Albert Mohler, the President of the Sothern Baptist Theological Seminary has a great article on the new movie produced by Newline Cinema, The Golden Compass. Click here to read the full article. It is important that Christian parents be aware of the agenda being set forth by the author of this story, Philip Pullman. For instance, Mohler notes, “Pullman’s attack on biblical Christianity is direct and undeniable. He once questioned why his books attracted little controversy even as the Harry Potter books attracted so much. He told an Australian newspaper that what he is “saying things that are far more subversive than anything poor old Harry has said. My books are about killing God.””
Mohler points out another quote by Pullman on the Christian belief in original sin, “Why the Christian Church has spent 2,000 years condemning this glorious moment, well, that’s a mystery. I want to confront that, I suppose, by telling a story that the so-called original sin is anything but. It’s the thing that makes us fully human.” Of course, this is not to say that atheists should not be allowed to have movies with atheist themes, but certainly we should be alarmed by one so anti-Christian. And by no means, should we as Christians spend our money on this movie or let our kids go see such a movie.
