{"id":4001,"date":"2007-12-02T21:43:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-02T21:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/12\/the-religious-right-dont-want.html"},"modified":"2007-12-02T21:43:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-02T21:43:00","slug":"the-religious-right-dont-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/12\/the-religious-right-dont-want.html","title":{"rendered":"The religious right don’t want atheists to see “The Golden Compass?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

That<\/a> doesn’t sound right, does it?<\/p>\n

Take a Stand Against Censorship! Go see “The Golden Compass” at a movie theater near you.
\nBecause the religious right doesn’t want you to see it. And some media commentators are saying that that’s reason enough.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let’s check for ourselves<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Catholic League wants Christians to stay away<\/span> from this movie precisely because it knows that the film is bait for the books: unsuspecting parents who take their children to see the movie may be impelled to buy the three books as a Christmas present. And no parent who wants to bring their children up in the faith will want any part of these books.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No, it doesn’t look like they’ve mentioned the atheists. I wonder if free-thinking atheists will be dubbed into going to see a kids’ movies because they were mislead.
\nI’m actually going to see it when my finals are done (I’m not into boycotts and my daughters would not read the trilogy<\/a>), I’ll be going alone since it’s PG-13. I want to see if I can tell if it’s anti-Christian. I’ll tell you what I find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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