Went to see 'The Golden Compass' yesterday, I've read the books and listened to all the concern about the film and what it has to say about God, the fall, the church, sin and freedom.
It is a fantastic film visually, the special effects are amazing, though Nicole Kidman steals the show with her cold turn as Lyra's mother. It is a film which raises many questions.
I am concerned at the way Pullman portrays the church (The Magisterium) - protectors of their own power rather than seekers of the truth. And how the authority (God) is being set up to be killed in the later films. And how the fall is being portrayed as a good thing.
But actually what a great opportunity it brings for us to engage with these issues. The film is all about the search for truth, it is what the Golden Compass of the books title enables its wielder to discover. And as our friends, neighbours and work colleagues think about it, what a great opportunity to talk to them about the truth!!!
The challenge is not to fear the film, but to use it to introduce people to a God so loving that he sends his son into the world to save the very one who have rebelled against them, why? So that they can spend eternity enjoying him. The challenge is to engage with our children so that they know what Pullman does and how the Bible answers the charges he makes against God. Charges that are easily answered by our God who is nothing like 'the authority'. In fcat who is the very opposite of Pullman's idea of God.
It is a fantastic film visually, the special effects are amazing, though Nicole Kidman steals the show with her cold turn as Lyra's mother. It is a film which raises many questions.
I am concerned at the way Pullman portrays the church (The Magisterium) - protectors of their own power rather than seekers of the truth. And how the authority (God) is being set up to be killed in the later films. And how the fall is being portrayed as a good thing.
But actually what a great opportunity it brings for us to engage with these issues. The film is all about the search for truth, it is what the Golden Compass of the books title enables its wielder to discover. And as our friends, neighbours and work colleagues think about it, what a great opportunity to talk to them about the truth!!!
The challenge is not to fear the film, but to use it to introduce people to a God so loving that he sends his son into the world to save the very one who have rebelled against them, why? So that they can spend eternity enjoying him. The challenge is to engage with our children so that they know what Pullman does and how the Bible answers the charges he makes against God. Charges that are easily answered by our God who is nothing like 'the authority'. In fcat who is the very opposite of Pullman's idea of God.
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