Tuesday, December 4, 2007
MOVIE ALERT: The Golden Compass

Hey!

I know I sent this email to some of you but I would like to share it again just in case some of you didnt get it.

It's like a Christian's nightmare come true - an atheist movie disguised as harmless entertainment.

It brings to mind the prophetic words of 2 Timothy 3, especially verses 7-9:

1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. 6 For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7 always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. 9 But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things though Christ who strengthens me.

There will be a new children's movie out in December called "The Golden
Compass". The movie has been described as "atheism for kids" and is based
on the first book of a trilogy entitled "His Dark Materials" that was
written by Phillip Pullman. Pullman is a militant atheist and secular
humanist who despises C. S. Lewis and the "Chronicles of Narnia". His
motivation for writing this trilogy was specifically to counteract Lewis'
symbolisms of Christ that are portrayed in the Narnia series.

Clearly, Pullman's main objective is to bash Christianity and promote
atheism. Pullman left little doubt about his intentions when he said in a
2003 interview that "my books are about killing God." He has even stated
that he wants to "kill God in the minds of children". It has been said of
Pullman that he is "the writer the atheists would be praying for, if
atheists prayed."

While "The Golden Compass" movie itself may seem mild and innocent, the
books are a much different story. In the trilogy, a young streetwise girl
becomes enmeshed in an epic struggle to ultimately defeat the oppressive
forces of a senile God. Another character, an ex-nun, describes
Christianity as "a very powerful and convincing mistake." In the final
book, characters representing Adam and Eve eventually kill God, who at
times is called YAHWEH. Each book in the trilogy gets progressively worse
regarding Pullman's hatred of Jesus Christ.

"The Golden Compass" is set to premier on December 7, during the Christmas
season (and staring Nicole Kidman), and will probably be heavily
advertised. Promoters hope that unsuspecting parents will take their
children to see the movie, that they will enjoy the movie, and that the
children will want the books for Christmas.

Please consider a boycott of the movie and the books. So many things today are darkness concealed in what appears to be innocent.