from joel's blog :

Dear Friends,

I received this info from Sr Janet Wang, ex-Principal of St Anthony's Canossian Convent, now Head of the Canossian Chaplaincy Team. The information below is a very important warning for our teachers, parentsand children about this film.

There will be a new children's movie out in December called "The Golden Compass". The movie has been described as "atheism for kids" and is based on the first book of a trilogy entitled "His Dark Materials" thatwas written by Phillip Pullman. Pullman is a militant atheist and secular humanist who despises C. S. Lewis and the "Chronicles of Narnia". His motivation for writing this trilogy was specifically to counteract Lewis' symbolisms of Christ that are portrayed in the Narnia series.

Clearly, Pullman's main objective is to bash Christianity and promote atheism. Pullman left little doubt about his intentions when he said in a 2003 interview that "my books are about killing God." He has even stated that he wants to "kill God in the minds of children". Don't let kids see "The Golden Compass".

While "The Golden Compass" movie itself may seem mild and innocent, the books are a much different story. In the trilogy, a young streetwise girl becomes enmeshed in an epic struggle to ultimately defeat theoppressive forces of a senile God. Another character, an ex-nun, describes Christianity as "a very powerful and convincing mistake."

In the final book, characters representing Adam and Eve eventually kill God, who at times is called YAHWEH. Each book in the trilogy gets progressively worse regarding Pullman's hatred of Jesus Christ.

"The Golden Compass" is set to premier on December 7, during the Christmas season (and staring Nicole Kidman), and will probably be heavily advertised. Promoters hope that unsuspecting parents will taketheir children to see the movie, that they will enjoy the movie, and that the children will want the books for Christmas.

Please consider a boycott of the movie and the books. Also, pass this information along to everyone you know (including church leaders). This will help to educate parents, so that they will know the agenda of themovie. I am sending this to those of you who have kids or friends with kids, grandkids or have influence with kids.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp.. its true. Read the info on the link.So many things today are darkness concealed in what appears to be innocent.Real people. Real questions. Real answers. Share what you know!

i just dun feel well... i dunno why. since that encounter in youth camp i cant do things properly. like i tried to play dota juz now and i screwed up badly.. i juz cant keep my off that encounter.. its so scary.. u wudnt noe wad it feels like to be me.. all my feelings bottled up inside, constantly having to pretend to be happy.. mayb its good too... that i cheer ppl up by puttin a smile on my face. but its hard.. every few moments that happyness that u got juz disappears and gets replaced by that same sadness and worryness that is all bottled inside. i juz cant bring myself to telll anybody my problems... th only one is josiah.. and even him, i told him abit of my problems only.. th rest only i noe.. and God. i cant get peace...

God totally changed my life. th last 4 days.. in youth camp. yeah !! =) i cried again.. alot. i juz dunno wad to say... it was quite scary tho.. th last thaddeus talked abt seeing demons and he could see demons [ i noe most of u wont belive me but im juz saying.. u dun have to believe me ]. then he said juz t ask God to reveal it to you.. i tried and got a shock. it was very scary.. i almost cried juz thinkin of it.. there was shadow that was in a shape of a demon... im serious. that night i could not sleep... when ppl were telling ghost stories i was thinkin abt the demon myself. i dunno wad to say.. ill ask josiah or thaddeus one day.

anyways.. youth camp i enjoyed myself. th nights =) a few of us cant sleep then we went to th nearby playground and talked and watched th stars. th view was nice.. and th weather was damn cold.. its 4 am after all. th last night didnt sleep at all. drank 2 red bulls and play the murderer game. if u noe wad im talkin abt.. like 20 ppl playin. haha =)

th games there was dirty. quite laaa.. if u dun call water + ketchup + chilli dirty then ur weird. im listenin to second chance now... its a wonderful song. th lyrics mean alot.

o yeah.. ill try to make it to prayer meeting tmr!