Thought I would share this warning email that is circulating among hundreds of JWs...
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Just wanted to inform you all of a children's movie that is coming out in December, during the Christmas season, which is entitled " The Golden Compass". The film stars Nicole Kidman and is based on the first of a trilogy of books for children called "His Dark Materials" written by Phillip Pullman of England . Phillip Pullman is a proud atheist who belongs to secular humanist societies. The movie is based on the least
offensive of the three books, and they have dumbed down the worse elements.
The concern is that unsuspecting parents will take their kids to this movie, and say "this wasn't troubling" and then buy his trilogy books where in the end the children kill God and everyone can do as they please. So basically the movie is bait for the books. In the movie God is at times called Yahweh, that was done on purpose so the movie would
seem a little milder when viewed. Phillip Pullman is hoping that
unsuspecting parents will take their children to see the movie, they will enjoy the movie, and then the children will want the books for Christmas . Writer Phillip Pullman says he wants the children to read his books and decide against God and the kingdom of heaven. Pullman also made the remark that he wants to kill God in the minds of children, and that's what his books are all about.
The movie is a watered down version of the first book, which is the least offensive of the three books. The second book of the trilogy is "The Subtle Knife", and the third book is "The Amber Spyglass". Each book gets worse and worse regarding Pullman 's hatred of God. In the trilogy, a young girl becomes enmeshed in an epic struggle against a nefarious church known as the Magisterium. Another character, an ex-nun, describes Christianity as "a very powerful and convincing mistake". Inthe last book, a boy and a girl are depicted representing Adam and Eve and they kill God.
Pullman left little doubt about his intentions when he said in a 2003interview that "My books are about killing God." Conservative Britishcolumnist Peter Hitchens labeled Pullman "The most dangerous Author in Britain " and described his as a the writer "the atheists would have been praying for, if atheist prayed".
You can google a synapsis of the The Golden Compass , you will be surprised to find that in a children's book part of the story is about castration and female circumcision.