Warning to Parents about an upcoming movie

kissingfish · #1 (**permalink**) 10-28-2007, 05:05 AM

I am not a mother myself, but I ran across this article while surfing the net. I thought I should warn the parents of this board about this movie and the books they are trying to push off for Christmas. It is called the Golden Compass and stars Nicole Kidman.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp

Pumanator · #2 (**permalink**) 10-28-2007, 10:10 AM

So we are surprised by this...it is exactly what the world wants and will think they get under the anti christ minus the church. There is a debate over at what was CF on the wonderful christian message of Harry Potter...man are we in for judgment in this country or what.

irishman82 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-28-2007, 11:57 PM

False prophecy is all that comes to mind

DMcKay · #4 (**permalink**) 10-29-2007, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by kissingfish

I am not a mother myself, but I ran across this article while surfing the net. I thought I should warn the parents of this board about this movie and the books they are trying to push off for Christmas. It is called the Golden Compass and stars Nicole Kidman.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp

Kissingfish,

Thank you for taking the time to do your brothers and sisters on the Forum the favor of warning them about the nature of this movie and the books that they are based on. Your correct, many will see Nicole Kidman in the movie and think that that makes the movie worth seeing. This is something that we Christians should be boycotting big time. Not only does it promote atheism, but it also promotes killing God so everyones life would be better.

Psalm 2 comes to mind about God laughing at the folly of man.

Gwenyfur · #5 (**permalink**) 10-29-2007, 06:17 AM

Yikes!

Yea L_rd, come quickly, your children await anxiously...

irishman82 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-30-2007, 10:40 PM

I always feel sorry for the people who reject God's love, but those who promote it openly... I can't as much

Jenniewren · #7 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 03:17 AM

Thank you for the warning. It is a minefield being a parent today and deciding what films/books are suitable. My daughter came home from school one day and told me her friends were saying "Harry Potter" was the new Jesus because people had been talking about the similarities between Harry and Jesus. I said yes, there are similarities, simply because the author decided to write it that way to make a moral point. I had to explain that there was and only ever could be one Jesus, so it was a helpful discussion in the end for us, but how many parents would just laugh or ignore a statement like that?

What do people think about the Narnia series by C.S.Lewis? Despite what we are told, the books are not really Christian, and I wonder how many parents who rave about them have actually thought about the theology of the series? Yes, I know Aslan is killed and is raised from the dead, like Jesus, but in the book he is also surrounded by characters such as Bacchus with his merry girls and many other mythological creatures, magicians etc. In the ending of the seventh book "The Last Battle" the sincere and good soldier of the bad god Tash sees Aslan and is accepted as his follower because all good followers of Tash are really following Aslan and all bad followers of Aslan are really following Tash the bad god. A very convincing argument that all roads lead to God. Read the last few chapters if you do not believe me. Someone once argued with me that Tash was meant to be the devil, but would a open follower of the devil be acceptable to God? No, there is only one way, through Jesus Christ.
I don't hate the books, I love them, but make sure you know the full story and exactly what your children are reading. The Christian message in them is not really any better than that of Harry Potter, so never just assume a book is "good or bad" read it yourself.

I just hope I do not get into trouble saying this about Narnia because they are wonderful fantasy books. It is just that some Christain parents have just about raised them to the level of theology. They are not and I do not think the author ever intended them to be.

intricatic · #8 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Jenniewren

Thank you for the warning. It is a minefield being a parent today and deciding what films/books are suitable. My daughter came home from school one day and told me her friends were saying "Harry Potter" was the new Jesus because people had been talking about the similarities between Harry and Jesus. I said yes, there are similarities, simply because the author decided to write it that way to make a moral point. I had to explain that there was and only ever could be one Jesus, so it was a helpful discussion in the end for us, but how many parents would just laugh or ignore a statement like that?

What do people think about the Narnia series by C.S.Lewis? Despite what we are told, the books are not really Christian, and I wonder how many parents who rave about them have actually thought about the theology of the series? Yes, I know Aslan is killed and is raised from the dead, like Jesus, but in the book he is also surrounded by characters such as Bacchus with his merry girls and many other mythological creatures, magicians etc. In the ending of the seventh book "The Last Battle" the sincere and good soldier of the bad god Tash sees Aslan and is accepted as his follower because all good followers of Tash are really following Aslan and all bad followers of Aslan are really following Tash the bad god. A very convincing argument that all roads lead to God. Read the last few chapters if you do not believe me. Someone once argued with me that Tash was meant to be the devil, but would a open follower of the devil be acceptable to God? No, there is only one way, through Jesus Christ.
I don't hate the books, I love them, but make sure you know the full story and exactly what your children are reading. The Christian message in them is not really any better than that of Harry Potter, so never just assume a book is "good or bad" read it yourself.

I just hope I do not get into trouble saying this about Narnia because they are wonderful fantasy books. It is just that some Christain parents have just about raised them to the level of theology. They are not and I do not think the author ever intended them to be.

Actually, the Tash / Aslan argument is more about God being able to reach people regardless of what they're raised to believe than "All roads lead to God". The book doesn't state that Aslan is Tash, but that the people who were raised believing in Tash, but did Aslan's will were really following Aslan, not Tash.

Jenniewren · #9 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 04:22 AM

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Actually, the Tash / Aslan argument is more about God being able to reach people regardless of what they're raised to believe than "All roads lead to God". The book doesn't state that Aslan is Tash, but that the people who were raised believing in Tash, but did Aslan's will were really following Aslan, not Tash.

I know the book does not state Aslan is Tash. You are actually saying the same thing I am, but with different conclusions. I am saying there is only one way to God through Jesus. Do you really believe someone can be doing God's will (as opposed to being unknowingly used by God) if they follow another religion? Of course God can reach these people and often does, but in the book there is no change of heart, no one brought him to Aslan, it is literally a "good" person being rewarded even though they are following another god.

I wanted to add something I just thought of. What is doing God's will? Surely it is trusting in Christ as our Lord and Saviour, living God's way and growing to be more like Jesus and telling others the Good News. Many people do good deeds and are good people, but there is still only one way to be part of God's family.

They are a great series with lots of good Christian messages. Not to be confused with books likeThe Golden Compass.

lin1235 · #10 (**permalink**) 11-08-2007, 02:44 PM

On the OP: Is this the movie where every character (and by implication, every human) has a "demon", like a spirit guide, and the main character can see hers and communicate with it? I saw a making-of and it was horrible. They were saying things like "the worst thing that can happen to a human is to have their demon taken away from them" and other obvious hints. It's evil, IMO, and I don't say that easily (I like Harry Potter - ducking for the thrown tomatoes...)