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[jaina47]

I was pretty much amused when I saw this article about how Christian groups are all pissed about The Golden Compass movie because it has anti-religious establishment themes.  Even though those themes have been really diluted down and pc-ed up. 

Because obviously everything in this movie is honest to god truth, right down to the friggin' really smart polar bear.  Note that I haven't seen this movie, or even read the book.  Do adults think that kids are just stupid?  Apparently they do.  Because goodness knows, if kids are exposed to a fantasy movie, they are going to believe every single word of it and are obviously going to jump off the Christian band wagon to become agnostic - or even worse - atheists immediately.  Like now. 

And apparently the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has nothing better to warn us about than the movie's:

"anti-clerical subtext, standard genre occult elements, character born out of wedlock, a whiskey-guzzling bear."

Because apparently a child born out of wedlock is such a big friggin' deal that we as people with apparently stupid, easily brainwashed kids need to be warned about it. 

As an apparently highly dangerous and obviously bad for society child born out of wedlock, I salute you oh US Conference of Catholic Bishops.  You're doing a great job of reaching today's youths.

Comments

[barbossas-wench.livejournal.com]

I will be going to see this moive, as I generally go to any fantasy movie. I've *tried* to read the book this movie is based on. I just can't seem to get into it. Maybe after I"ve seen it....?

[shadadukal]

One of the things that piss me off about it is that you usually don't see agnostics or atheists complain because a work of fiction contains Christian elements. Yet the religious ones jump and lash out at the slightest thing that goes a tiny bit against their belief in a book and/or movie.