There’s a couple of good articles on “The Golden Compass” in the latest issue of This Rock magazine (December, 2007), but unfortunately they don’t have it on-line yet.
It is deliberately designed to undermine Christianity. Even if the movie draws back from that, it will be dangerous if it sends kids to the books.
Also, the anti-Christian bias is not very evident in the first volume, but grows as the trilogy progresses. Also deliberate, so kids will be drawn in before they realize what they are getting into.
Yep. It is a NO-GO in this household.
I noticed how they are even trying to play it up as a Narnia-type vehicle in the trailers with, “The last time a little girl wandered into a wardrobe...”
Nice try, but unlike Ms. Lewinsky, I say NO CIGAR.
>>Also, the anti-Christian bias is not very evident in the first volume, but grows as the trilogy progresses. Also deliberate, so kids will be drawn in before they realize what they are getting into.<<
Sounds like a certain LARGE Pseudo-Christian cult that began in the mid 1800’s in the US.