Posted on 05/11/2006 2:24:48 PM PDT by freakboy
If you'd like to get more into depth on this topic, read Dr. Erwin Lutzer's DaVinci Deception.
Seen any Christian riots yet regarding this movie? We ARE better than them. And we have a perfect right to point out forcefully that this movie is untrue and that serious Christians probably should not finance it by buying tickets. What's wrong with that?
I'll guess you don't get to wear the red beanie by not having a clue about defining "real live spiritual warfare".
The difference is she pissed off her target audience. Those who boycott this film and 'raise a holy stink' would not have gone to see it if there weren't a boycott. Now, the film has the attention of millions of people who may not have paid attention if it weren't all over the news.
Hanks is being a real money grubbing d*ck for this terrible anti-Catholic drivel. Oh, and NICE HAIR,TOM!
Unlike some people, he'd probably be able to distinguish truth from untruth.
"But the story we tell is loaded with all sorts of hooey and fun kind of scavenger-hunt-type nonsense.
"If you are going to take any sort of movie at face value, particularly a huge-budget motion picture like this, you'd be making a very big mistake.
Hollywood hates Christians. That's not news. They will do, say, produce, star-in, and project anything that puts Christians in a bad light.
Just more of the same old, same old.
"Shows how clueless this guy is when it comes to defining what is "harmless" when it comes to defining real live spiritual warfare in defaming Christ."
A work of fiction, to be sure; better yet, a complete lie. DVC is an introduction to paganism, disguised as fiction and promoted as fiction, but actually intended to reach much of todays historically ignorant and non-Christian educated population.
Why do I know this? Just ask the author:
Dan Browns words:
Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end up debating semantics to the point where we entirely miss the obvious--that is, that we are all trying to decipher life's big mysteries, and we're each following our own paths of enlightenment. I consider myself a student of many religions. The more I learn, the more questions I have. For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress.
The ideas in this novel have been around for centuries; they are not my own. Admittedly, this may be the first time these ideas have been written about within the context of a popular thriller, but the information is anything but new. [MY COMMENT: Yes, the first time they were introduced was in Genesis: You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."]
Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods. Women in most cultures have been stripped of their spiritual power. The novel touches on questions of how and why this shift occurred
and on what lessons we might learn from it regarding our future.
I first learned of the mysteries hidden in Da Vinci's paintings while I was studying art history at the University of Seville in Spain. Years later, while researching Angels & Demons and the Vatican Secret Archives, I encountered the Da Vinci enigma yet again. I arranged a trip to the Louvre Museum where I was fortunate enough to view the originals of some of Da Vinci's most famous works as well as discuss them with an art historian who helped me better understand the mystery behind their surprising anomalies. From then on, I was captivated. I spent a year doing research before writing The Da Vinci Code.
The secret described in the novel has been chronicled for centuries, so there are thousands of sources to draw from. In addition, I was surprised how eager historians were to share their expertise with me. One academic told me her enthusiasm for The Da Vinci Code was based in part on her hope that "this ancient mystery would be unveiled to a wider audience."
However, the secret behind The Da Vinci Code was too well documented and significant for me to dismiss.
Chuck Norris
You can add (if you want to, of course!) James Woods, Bruce Willis, Kelsey Grammar, Kurt Russell, and Tom Selleck. Conservatives all.
"IMO, the Catholic Church in masses need to just tell the people to be aware that the whole thing is fantasy and not a real at all..."
Oh, it's very very real to Catholics, especially devout ones. It is an absolute offense.
I spend this afternoon with others in front of the Blessed Sacrament offering prayers of reparation for this offense.
That looks like a still from a StarTrek episode....
That's pretty good, considering that half the population is dumber than average.
Like Kwanza?
Thanks!
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