Posted on 05/19/2006 9:24:58 AM PDT by Ebenezer
So are the millions upon millions who bought the novel then.
You said it.
I prayerfully hope the Catholic Church realizes how deficient religious education and catechesis have been post-Vatican II, especially in the United States. That many otherwise-observant Catholics might buy the arguments and "facts" presented in "The Da Vinci Code" is appalling.
Star Tom Hanks quipped, "Well, I wasn't around." With reports from Nikko Dizon and Associated Press
But he can star in a film that makes that assertion. What a dumb answer.
Just trying to keep cr@p away from innocent minds.
Or is the Da Vinci Code a comedy?
When the critics gathered in Cannes for a special showing, the place broke out in laughter at the most dramatic scene of the movie! Well, maybe they realized how bad it was at that point, and laughed with nervous excitement...
THE
CLINTON
CODE
If you thought The DaVinci Code was shocking, you ain't heard nothing yet. Everything the media taught you about the Clinton's is wrong. The Clinton Code reveals that Bill did not rape Juanita Broaddrick, did not sexually harass Katherine Willey, and did not have improper relations with Paula Jones, Jennifer Flowers or even Monica Lewinski. These were all a big cover up for Bill's real passion.....12-year old boys.
The Clinton Code takes you inside the secret society, the Sid Blums, a society dedicated to protecting the dark secrets of socialism and communism. How the secret blood line of Marx, Lennin, and even Hitler all lead to a little girl named Hillary Rodham. How the secret rituals of the Sid Blums concerning the shoes of Hillary Rodham lead to the firing of Dick Morris and to Dick's new role in infatuating the other side by giving bad advice and making predictions that never come true. Also the book reveals the story behind the mysterious death of Vince Foster, and how the Clinton Body Count actually grossly underestimates the carnage left behind by the Clintons.
DISCLAIMER: This book is not anti-anything. The Clinton Code is a novel and therefore a work of fiction. The artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals depicted in this novel all exist. This disclaimer takes no stance about the theories discussed in this book. This book serves only to open up discussion on these important topics. In fact, I am a supporter of the Clintons. If you ask what a Clinton supporter is, everyone will give you different answers. To some to be a Clinton supporter, you must have voted for them. To others, liking them is all it takes. I prefer not to rigidly classify this personal concept, so to me being a Clinton supporter simply means to seek the truth out about these SOBs.
Is there a chapter on why radical feminism looked the other way while Bubba raped, molested, harassed and sodomized women?
As long as abortion remain legal, who cares what sick perverted method the king uses to sexually gratify himself?
What does Vatican II have to do with that?
I'd say your assertion is correct.
I am Catholic and I had friends who said I should read the book because it would "help me question my faith." Really? I responded with this remark: "If I knew of a book that I thought would help you question the love you have for your son, would you read it?" Silence.
Yeah, I know, the book is fiction. However, there are many, many people in America who love a conspiracy - and possess no religious faith.
Nothing like a good conspiracy to keep you warm at night - when your faith does not.
See yah. -Rex
If one has a half-decent education on the faith, they might remember that Jesus said that it is better to put a yoke on your neck and be thrown into the sea than to bring [scandal to the innocent].
Basically, for Jesus to sin, would have been a great scandal, and by Jesus' own words, He should have killed himself by being drowned in the sea rather than commit an act of scandal...
The whole premise of the movie is that Jesus committed sin and scandal. But if Jesus was the man-God, how could that happen.
The exact quote I am using is from Matthew 18:5-10 (it is also found in the Gospel of Mark):
Matt 18:5-10 5 "And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.6 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
7 "Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
8 If your hand or your foot causes you to sin cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.
9 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
10 "See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
(NIV)
The movie is a direct affront to this passage of the Gospel, as well as the words Jesus said: "Before Moses, I AM!" -- which where the phrase comes that Jesus is the Great I am.
People should be taught such things from the pulpit - Catholic or Christian, and what these words really mean...
Vatican II itself is not to be blamed for the poor state of catechesis and the doctrinal illiteracy that has prompted gullible Catholics to buy "The Da Vinci Code" as factual. But it can be argued that, in misinterpreting the Council and in the name of "modernization", the teaching of Catholic doctrine in schools and churches was watered down.
It sure is nice not to live in a country where some beurocrat can decide what movie I get to see.
I am Catholic and I had friends who said I should read the book because it would "help me question my faith." Really? I responded with this remark: "If I knew of a book that I thought would help you question the love you have for your son, would you read it?" Silence. "
The answer from your friend would be: W"ell, no book would do that." Likewise, your answer to the original statement made by your friend could have been the same.
Matthew was always my favorite.
But it's based on fact. The part about Bubba's passion for little boys is true.
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