Critics Slam 'Golden Compass' Movie for 'Castrating' Anti-Church Themes

Christian Post ^ | October 15, 2007 | Joshua Kimball

[Terriergal]

BTW generally when the author writes something with a goal like ‘discrediting Christianity’ or to make some ‘statement’ like that, the writing ends up pretty sucky anyway.

The story should be its own— not a political or religious statement. Otherwise it ends up feeling/sounding contrived.

[HarleyD]

It just seems there's no way to realistically expect kids to not notice the sex and other deceitful messages bombarding them at every turn.

Amen! We decided long ago that it was far more important for our child to read, understand and make good choices than to try to protect him. It's absolutely impossible. My wife and I read and screened every movie and book that our son wanted to see or had to read. Rarely did we not let him read or see something but we did plenty of discussing.

That being said I remember my son, at the urging of a friend turning on an R-rated movie on HBO. I had HBO removed the next day.

[Terriergal]

I can understand that totally!