Once again it is open season on the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Secular humanists, liberals and atheists are whining because Christians and Jews are objecting to a movie based on the first book of a trilogy that blasphemes God. The trilogy ends in the third book with the killing of the "Ancient of Days". From letters to the editor in the Albany Times Union it is clear that liberals and atheists don't even realize that the "Ancient of Days" is a name of God used in both the Old and New Testaments.
The movie, "The Golden Compass", is based on the first book of the trilogy entitled His Dark Materials written by Philip Pullman. (There is no underline capability for writing in the blog.) 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 to counteract Lewis' symbolism of Christ portrayed in the Narnia series.
Pullman's main objective is to bash Christianity and promote atheism. Pullman said in a 2003 interview, "My books are about killing God". He even has stated that he wants "to kill God in the minds of children".
While "The Golden Compass" movie itself may seem mild and innocent, the books are a much different story. Each book in the trilogy gets progressively worse regarding Pullman's hatred of Jesus Christ. In the final book, characters representing Adam and Eve eventually kill God.
"The Golden Compass" and the two books that follow certainly do not promote Christian beliefs and values. Quite the contrary. As a Christian I love, worship and serve the Ancient of Days. I certainly do not want my children, my grandchildren or any children to watch a movie that promotes atheism and bashes the God I love, worship and serve. I also don't want them reading any book or series of books that culminates with the killing of my God. If you can't understand that, then I suggest you get some sensitivity training.
It's about time people realized that it is politically incorrect to attack, slander, curse, kill in books or otherwise demean the God of the Christians and the God of the Jews. I am profoundly offended that anyone, atheist or otherwise, would write a book in which my God is killed. This trilogy is a profound outrage.
As far as the "banned book" mentality mentioned by Kristin Devoe in an editorial in the 12/17/2007 edition of the Times Union, I'd like to ask how many Bibles do you find in schools? Teachers have been fired for having Bibles in plain view in their classrooms and Bibles have been banned from most public schools. If a book that contains the wisdom, instruction and history of God's relationship with man is banned from our classrooms, I suggest that books that promote atheism and God killing also be banned from our classrooms. Christians certainly do not have a corner on book banning.
If atheists and secular humanists were really on the ball, they would realize that "The Golden Compass" seeks to establish atheism as a religion and therefore goes against their twisted understanding of the First Amendment. If they were really on the ball, they themselves would want to ban this series because it seeks to establish atheism, which is a religion. However, since the only religion they do not want to see established is the Christian religion, I guess they will not be complaining about "The Golden Compass", its anti-Christ message and its attempt to promote and establish atheism.
Also, isn't it a funny thing that an atheist would write a book about killing God. I guess they figured out that God is alive and not dead. But I thought atheists didn't believe in God. Why write a book about killing someone you don't believe exists in the first place. I guess everyone really knows that God exists. I guess you could call Pullman a God-hater and a blasphemer but not an atheist in the true sense of the word.
PRAY and TAKE ACTION:
Pray that parents will not take their children to see this film. Pray that the movie has no effect on the faith of the children and adults that see it. Bind the seeds of atheism from taking root.
Pray that schools will not purchase these books.
Call the movie theatres and tell them you do not approve of the movie.
Check your school library and if they have the books, work to get the series removed from your child's school.
Shalom~
1 Comment:
I agree with you. I personally think that this book should be taken off the bookshelf in every school! Its okay to entice our children to actually enjoy the evil in this world but they want to take the name of my god out of our nations pledge???? I would love to write a letter to the man who wrote this book because i do have a few choice words, but im sure god will say all that needs to be said on his judgement day.
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