From the Preacher's Desk

WARNING: The Golden Compass

There will be a new Children's movie out December 7th called THE GOLDEN COMPASS. It is written by Phillip Pullman, a proud atheist who belongs to secular humanist societies. He hates C. S. Lewis's Chronicle's of Narnia and has written a trilogy to show what he deems the other side. The movie has been watered down to fool kids and their parents in the hope that they will buy his trilogy where in the end the children actually kill God and everyone can then do as they please. New Line Cinema of Time Warner is releasing THE GOLDEN COMPASS, starring Nicole Kidman.

Pullman has expressed his anti-religious views publicly and boldly. In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald in 2003, he said, "My books are about killing God." Elsewhere he stated, "I don't profess any religion; I don't think it's possible that there is a God; I have the greatest difficulty in understanding what is meant by the words 'spiritual' or 'spirituality'." One more quote, "Every church is the same: control, destroy, and obliterate every good feeling." While the movie may seem mild and innocent as fiction, make no mistake, the intent of the author is sinister. We cannot close our eyes to what is the clear goal: to undermine our faith in God. Why expose our children or ourselves to an infectious disease? Atheism is an indefensible belief. The atheist says, "I know there is no God." The Bible says who will say this, "The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God.' They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none who does good." (Psalm 14:1) The reviews for the movie are mostly unfavorable, not because of its ungodly message, but because of the story-line. For the Christian, we must not support works that intensify the corruptness of society.
Rob