How does the movie "golden compass" promote athiesim?!
Question: the books ARE anti christian, as stated in an interview from the author, but the movies are supposed to have removed most of the anti-christian themes.
in my opinion, it isn't really anti-christian themed, it's more like anti-spanish-inquisition-like- authorities-in-power.
The books depict a world where the church (the magisterium-sp?) rules over everyone and is the main power and influence in the land and how their control and total power is wrong.
But you might want to preview the movie yourself before you take a child because there are very adult themes within the book and series.
Answers: the books ARE anti christian, as stated in an interview from the author, but the movies are supposed to have removed most of the anti-christian themes.
in my opinion, it isn't really anti-christian themed, it's more like anti-spanish-inquisition-like- authorities-in-power.
The books depict a world where the church (the magisterium-sp?) rules over everyone and is the main power and influence in the land and how their control and total power is wrong.
But you might want to preview the movie yourself before you take a child because there are very adult themes within the book and series.
www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass...
This is the link to information regarding your question. The author has admitted to writing these as the "anti-Narnia" books.
Several key themes of the novels, the rejection of organized religion and the abuse of power in a fictionalized Catholic Church, are to be diluted in the adaptation. Director Weitz said "in the books the Magisterium is a version of the Catholic Church gone wildly astray from its roots" but that the organization portrayed in his film would not directly match that of Pullman's books. In an attempt to avoid a religious backlash, the Magisterium will instead be a critique of all dogmatic organizations.[32] Weitz said that New Line Cinema had feared the story's anti-religious themes would make the film financially unviable in the US, and so religion and God will not be referenced directly. Attempting to reassure fans of the novels, Weitz said that religion would instead appear in euphemistic terms, yet the decision has been attacked by some fans,[33] anti-censorship groups, and the National Secular Society (of which Pullman is an honorary associate), which said "they are taking the heart out of it, losing the point of it, castrating it",[34] "this is part of a long-term problem over freedom of speech." The changes from the novel have been present since Tom Stoppard's rejected version of the script,[23] and Pullman himself believes the film will be "faithful."[32]
As part of a two-month protest campaign, the Catholic League has called for a boycott of the film. They believe that while the religious elements of the film will be "watered down" from the source novels, it will still encourage children to read the series, which League president William A. Donohue says "denigrates Christianity" and promotes "atheism for kids",[4][35] citing author Pullman as saying that he is "trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief."[36] It is the League's hope that "the film [will fail] to meet box office expectations and that [Pullman's] books attract few buyers."[37]
Director Weitz says that he believes His Dark Materials is "not an atheistic work, but a highly spiritual and reverent piece of writing",[33] and Nicole Kidman has defended her decision to star in the film, saying that "the Catholic Church is part of my essence. I wouldn't be able to do this film if I thought it were at all anti-Catholic".[24]
I haven't seen the movie, but I read the books. Everything that happens is supposed to lead to a war against God or "the Authority". The theme of the trilogy is blalantly anti-religious.
It's a great story though.