Vatican condemns Pullman adaptation as anti-Christmas

'The Golden Compass', the film based on Philip Pullman's novel 'Northern Lights' and starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, continues to be the biggest box-office draw arpind the world, but the Vatican has ... via Irish Independent

[Coolmind]

Pope's a dope.

[Franck]

Coolmind wrote:

Pope's a dope.

And it takes such a brilliant mind to write "Pope's a dope." I am verklempt! I am utterly destroyed with such profundity!

[C Hamilton]

Is the vatican now a movie critic????? Here are some differences between the Golden Compass & the bible:

The Golden Compass exposes children to alcohol consumption by presenting them with a whiskey-guzzling bear.

The Bible exposes children to actual human beings who drink their own urine and eat their own poop. Parents will also enjoy reading a wonderful yarn about a poor fellow who walked into his drunk father's tent to find him buck naked! "...hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?" Isaiah 36:12 "And he (Noah) drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father..." Genesis 9:21-22

The Golden Compass promotes the false notion that children who are born out of wedlock are "a-OK" and can actually end up being someone who matters.

In the Holy Bible, children learn that little boys and girls who are born out of wedlock (the Bible calls them: BASTARDS) are to be shunned and we are to have nothing to do with them or their descendents. "A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD." Deuteronomy 23:2

The Golden Compass teaches children that bears can talk.

The Bible makes it factually clear to children that only snakes and donkeys can talk. "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" Genesis 3:1 "And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee?" Numbers 22:30

So which is more moral????

[Crance]

C Hamilton wrote:

Is the vatican now a movie critic????? Here are some differences between the Golden Compass & the bible:
The Golden Compass exposes children to alcohol consumption by presenting them with a whiskey-guzzling bear.
The Bible exposes children to actual human beings who drink their own urine and eat their own poop. Parents will also enjoy reading a wonderful yarn about a poor fellow who walked into his drunk father's tent to find him buck naked! "...hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?" Isaiah 36:12 "And he (Noah) drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father..." Genesis 9:21-22
The Golden Compass promotes the false notion that children who are born out of wedlock are "a-OK" and can actually end up being someone who matters.
In the Holy Bible, children learn that little boys and girls who are born out of wedlock (the Bible calls them: BASTARDS) are to be shunned and we are to have nothing to do with them or their descendents. "A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD." Deuteronomy 23:2
The Golden Compass teaches children that bears can talk.
The Bible makes it factually clear to children that only snakes and donkeys can talk. "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" Genesis 3:1 "And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee?" Numbers 22:30
So which is more moral????

Until you get help with your exegesis .. I'd stay away from Both if I were you.

Peace

[C Hamilton]

Crance wrote:

<quoted text>
Until you get help with your exegesis .. I'd stay away from Both if I were you.
Peace

Are you incapable of seeing the "fantasy" quality of BOTH books or are you too wrapped up one mythology to examine it with a critical eye?

[Crance]

C Hamilton wrote:

<quoted text>Are you incapable of seeing the "fantasy" quality of BOTH books or are you too wrapped up one mythology to examine it with a critical eye?

I've examined 1 with a critical eye.

I've only been told about the other!

Peace