Hooha about Golden Compass
There's a lot of talk going on about the new film The Golden Compass.
I read the entire trilogy a few years back not realizing what the author's intentions were until the end.
Philip Pullman is indeed and atheist. He is also an excellent writer. He also, IMHO, probably did more to encourage belief in God than convince people that atheism is the way to go. The series is very interesting and pretty much keeps you into it from start to finish. Once I realized what he was communicating I was disappointed after having stuck with the series all the way through. I thought perhaps these characters would find some resolve.
The way the last book ends is very sad and leaves you feeling kind of empty and hopeless. I thought "Man. I'm glad I don't live in this world that this guy has created." I would think most people will walk away thinking life is better with at least the hope of God than to live like the protagonists end up living - separate, alone and longing.
And if this expresses the way Pullman feels in his soul, then he needs a lot of prayer. I am reminded that it is not flesh and blood that we war against. Our battle is not with Pullman. It is with our enemy who seeks to destroy - and who has found a great vehicle in a broken writer who somewhere along the way was lied to about God.
What must Pullman have seen/experienced that would lead him to write about a sinister organization that seperates children from their souls and have that be his idea of what God is about? What toxic idea of God has he been fed? I'd love to get into his past and find out...And I'd like to send him a letter that says "Forget everything you have ever heard about God if it doesn't begin and end with love".
Father, may the love of Christ seep through my pours. Let the healing truth of Your abundance flow from my mouth to those lost and deceived around me. And help me be ready with ears to listen to the stories of the damaged people who lash out against You from their brokenness...So that I might be the bearer of the Truth that will set them free.
I read the entire trilogy a few years back not realizing what the author's intentions were until the end.
Philip Pullman is indeed and atheist. He is also an excellent writer. He also, IMHO, probably did more to encourage belief in God than convince people that atheism is the way to go. The series is very interesting and pretty much keeps you into it from start to finish. Once I realized what he was communicating I was disappointed after having stuck with the series all the way through. I thought perhaps these characters would find some resolve.
The way the last book ends is very sad and leaves you feeling kind of empty and hopeless. I thought "Man. I'm glad I don't live in this world that this guy has created." I would think most people will walk away thinking life is better with at least the hope of God than to live like the protagonists end up living - separate, alone and longing.
And if this expresses the way Pullman feels in his soul, then he needs a lot of prayer. I am reminded that it is not flesh and blood that we war against. Our battle is not with Pullman. It is with our enemy who seeks to destroy - and who has found a great vehicle in a broken writer who somewhere along the way was lied to about God.
What must Pullman have seen/experienced that would lead him to write about a sinister organization that seperates children from their souls and have that be his idea of what God is about? What toxic idea of God has he been fed? I'd love to get into his past and find out...And I'd like to send him a letter that says "Forget everything you have ever heard about God if it doesn't begin and end with love".
Father, may the love of Christ seep through my pours. Let the healing truth of Your abundance flow from my mouth to those lost and deceived around me. And help me be ready with ears to listen to the stories of the damaged people who lash out against You from their brokenness...So that I might be the bearer of the Truth that will set them free.
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