Golden Compass Article

Two articles actually.

First one from The Atlantic Online.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200712/religious-movies

And one from Christianity Today. Its a very thoughtful article, not a Catholic League freak out.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/december/12.36.html


A couple of highlights. In the third book by the author, the little girl actually kills God. The author is a very straightforward atheist. The movie is much more convuluted in an attempt to not offend anyone (although I think its more offensive to pretend that the book isn't about atheism).

Basically the author says things like "Chronicles of Narnia is the Christian one. Mine is the non Christian one." There's also a pretty creepy part where the main character in the movie, a preteen girl may or may not have had sex which helps kill God.

I don't mind that the guy's an atheist. That's his choice. Its just that the movie is being marketed in the Narnia/Lord of the Rings vein. Which its not. I wouldn't want my kid seeing the movie and then reading the books.

No Golden Compass for me.