There has been a lot of typical hysteria over the release of the movie, "The Golden Compass," based on the books by Philip Pullman. As in the cases of former perceived theatrical attacks on God, such as "The Last Temptation of Christ," the Harry Potter books and movies, "The DaVinci Code" and other stuff by Dan Brown, and countless others.
I don't believe that we should blindly accept whatever Hollywood tries to shove down our collective gullett, but I also don't think we (or God, for that matter) have anything to fear from the entertainment industry. I believe that God is bigger and stronger than any movie mogul or production company. So, rather than send out another email with a subject line which reads, "FWD: fwd: fwd: FwD: fwd: The Golden Compass Will Cause Your Kids to Hate God!!!", I decided to do a little research and find a rational, calm, sane approach to this film and these books from a Christian perspective.
At the bottom of this post, you will find a link to an article found on ChristinityToday.com. The article is by Jeffrey Overstreet, an author of fantasy novels (from a Christian point of view) and a regular contributor to Christianity Today. I think the article represents my own feelings about controversies such as this, and I decided to post the link rather than trying to restate all of his thoughts.
If you would like to post your own thoughts about this subject, please read the article first, and then come back here and respond.
Here's the link:
Fear Not the Compass
by Jeffrey Overstreet on Christianity Today Movies
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