The Golden Compass is not an Atheist movie

The freedom of speech, our First Amendment. This is something Philip Pullman uses to voice his opinions/beliefs/agendas. Philip Pullman (the author of His Dark Materials trilogy), is a self-proclaimed atheist/agnostic (he has stated both in different sources which is odd). In his final book of the trilogy, God (or the idea of God) is killed. Without God, we are all then atheist in the nature of our beliefs. Here is a quote from Pullman himself during an interview: PTC: I finally got a copy of Killing the Imposter God yesterday -- thanks again for the tip! -- and while I have only had a chance to read bits of it so far, they draw parallels between your book and a movement among theologians during the mid-20th century that sought to do away with the "medieval" understanding of God and replace it with something more sophisticated. The authors of this book say they are reading the trilogy on its own terms, without looking at it through the grid of comments you have made in essays and interviews, and they say "we find some of the most eloquent testimony against Pullman-the-atheist in Pullman-the-writer". They also write, "Even as Pullman is killing off his medieval imposter God, he raises up for his readers a divinity fit our age". This then ties in to their reading of Dust. Their approach leads me to wonder ... if, as you (quoting Blake) have said, Milton was of the devil's party and didn't know it, is it possible you are of God's party and don't know it? Pullman: That would be embarrassing, wouldn't it? But I think this question touches something that I answered in my previous email, namely the tendency among Christians (and no doubt other religions too) to think that anything they like in the work of an avowed atheist or agnostic is a sign that really the said a. or a. is deluding himself, and that he's really Christian, only he doesn't know it. But I resist that interpretation, as you'd expect me to. I'm not deluded: Christians are. There is no God. "a key scene in Pullman's trilogy shows a former nun telling two children that she left the Christian faith because it's "a very powerful and convincing mistake, that's all."" (Chattaway) "The death of God Some Christians have expressed concern that if The Golden Compass is successful, it will lead to films based on the other two Dark Materials books, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass—both of which traffic much more explicitly in the death-of-God theme. In these books, Lyra discovers that Lord Asriel is mounting a war against God, and she meets a boy from our own world named Will, who acquires a knife that can cut through anything, including the barrier between universes. The knife even has a prophetic name, ï¿½sahï¿½ttr, which means "god-destroyer." By the end of the trilogy, God is dead, and Will and Lyra have reenacted the Fall in the Garden of Eden—but in doing so, they save the universe rather than destroy it. In Pullman's story, the God of the Bible is not really the Creator, but simply the first angel who emerged out of what Pullman calls "Dust." When other angels emerged, he lied and said he had created them—and he went on to set up churches in multiple universes, to assert his control over them. But now this angel, who is called "the Authority," is old and weak and faces a rebellion by angels and humans alike." (Chattaway) When the author of the story is an atheist and uses his books to express his point of view, the material being made (book/movie) reflects the creator. With the agenda of his writings, the atheist tone and subtle underlyings of a "God-less" world, the movie is a work of atheist implications.