tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636548.post2545711465783565283..comments2024-03-21T09:13:51.939-05:00Comments on Out of My Hat: The Golden CompassJohn A Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777330742400065045noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636548.post-8112544078099682932007-12-30T20:53:00.000-06:002007-12-30T20:53:00.000-06:00I don't know. When the author himself goes on TV ...I don't know. When the author himself goes on TV and says that he writes books with the sole purpose of destroying God in the minds of children, I don't need to give him any of my time or money to see if it's true. In the same way, I don't need to go rent the latest porno movie to "judge for myself" that it is not praise worthy. I'm not a zealot that is going to stand in front of the theater and protest, but I'm certainly not going to put my money in his pocket or give time to his movie or his book that I could be giving to God or my family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636548.post-62978466837074388102007-12-22T15:07:00.000-06:002007-12-22T15:07:00.000-06:00I believe in the movie they have tried to 'neutral...I believe in the movie they have tried to 'neutralize' the anti-church elements. Like you said it is fiction and if faith is strong a book can't really do much harm to it can it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719992587281654845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636548.post-37797663619344366952007-12-22T09:37:00.000-06:002007-12-22T09:37:00.000-06:00My 16 year old daughter went to see it with her ch...My 16 year old daughter went to see it with her church group so they could more intelligently discuss the meaning of the movie.<BR/><BR/>For the most part my daughter had a difficult time following along and said that most of her group came away feeling the same. She was looking for the deeper meaning but wasn't sure she was getting it.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to think we give our children a solid enough foundation so as not to worry about a movie such as this shaking that foundation.<BR/><BR/>I too heard the cries from Christians and defaulted to that frame of mind but then I began thinking that we could easily be seen as crying wolf when all there really was was a lost stray puppy and not a wolf.<BR/><BR/>Merry Chistmas to you all!Kevin Gilmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07689287179985777963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636548.post-77477586099925127702007-12-21T06:59:00.000-06:002007-12-21T06:59:00.000-06:00I just watched a 'Behind the scenes' of The Golden...I just watched a 'Behind the scenes' of The Golden Comopass and it looks really good. I might go out and get the book myself.<BR/><BR/>Also, let me wish you and your family a Blessed and Joyful Christmas.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542715899155247984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636548.post-66962720060353979642007-12-19T10:07:00.000-06:002007-12-19T10:07:00.000-06:00He's a witch! Burn him for his heresy!In all seri...He's a witch! Burn him for his heresy!<BR/><BR/>In all seriousness, we all would be better off making ourselves more knowledgeable about the subjects that we spend our time using as talking points. Otherwise, it might just come back and bite us in the posterior (see Sherri Shepherd, an avowed "Devout Christian" recently stating on "The View" that she "didn't know that the world was round."<BR/><BR/>RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636548.post-677302516234787182007-12-19T07:44:00.000-06:002007-12-19T07:44:00.000-06:00Be careful, John - you will run afoul of the Commo...Be careful, John - you will run afoul of the Common Sense Minimization Police if you keep writing thoughts like these...Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636548.post-36689347961688562792007-12-19T03:43:00.000-06:002007-12-19T03:43:00.000-06:00As a Christian I didn't have a great problem with ...As a Christian I didn't have a great problem with it, because at the end of the day it is a work of fiction. I regularly roll my eyes at people who shout and scream that it is an attack from the atheists and the secular world...<BR/><BR/>I won't give you my opinion on whether I thought the trilogy was good or not until you've finished it, I don't want to influence your reading one way or the other.NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.com