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Is 'Golden Compass' 'selling atheism to kids'?

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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I am still deciding on whether I want to go see this movie or not, but I do remember watching a film with similar hype: Happy Feet. It was an adorable movie with many well known actors and actresses in it...but you could tell that several main figures in the movie depicted religious leaders, based off secular stereotypes. I loved the idea of individuality and perseverance in the movie...but I was weary about the challenge of authority. That seems to be the main thought of this movie: challenging the authority. I feel like this could be detrimental to teaching children. Hopefully they each have wonderful parents who will take them aside and talk to them for as long as it takes to help them understand what the themes of the movie relate to and how those themes relate to their lives. Unfortunately, that won't happen very much. Far too many children are going to watch this film and be affected by it, perhaps deeply, with no parental counseling. I know that I am one of those people who are easily effected by a movie. I have to catch myself from imitating things I watch others do. Movies are particularly dangerous for me. Personally, I think that these extremes should be told to the public. I'm glad the Christians are making a big deal out of this movie. It makes people approach it more cautiously. Just like Narnia, Happy Feet, Passion of the Christ, etc. They are all deep movies that need to be discussed. Hype is needed so that we WILL discuss these things in depth with those we trust. "For reason is a property of God's...moreover, there is nothing He does not wish to be investigated and understood by reason." ~Tertullian [i]de paenitentia[/i] Carthaginian Historian 2nd century AD Loading...
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