Good Questions : the Golden Compass "debate"

There is an ongoing discussion about the movement to protest the Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. This is a good blog entry about questions that parents and kids can engage in once they read the book or watch the movie. My opinion is that the series is great. I do not understand why anyone would want to protest the movie because it challenges your faith. But that's just me. Anyway, if you are skeptical about it or just want a good book discussion going, check this out.

clipped from journals.aol.com Golden Compass Media Literacy Guide for the Faith Community Media Mindfulness Strategy for The Golden Compass  Everyone can use the strategy as a point of departure for further exploring what they believe and articulating this well. Here is the four part-strategy: What’s going on? What’s the story? How is the film’s reality created and why 1.      2.      What’s really going on? Who is telling the story and why? (The film business; the author; the screenwriter). 2.      3.      What difference does the film make? Is it really atheistic? Or does it evoke thoughtful conversation about things that matter? 3.      4.      What difference can I make? What did the characters in the film learn? How did they grow and change? Did they? What, if any, light did the film shed on how I can live the Christian life is ways that respect human dignity? (See Media Mindfulness: Educating Teens about Faith and Media, Hailer/Pacatte, St. Mary’s Press, 2007, www.smp.org ) 4.