Some Claim New Movie "The Golden Compass" Is Anti-God

[Ian David]

(CBS 11 News) DALLAS Some are wondering if the new movie "The Golden Compass" is a fun fantasy for children or a deliberate slam against religion.

The film focuses on a young girl's journey to free children from an evil organization. Critics claim the evil organization is a thinly-disguised comparison for the Christian church.

"The Golden Compass" is based on a children's book of the same name by author Philip Pullman. However, some fear the message is anti-God.

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Philip Pullman is a self-professed atheist. The author has gone on record saying his trilogy of books, called "His Dark Materials," promotes his lack of belief in God. He said it's his response to "The Chronicles of Narnia."

Dr. Bock said it was only a matter of time. "If you can have 'The Passion of the Christ' on one hand, then you can have 'The Golden Compass' on the other," he said. "The question is, what will be the cultural response that emerges from having movies with different viewpoints."

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The Official Golden Compass Movie Site:
http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/





Fantasy book draws fire in Grand Blanc
Posted by Sally York | The Flint Journal November 05, 2007 10:09AM
Categories: Breaking News, Top Stories

Its author said he wrote the book as a counterpoint to a popular fantasy series that teaches Christian values to children. The Catholic League has mounted a public relations campaign against an upcoming movie based on it.

And now, the book has been banned from a classroom at Grand Blanc West Middle School.

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The Catholic League has issued a 23-page booklet called "The Golden Compass: Agenda Unmasked" to warn readers. "The film is being sold as an innocent children's fantasy, but in reality there is nothing innocent about it: The movie is based on a book that was written to promote atheism and denigrate Christianity," the Catholic pamphlet says.

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