Posted on 04/30/2006 7:44:23 PM PDT by Coleus
Can't believe how people make a mountain out of a molehill! I've read lots of historical fiction novels. Take historical characters and battles and embelish things to make an interesting read introducing a lot of historical background.
For crying out loud, its fiction! Who cares what the author says, he wants to sell books or up the cost of the movie rights.
I'm catholic and enjoyed DaVinci Code & Angels & Demons. I like Tom Hanks so might actually see the movie (I only see 1 or 2 movies per year average).
Opus Dei is different, but not so far out as religious groups go. I actually bought my house from them. Can't imagine they're happy with all the publicity and the use of their group in this book. However if I didn't like the attention I would just ignore it instead of feeding into it. Which is what those who have a problem with this fictional novel should do.
Would you kindly point out to us Catholics where it is we 'deify' Mary?
I usually avoid opening day at the theater, and although I might have caught this picture in the theater later in its run, I'm looking forward to the extra drama of protesters on opening day.
Does anyone have a list of protests? I wouldn't want to go to a theater without one, although the stadium cineplex in my neighborhood will probably draw a couple of folks concerned for my soul.
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion started as a deliberate work of fiction combining a conspiracy theory about the Rosicrucians and later the Jesuits with an anti-Jewish twist. The author certainly knew it was a fabrication.
Geeeeshh already..it's NOT a PHOTOGRAPH!!! So what if DaVinci painted an apostle to look womanly....they were ALL men and we KNOW THEIR NAMES...and most of their fathers' name!!
It actually just proves that America is filled with FOOLS and anti-Catholics and anti-Christians!!
Mary is not the ONLY thing that separartes Cathlics and Protestants. The MAIN thin is that we believe in the HOLY EUCHARIST and Protestants just think of it as a symbol!! Wwell, Jesus said in the BIBLE that it was His Body and His Blood, and to do this in Remembrance of Me".
Why are you wasting time and effort "debunking" a movie of a novel -- a piece of entertainmant? On its own premises, it's fairly logical, but it's somewhat like Newt Gingrich's novel in which the Confederate States of America won the War Between the States. It's a "what if."
"The Celestine Prophecy" movie just came out too, and believe me, it promotes views not in accord with traditional Christian doctrine. Why aren't you folks getting all exorcised over it? Why focus all your fire on "The DaVinci Code"?
Noone sat for the painting so it comes from Da Vinci's imagination. He likely painted a woman into the story for his own purposes. Doesn't mean a darn thing with regard to the actual members present or the meaning of those present as the painter imagined them. God is not mocked.
He wasn't? Well, I'm going to check with Dan Brown about this. He'll know. He's an expert.
I for one would never do such a ridiculous thing.
(I am however, her great-grandson.)
Everything in Brown's NOVEL has been debunked on the show "Beyond the Da Vinci Code" that was aired on either A&E or the History Channel. After seeing this show, I decided to pass on Brown's best seller. I don't read very many novels. Michael Baigent (Holy Blood, Holy Grail), from whom Brown got most of his ideas, was on the show and poo pooed the book. Baigent said that Brown's book was nothing but a novel.
Or... a really smart marketing freak!
Not a Kodak moment.
In fact, the painter (DaVinci) was not in attendace at the Last Supper.
Don't believe me? YOU try to get accepted to Amherst. Don't believe me? YOU try to get accepted to Amherst.
i.e., A degree from the right school is a license to lie.
I'm not a Catholic......but an evangelical Christian. I happen to attend a SUPERB church with an unbelievable pastor, Pastor Steve Caronna ( http://www.lwfc.org/ ). He and his wife even do a show on WB about marriage.
For the past two Sundays, and next Sunday as well, he is actually doing a series on The DaVinci Code. It's fascinating.......and he rips it to pieces with FACTS, analysis of Brown's own words, etc. It has been so well done, so eye opening..........no emotionalism, no out of context quotations, etc. to attack. Just...........facts.
I wish everyone in America could have heard just what he taught this morning. NO one would read that tripe of a book or see the movie.
Today's teaching WILL be posted on that Web site soon. I highly, HIGHLY encourage ALL of you to download, listen to, and distribute what he has to say. It's rare that I say this , especially on FR, but...............trust ol' RightOnline on this one. GET it.
Yes, understood, "The Last Supper" was painted 1464 years after the real Last Supper.
I can believe that. Most people, unless in a state of depression, are from time to time. But, I wonder if he was afflicted with homosexulaity.
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