Comments on: Verbatim: Don’t Watch “The Golden Compass”! It’s “Atheism for Kids”!

By: Fellow Pexer

Fellow Pexer — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:14:42 +0000

Faith is Faith same as a Movie is a Movie!

By: jali

jali — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:10:46 +0000

Now I HAVE to go see it.

By: silvercrest212

silvercrest212 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:33:40 +0000

well, i came from a Catholic school and was really devastated upon hearing this. i know for a fact that i myself am not ‘too religious’ but nonetheless this film CAN, in some way, influence children in a greater perspective. people may not know it but it does. it’s just basic psychology, really. it’s not that i do not respect atheist or those who practice it.. but they should also be aware of the greater population of Christians/Catholics all over the world.

if in a greater sense this movie DOES aim on “destroying” faith, it deserves the sort-of negative critic it’s getting… because people from both sides of it should give due respect to the other…

By: normandb

normandb — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:33:42 +0000

It’s just a movie. There’s nothing wrong with Atheism. Religion was created by man and so is this movie. At least this movie will provide entertainment to it’s viewers unlike religion thats provides falls hopes to it’s followers and is the main root of division in this world since the start of mens civilization.

By: estan

estan — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:37:59 +0000

well, another of those hyper reactions. When will they learn that it always backfires? Or is this another publicity gimmick?

By: chi

chi — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:04:14 +0000

it always amuses me when some hard-assed Christians have panic-attacks when some “atheist” or “anti-Christian” movie or book comes up.

BUT this makes me more interested in reading the books and seeing the movie.

By: Teen Atheist

Teen Atheist — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:19:15 +0000

Yeah, because boycotting worked SO well against The Da Vinci Code. LOLcakes.

I’m not into fantasy flicks either, but this makes me kind of want to see The Golden Compass.

By: gianoz

gianoz — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:03:00 +0000

somehow, i just dont like the fact that he hates C.S… Narnia was cool, read wise.

By: gianoz

gianoz — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:53:14 +0000

this is an act from religious bigots, who do not deserve to be called religious, its a diversified view of the perspectives of morality, i admire pullman, his works provide a different dimension. his attack is not mainly on the aspect of God in itself, but mans overt oppression and usage of this power, this being in the form of oppressive regimes, or even churches. catholics, real catholics strive in inter-religious dialouge, this includes contrasts to those faiths but share a common good in the morals and values of a working society.

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:22:15 +0000

Too bad, they decided to tone it down for the fright of lesser US patronage. Err, so this means the movie might go out a bit more ‘faithful’? :p

By: Prudence

Prudence — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:22:59 +0000

I’ve read the trilogy. God did die in the last book, but he wasn’t actually killed. He was demented with age and when Lyra and Will found him being attacked by cliff ghasts, they killed the cliffghasts and released God from his glass case (or a crystal wagon, whichever image you prefer) and God dissolved in the wind.

I don’t understand why there should be so much fuss about this movie, with the religious calling for boycott and even banning the film. Okay, they’ve got the right to protest, but to even consider banning the film? That’s too much. That’s already trampling over the rights of other people who want to see the film. If they don’t want their kids seeing the movie or reading the books, then just instruct them not to watch it or read the books. Simple, isn’t? But then probably they don’t trust their own kids. After all, curiosity has been sometimes (or is it most of the time?) considered a “sin”. Haha.

I’ve been meaning to post something about the first book, the Golden Compass. Maybe I’d do so one of these days when I’m not so busy and, hopefully, before the movie gets shown.

By: liz

liz — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:12:14 +0000

i’m a fan of this series. but i think it’s better to read and watch it without presupposed knowledge about Pullman’s so-called ‘militant’ atheism, and thus, atheist orientation of the series. i think one would enjoy it more.

but it’s true. God dies at the end, lol. in book three.