Anyway, sorry for the delayed response, but I was on vacation. I’d still encourage you to read Pullman’s trilogy. The movie was pretty crappy, but the books are great. Do they ridicule faith? I don’t think so, but they make you think, and that’s never a bad thing.

PS.
If an atheist said: “I won’t see the Passion of the Christ, because it’s a religious movie”, yes I would criticize him. There are valid reasons not to watch the Passion, and this one just isn’t.

Which by the way. I never saw.

I debated on whether I should say anything about The Golden Compass…but I thought I might as well play the devil’s advocate (that’s weird) and give a take from the other side.

I generally don’t care what religious or non-religious background someone is from and rarely let that influence my decision of whether to watch a movie or read a book.

But in this case. CNN reported that there was some hubbub around the authors intentions of this book before the movie came out. I know…I don’t read CNN anymore…but I did that year…and no I don’t watch FOX either.

Well I’m not a one source kind of guy. I like to fact check before I make decisions. I especially find interviews with the author the most compelling. Where better to find the facts than straight from the source.

Since this has been several years ago I can not point you to the specific interviews I read at the time. But it was my impression at the time the author wanted to write a fantasy book that would show the foolishness of religion and following a god.

So I had no desire to go see a movie that was in direct conflict with my beliefs. I made a personal decision that it was not something I was interested in. I did NOT write an angry letter to the author. I did NOT boycott the studios who released the movie. I did NOT demand books to be burned at the library. I simply made a choice not to see the movie or read the books.

And that was the point behind the conversation we were having on the show.

I love you anyway MoonWalker