[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

The Da Vinci Code, book and movie, is an outrageous blasphemy of Jesus Christ. The fictional story charges Jesus was secretly married and fathered a child for which there has never been any historical proof. It makes charges of a big Catholic Church "cover-up" of these alleged "facts."

The Catholic Church and its officials have a right to publicly denounce the book and movie as patently offensive to Christians.

In contrast to raging Muslims, offended by newspaper cartoons drawn of their prophet, I haven't heard of any Christians burning and looting in the streets over this blasphemy of our deeply held faith.

Christians throughout the world can, and should, avoid watching this offensive trash posing as entertainment.

[Muleteam1]

>>It makes charges of a big Catholic Church "cover-up" of these alleged "facts."<<

Whether its big government hiding UFOs, big oil hiding price gouging, or big churches hiding the truth, we are awash in schizophrenia and paranoia disguising itself as new knowledge. The more attention that is paid to this animal-shapes-in-the clouds malarkey the more tickets the movie and books will sell.

Muleteam1

[jbstrick]

"The fictional story charges Jesus was secretly married and fathered a child for which there has never been any historical proof."

It's FICTION. As you said.

"The Catholic Church and its officials have a right to publicly denounce the book and movie as patently offensive to Christians."

They do have a right to condemn. The funny thing is the Catholic Church was quick to condemn this movie, quicker than they were to condemn the other scandals within the church. The other scandals were far more damaging to the Church than this little movie.

I will go see this movie. I know it is fiction. My faith is stronger than the script.

[cloud8]

> The Da Vinci Code, book and movie, is an outrageous blasphemy of Jesus Christ.

Have you read it? How can you denounce a movie as offensive if it hasn't been released yet?

Your faith isn't worth beans if you feel threatened by a work of fiction.

Maybe you should join the cardinal, and sue the 7.5 million people who have bought The Da Vinci Code (times readers per copy...I was no. 4).

[Dudoight]

I am embarassed at this Cardinal's suggestion. This book is sheer fiction. The best thing the Vatican could do would be to ignore it. What is wrong with that bunch? They should have been at least this proactive in regard to their own pedophiles. We heard not a peep from them.

[maine-iac7]

The fictional story charges Jesus was secretly married and fathered a child for which there has never been any historical proof. It makes charges of a big Catholic Church "cover-up" of these alleged "facts."

LOL

lots of history-challenged folk out there.

Dan Brown is being given credit for something he didn't "make up/"

Good grief - the Internet - and history - is at your fingertips.

The assertion/belief/legend that MM and Jesus were married, etc, has been out there for 2000 years. There are books, accounts, etc - hundreds of years old on this.

In addition, just in the past 20-30 years, many book have come out on this - maybe Laurence Gardner and Margaret Starbird's books are the most prominent - both of whom are in a position of knowledge, education and access to records that render their books far above 'trash'

And their books are NOT fiction - as Brown's is - I find it amusing that there are books now that claim to expose the "lies" of Brown's book - a book of "fiction."

Whenever someone tells me not to read or watch or research something, I get suspicious. Seems like an elitist attitude - supposing they can better decide for me, like my mind is obviously inferior.

Here's something that will upset many an applecart = especially the inference that to the MM and Jesus relationship being a Dan Brown invention...

an obvioulsy pregnant MM - The inscription reads "Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken from her" (Window in European church - long before there was a Dan Brown ;o)

Besides, what is so insidious about the thought that Jesus may have been married ? - Are they saying marriage is sacrilegious - or that, were Jesus married, as was the REQUIREMENT of a Jewish man - and more strictly, a Rabbi - somehow makes Jesus any less than He was? His main message was to show/teach us "the Way" to live our lives...

Seems to me that the human family is the whole reason for God having created us in the first place, and as such, a holy institution. Why wouldn't Jesus take part in it?

[Tiberius109]

the key words here are
"The fictional story "