da vinci vs christians

[gaunameister]

why are christians so mad with Da Vinci´s Code.
if somebody rape a woman in a simple movie they don´t say nothing.
but if you say anything against church in a movie they try to cancel your movie
what is worst
for me the worst thing is censorship

 

[lordvader1]

Re: da vinci vs chirtians

They're pissed because the book/movie defies everything the Christian faith stands for. Brown says Mary Magdellan was not a prostitute like the Vatican wants you to think but his wife and SHE was the holy grail, not a chalice. The grail because she carried the blood of Christ being their child. Personally Brown poses some really interesting theories and being an Atheist it's nice to hear another possible side to the story.

 

[Elpajeroloco]

Re: da vinci vs chirtians

ok, im not christian -well not active-, but i love to study history, i know that the catholic church isnt the really paul church -also was other, the peter movement-, it was lost under the occidental roman empire -the other was the bizantine empire, well a long story - but all the crap of th davinci code is based on the apocryphal books, that is a ooold story, respected historians dont consider these books as serious, but the book use that to sell it crap

the apocryphal books were write when the christian movement just falled under division after the christ death, none of these books were done by the disciples and actually were wrote in greek and latin, even there is a lot of confusion about these books

is obvious that the blinded christians whinners dont even understand that, and only cry just by the fanatism, but for the ppl that understand how the history was exploted by that crappy book -the davinci code- and it author, the whole consumism and ignorance around that is jus disgusting

:2 cents:

 

[niptuck]

Re: da vinci vs chirtians

The Christians (as in the Church) are apparently upset because Dan Brown is basically spinning conspiracy theories about Christianity basing these theories on the facts that are either taken out of context or completely wrong for that matter.

Of course there is also the underlying theme of women in Christianity which is very important in my view, but the overall problem might be the emergence of idolatry in the form of Mary Magdalene that may come out out of all of this.

Oh and by the way, the view of Mary Magdalene as a prostitute was rejected by the Church ages ago.

 

[Elpajeroloco]

Re: da vinci vs chirtians

but we must remember that also the church love these crappy games, like the mel gibson "the passion"

 

[pool709]

Re: da vinci vs chirtians

for me the worst thing is censorship

:thefinger censorship:thefinger

 

[FullMoonWolf]

Re: da vinci vs chirtians

Question Everything!

 

[RogueWolf]

Re: da vinci vs chirtians

What is upsetting to Christians and Catholics is that the book and the movie hints/suggests/claims that Christ isn't/wasn't Divine. To me...all the stuff with Mary is secondary to reducing Christ to a mere man or prophet. The book/movie makes the claim that Jesus' disciples all knew Jesus was 'just a man' and it wasn't until years later that the church raised Jesus to the position of the Divine Son of God.

Anyone who can read can clearly see in the bible that Christ claimed numerous times to be the Son of God, and his disciples as well as Paul clearly knew this to be true.

All the other stuff about the marriage and bloodline pales in comparison to this negation of Christ's true nature.

 

[chronotrigger]

Re: da vinci vs chirtians

Seek the Truth...

Anyway, the story is fictional. There had been already numerous attempts like this. Its up to the people if they would believe it. Im not really sure about this but I think someone already made up some movie about Christ being gay or something. Well, like I said, its up to you if you wanna believe it.

I dont.

 

[KittyKat]

Re: da vinci vs chirtians

RogueWolf made a valid point - they are so upset because if portrays Christ as being merely a man. His Divinity forms the backbone of Christianity.

Anyone who can read can clearly see in the bible that Christ claimed numerous times to be the Son of God, and his disciples as well as Paul clearly knew this to be true.

But the Bible itself is a historical source. One that has been complied and edited, and although it claims Christ said he was the Son of the God, we will never actually KNOW. It all comes down to faith. What YOU believe.

 

[Crazy Nutz]

Re: da vinci vs chirtians

They take stuff too seriously, to me religion is just a code to live by with a bunch of stories to teach moral standards, whether those stories are based on real events or not is unimportant and over time they have been altered so much that alot of the details have been obscured anyways.

The zealots are probably gonna eat me alive for that but screw 'em.

 

[BNF]

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but if you say anything against church in a movie they try to cancel your movie

The Vatican has not released an opinion about the film. One cardinal made some comments, but they were not authorized as Church opinion.

There's not been any talk or action to "surpress" the film or book in the Vatican. Fringe groups (practically all of them in the US and not related to Rome) that harbour their own agenda are the loudmouthed minority (tiny, tiny) making the headline grabbing noise. It's also, a guess here, part of the movie marketing machine to produce a few of these faceless groups as press for the film.

If you've read the book (I haven't) or seen the film (I have), and are over 14 years old, then I don't think that you will walk away believing anything new.... it's fiction, overstretched and at times painfully loose with history, and that's it.

 

[jdb67]

Re: da vinci vs chirtians

History is written by the Victors.

 

[lordvader1]

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but we must remember that also the church love these crappy games, like the mel gibson "the passion"

Yes but Passion pissed off the Jews so it's a no win situation no matter what.

 

[Perilypos]

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The Vatican has not released an opinion about the film. One cardinal made some comments, but they were not authorized as Church opinion.

There's not been any talk or action to "surpress" the film or book in the Vatican. Fringe groups (practically all of them in the US and not related to Rome) that harbour their own agenda are the loudmouthed minority (tiny, tiny) making the headline grabbing noise. It's also, a guess here, part of the movie marketing machine to produce a few of these faceless groups as press for the film.

If you've read the book (I haven't) or seen the film (I have), and are over 14 years old, then I don't think that you will walk away believing anything new.... it's fiction, overstretched and at times painfully loose with history, and that's it.

Well said, thank you, my opinion is practically the same.

 

[D-rock]

Re: da vinci vs chirtians

From my perspective, even most religious people I know, despite the hype the book and movie have gotten, don't really care about it. I wonder if it isn't just the media trying to make it seem like people care more about the controversy more than they really do. I don't know a single person that is upset because of the Da Vinci code.

 

[Christmas_Ape]

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All I know, is that if this story was about Mohammed, heads would roll and the streets would fill with blood.

 

[calpoon]

cuz the bible says i'ts ok to rape women, but not for them to be church leaders.

 

[niptuck]

cuz the bible says i'ts ok to rape women, but not for them to be church leaders.

well thats news to me

 

[Christmas_Ape]

well thats news to me

Must be somewhere in the back of the book? :dunno: