The Golden Compass (12)

The movie, "The Golden Compass", was originally a book before it was a film. The author Philip Pullman was an atheist man who basically attacked Christianity in his book. In the film, the Magisterium controlls the people and the world, and everybody had to obey what they said. In order for the Magisterium to control the entire universe and all of it's worlds, they wanted to destroy the authority. This relates to Christianity because it goes back to the original sin that Adam and Eve committed. They disobeyed the authority and created room for people to sin and disobey for the rest of the generations of humans to come. The room for sinfulness behavior is referred to as dust in the film which was created by the authority through their daemons. The Magisterium decided that it was time for them to take charge and rid children of their daemons, so that they could destroy the Authority and take control. Lord Asriel, another important character in the film, figures out the meaning of dust, and tries to find it. The Magisterium feared that if Lord Asriel found the dust, he would create a pathway for the entire world to be subject to Authority, and they wouldn't have any power.

Philip Pullman tries to create the impression that Christianity is mistaken when using the idea that religion can be used for the good and can be forgiven for the sins they committed. In an interview with the Today Show, Pullman says, "Sometimes people think that if something is done in the name of faith or religion, it must be good. Unfortunately, that isn’t true; some things done in the name of religion are very bad. That was what I was trying to describe in my story." His atheist opinoin gives audiences the impression that he doesn't think Christianity is a decent religion because the people who follow that faith decide that if they disobey the law or the rules, if they apologize to their god, all is forgiven, and that impression is a false one.