Hey there is a great kid’s movie coming out at Christmas time and it’s called THE GOLDEN COMPASS.
I have seen trailers and am thoroughly captivated by the special digital effects and the story line – out of this world!
But wait, there may be a controversy brewing about this children’s flick. The Catholic Church or at least some department of the church calls the movie as trying to imbue innocent children during Christmastime with a notion that religion is evil and especially the Catholic Church.
Well, this sparked my interest as these types of controversies always do and I had to search deeper.
The movie is the first of a trilogy (Lord of the Ring?) written by a man named Phillip Pullman; his books titled “HIS DARK MATERIALS”. Yes, the man is an avowed skeptic, secularist or atheist; take your choice, suffice it to say he is not a fan of religion and especially the Catholic Church which he names specifically in his books but in the movie he calls it THE MAGISTARIUM.
The word magistarium actually does pertain to the Catholic Church and is the “teachings” of the Church; magister is teacher in Latin and the magistarium is the infallible and fallible sacred teachings of the Church as a whole.
Pullman has said that the Catholic Churches makes up teachings and then demands that all Catholics believe these teachings as true when in fact they are total nonsense. Catholics are hammered by the Church since an early age to blindly believe and follow whatever the “magistarium” dictates. I think this is made obvious in the movie also.
The director of the movie realizes what the author intends but claims he has made the movie as neutral as he could. The movie is about good and evil, reason and free will against superstition and subjugation.
I have not seen the movie yet but am really looking forward to seeing it AND of course following the controversy as it continues.
I must add that the Catholic Bishop’s Movie Review Board or the Catholic Movie Reviewers – found the movie to be OK and commendable to promote light against darkness which the Church also supports – are you kidding me?
More later…
I have seen trailers and am thoroughly captivated by the special digital effects and the story line – out of this world!
But wait, there may be a controversy brewing about this children’s flick. The Catholic Church or at least some department of the church calls the movie as trying to imbue innocent children during Christmastime with a notion that religion is evil and especially the Catholic Church.
Well, this sparked my interest as these types of controversies always do and I had to search deeper.
The movie is the first of a trilogy (Lord of the Ring?) written by a man named Phillip Pullman; his books titled “HIS DARK MATERIALS”. Yes, the man is an avowed skeptic, secularist or atheist; take your choice, suffice it to say he is not a fan of religion and especially the Catholic Church which he names specifically in his books but in the movie he calls it THE MAGISTARIUM.
The word magistarium actually does pertain to the Catholic Church and is the “teachings” of the Church; magister is teacher in Latin and the magistarium is the infallible and fallible sacred teachings of the Church as a whole.
Pullman has said that the Catholic Churches makes up teachings and then demands that all Catholics believe these teachings as true when in fact they are total nonsense. Catholics are hammered by the Church since an early age to blindly believe and follow whatever the “magistarium” dictates. I think this is made obvious in the movie also.
The director of the movie realizes what the author intends but claims he has made the movie as neutral as he could. The movie is about good and evil, reason and free will against superstition and subjugation.
I have not seen the movie yet but am really looking forward to seeing it AND of course following the controversy as it continues.
I must add that the Catholic Bishop’s Movie Review Board or the Catholic Movie Reviewers – found the movie to be OK and commendable to promote light against darkness which the Church also supports – are you kidding me?
More later…
I've followed your rantings against the Catholic Church for a few years now Jan. It's getting old hearing the same diatribe from you. It's apparatent to me that you are just another fallen away Catholic who doesn't like rules (see Commandments) and so instead of examining your own life, you choose instead to attack the faith of your childhood.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you hate the Body of Christ so much Jan? "Get behind me Satan."