News and Politics | December 09, 2007 | 2 comments

Golden Compass is a Blast! - Don't let the fuss about the Catholic League keep you from watching

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jubal
I just came from seeing the movie that has got many in the Catholic and Evangelical Christian Communities in an uproar. The film is about a totalitarian government that has control of both the political and religious institutions. It is called the Magesterium. According to Mrs. Coulter, the part played by Nicole Kidman, the job of the Magesterium is to tell people what to do and what to think for their own good. However, disobedience is dealt with swiftly and painfully.

The story tells us that their are many parallel universes with their own unique realities. However the Magesterium wishes to be able to cross over from one universe to the other so that they can eventually control all the universes; all of them. This is megalomania to the extreme and on steroids.

I can see why Religions like the Catholics and the Evangelicals are afraid of this movie. One of the witches in the movie says that "a war is coming, you may not think that it is your war but it is your war, you just don't know it yet." Sam Elliot who plays a character named Lee Scorsby asks the witch, "what is this here quarrel all about?" And she responds, "Nothing less than your free will."

Catholic and Evangelical religion is about taking away your free will and bringing it under the authority of the church. That is why this story hits home because the Magesterium is very much like their own authority.

The Alethiometer is a device that helps you to find out the truth. In my view the Alethiometer is an allegory for our own conscience, when it is properly tuned to the source of all life, it acts as an internal compass to guide us and to protect us from lies.
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2 comments // Golden Compass is a Blast! - Don't let the fuss about the Catholic League keep you from watching

  • jubal
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      jubal  

    • I know I think it is funny that people take FICTION so seriously. Could it be that their are hidden truths within the FICTION?

    • 4 years ago
  • Varex_Sythe
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      Varex_Sythe  

    • Though I'm not entirely sure about some of your interpretations, I admit that I do tend to like films that are disliked by specific religious groups (which pretty much always ends up being the catholics).

      So far the Harry Potter movies are decent, and all of the books are pretty good. But I recall that many catholics got their panties in a knot over the Harry Potter books because it taught and/or endorsed witchcraft. Here's a headline for all catholics who were intimidated by the Harry Potter books, IT'S FICTION! Then again, some people view the Bible as something that is just as fictional as the Harry Potter series, and a lot less entertaining.

    • 4 years ago
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