Egad!

But my biggest question about Pullman was not answered –

does he drink beer?

Pullman’s more reasonable than I expected, but he can be condescending as well.

I love fantasy and the previews are visually lush so I might see the Golden Compass someday, but not now with a 8 week old at home.

Donahue admits this movie is probably innocuous and the Atheist they brought out tossed off some whoppers on questioning authority that were really silly. Children would be better off if they question authority was one her over the top contentions.

I doubt this movie will do much damage in such a secular culture, when already there’s plenty of bad theology in film.

That said I would be interested in how others with kids managed to foster and maintain their faith. I expect sheltering them from every doubt is impossible.

My kids are young. I know I can filter out a great deal right now, but ultimately I have to prepare them the real assault on their faith they inevitably will get. Not sure exactly how to do it, I read a one of your parenting posts Michael and found it encouraging, maybe you have some more specific advice like the daily family meal time recommendation?

one of the hard questions she and i have struggled with in discussing this topic is how to share these ideas with people who have never heard of Dawkins, don’t have a clue as to who Lewis is (outside of a screenwriter for Walden media), and to whom atheism is synonamous to THE anti-Christ.

following the “wonderful” chain letter about not going to see TGC which have already being discussed here, we still haven’t come to a conclusion as to whether telling parents who can’t engage with these ideas intellectually themselves should let their kids see it.

of course, this is all pre-movie hype – I’m going to laugh if some other awana kid (who hasn’t been paranoically pre-disposed to hate the movie) comes to Krissi and says “Jesus was in it!!!” Out of the mouths of babes…