Posted on 06/09/2004 6:55:50 AM PDT by bigsky
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Against my objections, my wife and teen-aged daugher each read the book. They saw it as frivolous fiction which wouldn't influence their Christian beliefs one way or another. My approach was that the things we do, such as toying with literature which profanes Jesus, can actually grieve God. Why would I want to do that after He's done so much for me?
I'm sure the movie, reportedly to be directed by Ron Howard, will be a huge hit. I won't see it.
Well, since you raised the issue, did the reading of the book "influence their Christian beliefs one way or another"?
I'll wager that it did not.
Da Vinci Code = Muslim doctrine
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I lump the critics in with the Harry Potter alarmists. I haven't read the books, don't care to. But I do know that watching Bewitched as a child didn't do me or the nation any harm.
I would think that the same could be said about all religious books. I don't think anything can be proven when speaking about religions or theories. People believe what they want.
I object to this, not because of the subject matter, a story that has been around for ages, nor, because it takes glory away from the Christ, which it doesn't. I object because, contrary to the article's author's opinion, it was a lousy read. If I hadn't checked it out from the library, I would have asked for my money back. I figured out the whole thing halfway through the book. Please let this book die a horrible death in the depths of other bad books.
Good, brief read.
I agree. I could not get through the book because the story just was not interesting. When there was some action, the author would bring things to a crawl with one of his lectures. There was even a plug for Scorensens' film that bombed. Character development was poor.
Will someone please give it away. It would help dampen books sales of this tripe.
An entirely different thing, this Da Vinci Code, since Harry Potter novels do not go out of their way to explicitly reject the central tenets of the Christian faith. With the author making TV appearances, documentaries in support of the ideas, and the book itself, there is a broad span of people who have read the book and believe. Less than two weeks ago, after I told my aunt that I was born again, her response was "Don't tell me that!" or words to that effect. She then went on the spout the same line of argument about the Council of Nicea making things up, etc.
In short, this only serves to give ammunition to the Enemy.
LTS
by accepting the premise that Jesus is not the Savior, then there can be no Judgement Day ... that is what people want to avoid
Indeed! People with lazy minds will hear a line often enough and then subscribe to it.
There are arguments which crop up every so often to nibble at the edges of the historical facts related to the Christian faith. For example, some folks assert that Jesus never existed at all. That is, he was a total myth from beginning to end. That position is objectively false, but it has to be addressed every few generations.
The book probably wouldn't have been published 50 years ago, but even if it had, there would not have been the controversy. Why? Because the average joe, especially the average liberal joe, is decreasingly capable of distinguishing between fantasy and reality.
Not that I agree with this but: the Jesus was married crowd believes his marriage was covered up by the church for political reasons ie that the church was against the Desponsyni or Jesus relatives in the struggle for legitimacy and that European history has been a struggle by these "legitimate" rulers against the illegitimate church.
Grain of salt recommended.
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