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Religious Activists Call for Boycott of Da Vinci Code film
Eyewitness news, Local affiliates across the country ^ | 5/17/06 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/17/2006 6:31:30 PM PDT by ND-Mystery

Religious activists call for boycott of Da Vinci Code film

WASHINGTON Religious activists are calling for a boycott of "The Da Vinci Code" movie. Three Catholics, two Protestants and a Jew took turns denouncing the film at a news conference in Washington. They called it misleading, blasphemous and deeply insulting to Christians.

The Reverend Thomas Euteneuer (EYE'-tun-ow-ur) said that if a movie treated Muhammad and Islam the way "The Da Vinci Code" treats Jesus and Christianity, "the whole world would be up in arms."

Ted Baehr of the Christian Film and Television Commission said people don't need to see "The Da Vinci Code" to feel informed about it. In his words, "You don't have to put your foot in the trap or in manure to know that it's manure."

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: boycott; davincicode; tedbaehr; theocracy
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To: ND-Mystery

Wasn't planning to see it as it is based on a book for cretins.

This film is apparently made by cretins as well.


21 posted on 05/17/2006 6:49:14 PM PDT by eleni121 ('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
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To: MAexile
Based on the reviews I'm seeing they might not have to call for a boycott. It'll boycott it self.

That's right! I heard McCuddy's review of it today. The movie is a boring bomb. No one should worry!

22 posted on 05/17/2006 6:49:16 PM PDT by Stepan12
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To: ND-Mystery

Whooo-Hoooo! I say we all meet in the town square for a good ole fashioned book burning! I haven't been this excited since The Inquisition!


23 posted on 05/17/2006 6:50:09 PM PDT by NImerc
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To: ND-Mystery
Calling for a boycott will backfire in this case. People who know that The DaVinci Code is about as historical as Monte Python's Search For The Holy Grail aren't going to go see it anyway. National organizations calling for a boycott simply give the movie even more publicity than it deserves.
24 posted on 05/17/2006 6:51:19 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Larry Lucido

I really don't think anyone will go to the movie purely because in spite of a declared boycott.


25 posted on 05/17/2006 6:52:43 PM PDT by ND-Mystery (I am not a religious advocate… I only play one on TV)
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To: humblegunner

Ah, it didn't take long. The Taliban corollary to Godwin's Law.


26 posted on 05/17/2006 6:52:55 PM PDT by Pyro7480 (Sancte Joseph, terror daemonum, ora pro nobis!)
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To: eleni121
Wasn't planning to see it as it is based on a book for cretins.

Yes, but the thread does make for some wonderful evangelical bashing and references to medieval censorship, doesn't it?
27 posted on 05/17/2006 6:54:04 PM PDT by Das Outsider (Can you think of the last regime to order the removal of crosses from the public square?)
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To: ND-Mystery
One word.

Insecurity.

28 posted on 05/17/2006 6:54:26 PM PDT by elkfersupper (Normal American)
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To: Das Outsider
Yes, but the thread does make for some wonderful evangelical bashing and references to medieval censorship, doesn't it?

Yeah, some "conservatives" on here react the same as leftists concerning issues like these.

29 posted on 05/17/2006 6:55:08 PM PDT by Pyro7480 (Sancte Joseph, terror daemonum, ora pro nobis!)
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To: Tamar1973
People who know that The DaVinci Code is about as historical as Monte Python's Search For The Holy Grail aren't going to go see it anyway.

People not familiar with Brown's media statements and claims to history within The Da Vinci Code are many. Most are asking, "What's the big deal? It's only a movie!" There is a lot more to this opposition than boycotting some fictional movie about a centuries-old conspiracy theory--ask Michael Baigent and Co.

Nevertheless, a boycott won't solve the problem: education will.
30 posted on 05/17/2006 6:59:26 PM PDT by Das Outsider (Can you think of the last regime to order the removal of crosses from the public square?)
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To: Pyro7480
Yeah, some "conservatives" on here react the same as leftists concerning issues like these.

Was it like this when Farenheit 9/11 came out?
31 posted on 05/17/2006 7:01:53 PM PDT by Das Outsider (Can you think of the last regime to order the removal of crosses from the public square?)
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To: Das Outsider

What do you mean?


32 posted on 05/17/2006 7:04:56 PM PDT by Pyro7480 (Sancte Joseph, terror daemonum, ora pro nobis!)
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To: MAexile
I'll boycott it self


It's got to be horrible....even the Christ hater critics are saying it stink's


Although I'm a confirmed believer and no hollywood movie could shake my faith, I've thought about watching this movie just out of curiosity.


But I just don't want to sit through a two and a half hour bomb.
33 posted on 05/17/2006 7:09:41 PM PDT by dagoofyfoot
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To: humblegunner

What is wrong with a boycott? Did they call for stonings? Are you saying that they should not exercise the right of free speech and encourage like-minded people to spend their dollars elsewhere?

Who is more Taliban? The people encouraging the boycott or YOU?


34 posted on 05/17/2006 7:18:03 PM PDT by Aggie Mama
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To: Pyro7480
What do you mean?

Farenheit 9/11 and The Da Vinci Code have both made fact claims. In the former, Michael Moore originally claimed that he was giving a presentation of the facts. What did he do? Moore deliberately fabricated (in the case of the huge newspaper "headline" and elsewhere) and twisted the facts to promote an agenda. The Da Vinci Code makes claims to historical fact; the foreground characters and plot line are the fiction part. The "facts" can easily be refuted by history. Dan Brown did the very same thing in The Da Vinci Code novel that the movie is taken from that Michael Moore did in Farenheit.

So, getting back to my original question, was opposition to Farenheit 9/11 shrugged off then as hysterical as the opposition to The Da Vinci Code is now?
35 posted on 05/17/2006 7:19:23 PM PDT by Das Outsider (Can you think of the last regime to order the removal of crosses from the public square?)
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To: Das Outsider
So, getting back to my original question, was opposition to Farenheit 9/11 shrugged off then as hysterical as the opposition to The Da Vinci Code is now?

Not from what I can remember, though a call for a boycott wasn't necessary, since most FReepers weren't going to see it anyway.

36 posted on 05/17/2006 7:22:18 PM PDT by Pyro7480 (Sancte Joseph, terror daemonum, ora pro nobis!)
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To: ND-Mystery

Nothing like reverse snobism: if the critics hate it, it must be good. Seven billion flies can't be wrong. That's why you read this trash and can't tell the difference between 3rd grade level writing, as someone here characterised the D'uh Code, and genuine literature. If the intelligent people hate it, Joe Palooka says it's good!


37 posted on 05/17/2006 7:23:47 PM PDT by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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To: dagoofyfoot

This baby is going to be a box office bonanza. I will be shocked if it doesn't gross at least 200 million.


38 posted on 05/17/2006 7:24:39 PM PDT by Duke of Beaufort (Duke of Beaufort)
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To: Aggie Mama
Who is more Taliban? The people encouraging the boycott or YOU?

The term 'Taliban' is quickly sinking to the same level of meaninglessness as 'Nazi' or 'racist' through ignorant usage. In case that seems unclear, we are in agreement, though I don't think the boycott route is quite as effective as spreading the truth.
39 posted on 05/17/2006 7:25:01 PM PDT by Das Outsider (Can you think of the last regime to order the removal of crosses from the public square?)
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To: Duke of Beaufort
This baby is going to be a box office bonanza.


I really doubt it.


Word is that it's long and lame.


First weekend will probably see a good crowd, and then if the word of mouth is the same as the critics....


it's doomed.
40 posted on 05/17/2006 7:29:24 PM PDT by dagoofyfoot
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