Not knowing the background of children’s tales may not seem important, but it is, at least it is for those of you with children or involved with children.
Years back when the Harry Potter explosion occurred and its movies and books started to go mainstream their was controversy and today their is the rise of yet another very similar controversy. The movie coming out is called the Golden Compass. It was written by ardent secular humanist (atheist) Phillip Pullman as part of a series called "His Dark Materials". Phil is the kind of motivated man that says comments such as, "My books are about killing God" and how he wants to “…kill God in the minds of children”. These books revolve around the adventures of children (looking much like Narnia), but they culminate in these children actually killing God. Not just a generic God mind you, but one named "YAHWEH"; bearing a striking resemblance indeed and one that falls in line with Phil’s atheistic agenda.
While the Harry Potter books are obviously geared towards witchcraft these books are more similar to Narnia (or at least the movie is). It almost makes parents relax thinking when they see the trailer, "Oh this is going to be like Narnia", but just as with the Harry Potter books this story starts out employing low-key and friendly elements while moving steadily towards evil. If you define evil as I do (that which God defines as against Him) then tell others about this upcoming disaster. Especially in reference to your children and their friends...
Parents seem far less upset by this Narnia look-alike (Golden Compass) than they were about the obvious witchcraft promotions in Harry Potter. Yet both of these storylines are anti-biblical and promote a subtle degradation of children’s morality, not to mention how they can unfairly test our children’s belief in God at such a young age. According to scriptures (Proverbs 22:6 and Ephesians 6:4), parents (and other influential persons) have a duty to raise their children with sound understanding; rejecting the ways and teachings of the world.
Should we be lazy or apathetic at the cost of the children? Please forward this to others and talk to your children about it, or research this for yourself first with some of the links below.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp
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