinate children into
anti-Christian beliefs and has produced a 23-page pamphlet titled The
Golden Compass: Unmasked in which he maintains that Pullman "sells atheism
for kids." Donohoe told interviewer John Gibson on 9 October 2007 why he
believes Christians should stay away from the film:
Look, the movie is based on the least offensive of the three books. And
they have dumbed down the worst elements in the movie because they don't
want to make Christians angry and they want to make money. Our concern is
this, unsuspecting Christian parents may want to take their kid to the
movie, it opens up December 7th and say, this wasn't troubling, then we'll
buy the books. So the movie is the bait for the books which are profoundly
anti-Catholic and at the same time selling atheism.
Other reviewers, however, have described Pullman's works as being more
generally anti-religion rather than specifically anti-Christian or
anti-Catholic:
In "His Dark Materials," Pullman's criticisms of organized religion come
across as anti-authoritarian and anti-ascetic rather than anti-doctrinal.
(Jesus isn't mentioned in any of the books, although Pullman has hinted
that He might figure in a forthcoming sequel, "The Book of Dust.") His
fundamental objection is to ideological tyranny and the rejection of this
world in favor of an idealized afterlife, regardless of creed. As one of
the novel's pagan characters puts it, "Every church is the same: control,
destroy, obliterate every good feeling."
well to be honest i couldn't even tell you it was so dumb
It was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College and tearing unsupervised through Oxford's motley streets on mad quests for adventure. But Lyra's greatest adventure would begin closer to home, the day she heard hushed talk of an extraordinary particle. Microscopic in size, the magical dust- found only in the vast Artic expanse of the North -was rumored to possess profound properties that could unite whole universes. But there were those who feared the particle and would stop at nothing to destroy it. Catapulted into the heart of a terrible struggle, Lyra was forced to seek aid from clans, gyptians, and formidable armored bears. And as she journeyed into unbelievable danger, she had not the faintest clue that she alone was destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle.
its about a golden compass
It's based on the book "Killing God", and that is exactly what it's about. Demonic and I would not recommended even slightly watching it. It's a horrible message and it's a shame that people would even go see it. It shows we are truly in the last days!
I never heard of it let alone see it.
The movie is in reality expecting "A genie in a bottle" for their answers! It's about nothing but "New Age", and they expect "Anticdotle Evidence". It also has to do with "channeling" Plus Biblical Truth is still missing!! (Check out Dave Hunt on the web. He can fill you in on more "False Religions") <')))><