The Golden Compass, pointing where?

November 18, 2007 by Dr. Mc.

Apparently the resurgence of the Chronicles of Narnia books and the blockbuster movie based on the first book in 2005 have inspired atheists enough to produce a children’s movie to counter its theistic affects. C. S. Lewis’ Narnia series has moral value and underlying messages that show the reasonableness of faith in God and Christ without mentioning either. The integrity of the books is well represented in the movie, and that plan is expected to carry into the next Narnia movie.  By contrast, The Golden Compass, scheduled for release December 7, appears for all the world (literally) to be a fun and adventurous movie along the same lines. Not so, according to Snopes.com, which prides itself as a myth-buster. It (and many others) note that the movie is designed to attract young viewers into reading the books. Well and good, but the innocuous movie does not reveal the motive of the books, in which the villain is God Himself. Disney sees the Golden Compass as competition, but it is also deception. Apparently the makes of the movie realized that parents will not buy the books for their kids unless they are deceived into thinking they are like the movie. Considering the integrity of its producers what kind of morality should parents expect from the "innocuous" movie?

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