Defenders of the faith: Protesters will be there when 'Da Vinci' code opens

The Daily Herald ^ | Wednesday, May 17, 2006 | Jamie Sotonoff

[2Jim_Brown]

We're going to join the prayer vigil on Friday at the River East 21/AMC Cinema on 332 East Illinois Street in downtown Chicago at 11 a.m. You are welcome to come and join us.

[Tulane]

I wonder if the Catholics will riot, burn Ron Howard in effigy, destroy the Danish embassy, and kill innocent on-lookers.

[brytlea]

Maybe not....
susie

[Just mythoughts]

Didn't Christ make reference to a perverse generation????
(Matthew 17:17 and Luke 9:41)

[Nathan Zachary]

Not likely. They will probably stand there and get insults hurled at them by all the anti- Christ movie goers.

[Paloma_55]

"Didn't Christ make reference to a perverse generation????
(Matthew 17:17 and Luke 9:41)"

I believe these things go in cycles.

People are naturally selfish and hate God because He demands they put Him and others before themselves. As the population turns more and more self-absorbed, destruction naturally follows. At some point, the society will collapse and it will be anarchy.

Those who survive, will remember that God allowed them to survive and will be faithful to Him. They will teach their children and they will obey. And so the cycle goes...

[Drew68]

I wonder if the Catholics will riot, burn Ron Howard in effigy, destroy the Danish embassy, and kill innocent on-lookers.

The liberal media is keeping their fingers crossed. You can count on the slightest act of vandalism or violence (should any happen at all) to be front page headline news with the press screaming, "See!!! Not just Muslims are violent!!!"

[BerniesFriend]

I wonder if the Catholics will riot, burn Ron Howard in effigy, destroy the Danish embassy, and kill innocent on-lookers.

If what I read is correct about this movie being a stinker in its own right..the only rioting will be done by movie goers demanding their money back..

[Just mythoughts]

I will not disagree about the cyclical nature of things since the beginning, however, what is different this day from the beginning is the method of communication wherein a push of a button the whole world can be whispered to in an instant.

[Reaganesque]

This may not be the best strategy. According to early reviews from the Cannes Film Festival, the movie is awful. Many reviewers whistled and booed and at a key point in the movie, they erupted in laughter. Ignoring the movie is probably the best thing. Let it die of it's own absurdity and pomposity.

[Gone GF]

“There are a lot of Catholics who will be going to see this, and they’ll say, ‘Oh, it’s just another way of looking at it.’ No it’s not! It’s blasphemy! Jesus did not marry Mary Magdalene. Get a grip, folks!” she said."

Sounds like SHE needs to get a grip. It's F-I-C-T-I-O-N. It's a movie.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Of all the strange "crimes" that human beings have legislated out of nothing, "blasphemy" is the most amazing.

ROBERT HEINLEIN

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People must think GOD is so weak that they have to protect GOD.

[Pietro]

"We're going to join the prayer vigil"

Good for you! If nothing else your actions will show opie and tom hanks that their participation in this project is disgusting to many people. By tying their names in w/ this piece of trash they have disappointed a lot of their fan base.

I'm not one that typically holds an artists' political views against them by way of a boycott (except of course for madonna) but these two deserve a special contempt.

Neither of them will ever make another nickel from me.

[showme_the_Glory]

… it’s all lies. Exactly, it's fiction. Protesting will give it more than it's due. just my opinion. Nomex suit on.

[siunevada]

It's F-I-C-T-I-O-N. It's a movie.

It'll all be over in about a month. Try to hang in there.

[NinoFan]

This may not be the best strategy. According to early reviews from the Cannes Film Festival, the movie is awful. Many reviewers whistled and booed and at a key point in the movie, they erupted in laughter. Ignoring the movie is probably the best thing. Let it die of it's own absurdity and pomposity.

EXACTLY! If this movie had been a well made anti-Christian movie, then we should be concerned. However, since it is so awful, we should just let it die out. Creating controversy is the only way for this movie to do well now. Don't play into their hands. Bad word of mouth will kill this movie IF we let it.

[joebuck]

"… it’s all lies. Exactly, it's fiction. Protesting will give it more than it's due. just my opinion. Nomex suit on."

I agree. Remember "The last temptation of Christ"? It caused the same type of uproar but then it actually came out, it sucked, and it was gone and forgotten in two months. The Christian Church is still going strong.

[hunter112]

I agree. The film critics in Cannes have already panned this movie, the highest and best way to make it go away is to ignore it. Some religious people protesting outside theaters just gives it publicity that it cannot buy.

If religious people who don't like the premise of this film worry about the poll numbers reporting how many folks think this is true, then it's just an indictment of their ability to get their own version of the truth out there.

[R. Scott]

Betty Christensen doesn’t know how many people will join her, but she plans to stand in protest Friday outside the Elk Grove Theatre as “The Da Vinci Code” debuts.

That is sure to generate more free publicity for the movie.

[SoFloFreeper]

How about using some of the factual information about the silliness within the Da Vinci code to give people the truth? I'm not against prayer--but the apostles used the truth of history to convince people of their faith in Christ. We should use that, too.

Here is a good place to start: Stand To Reason