The Golden Compass

Well there is another uproar about a new movie coming out. This one is The Golden Compass starring Nicole Kidman based on a series of novels by Philip Pullman. The series is titled "His Dark Materials" and contains 3 novels. The first is of course The Golden Compass. Well I actually read this series last spring. I was looking for something different to read (I tend to reread books that I really enjoy). Well one series of books is called the Inheritance Trilogy (see bottom for more information on this on). The Inheritance Trilogy is being written by a young man Christopher Paolini. I have enjoyed both of the first 2 books in the series Eragon and Eldest and impatiently waiting for the third in the series. Anyhow linked off of the web page for the Inheritance Trilogy was the page for Philip Pullman. So I looked it up and found the series and read it. It was pretty interesting though the farther this series got the less interesting it became. I had started the series and so I was determined to finish it. If what I have read about the authors intent to make kids become atheists is true then he failed pretty poorly if you ask me. They are just fictitious stories. That's how I feel about many books and stories though. Just because I read about the ancient Greek mythologies does not mean I am going to start offering blood sacrifices to Zeus or Aphrodite. They are stories and if you are so weak in your spiritual belief that a fictitious story could change your whole outlook then you do not have your faith in order to begin with.
So if the author is an atheist so be it. That is his choice, my choice is to believe that he will have to answer to the Lord our God one day for his ignorance just as we all will have to answer for everything each of us has done but I am not going to deny myself the pleasure of reading books because the storyline may not follow the writings of the Bible. One is real one is fiction. I know the difference and just because I can appreciate a well written story I do not have to follow what is written in the fiction, because that is what it is plain and simple fiction.
So what I would suggest is before everyone starts to talk about censoring movies and books you probably should at least read the books yourself and make up your own mind. You might find that it was just a story after all.

Now about the Inheritance Trilogy. Turns out it is no longer a "trilogy" but now a "cycle". I like this actually, the author realized he could create a 1200 page book to finish the trilogy or he could make a 3rd and 4th book and change it to a cycle. Well I am all for that if the last two are as good as the first 2 in the series. The one thing I hate is that all the rumors said the 3rd book would be out in the spring or fall of this year and now they are saying it will not be out until September of next year, talk about a bummer. Anyhow the series is actually listed as Juvenile Fiction but much like the Harry Potter series the books and characters and storyline have grown up quite quickly so I would have no problem suggesting you read them. The movie for Eragon however was not every good at all. Do not bother watching it. The characters and storyline and even the races of beings were changed so drastically that it was not close to the book. Anyhow here is the link for the Inheritance Cycle, I hope you enjoy it.

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