Posted on 05/08/2006 7:42:20 AM PDT by NYer
The problem is not so much whether or not the book is "marketed" as fiction, as the fact that the left is treating it as a valid accusation and Christianity is being forced to defend against it.
FYI
And that is what it is. People are getting way too riled up about a work of fiction.
The grand anti-climax comes when we learn that it is not the Roman Catholic Church but the Priory of Sion that has hidden these sacred relics from public. And who has suppressed the documents allegedly discovered by the Templar Knights centuries ago beneath the Jerusalem temple? Once again ¯ the culprit is not the Church!
Now, in The Celestine Prophecy, the culprits who seek to suppress and destroy the “Nine Insights” are the Cardinal and other officials of the Church, in conjunction with the government. I think it portrays a worse picture of the Church than The DaVinci Code does. Why aren't Christians protesting it?
On his own, I think you are correct about Dan Brown, the man. However, knowingly or not, I do not believe he wrote this in a spiritual vacuum.
Yeah, good point. Certainly an indicator of authenticity, for sure.
Interesting article, but he must have read a different novel than I did. The author's "interpretation" of various parts of the book goes way beyond reading between the lines, it is more like he simply made it up to support his own prejudices.
With the best of intentions people are always so eager to point out that something is fiction, or "just a TV show". This is a specious argument. The problem is that these works of fiction have a way of transcending modern culture and having great impact or harm. I'm sure posters could come up with many one-time works of fiction that were later adopted and absorbed by modern culture. No. It is way too easy to simply say, "Don't worry, be happy, it's simply a work of fiction and can have no additional impact."
The author should hope that no one tells the Muhammedans that his next work depicts the "prophet" as a homosexual.
In Canaan, Babylon and other eastern societies, perhaps. Not in Greek or Roman societies, where the "sacred prostitutes" were generally slaves.
And what harm does it do? Seriously. It might make people look at another idea. Therefore, we must shut it down.
Do you even understand the concept that you're only giving it more attention?
The author shows a drastic lack of knowledge here about the classical world.
Abortion and infanticide were never the woman's choice, although she could obviously kill her baby on the sly. Decisions about whether a child would be carried to term or exposed after birth were entirely up to the master of the house, with regard to both his wife and his slaves.
Except in Sparta, where the state made these decisions.
He has a couple of my dollars, and he'll have a couple more before the month is out.
I was entertained by the book, and I'm guessing I'll be entertained by the movie. I'm calling it a fair trade, some money for some entertainment.
How that makes me a sucker I'd be interested to hear.
Does the concept of blasphemy mean ANYTHING to you?!
We are not talking about a satirical event based on people the author may or may not know. This is about disgusting accusations about our Lord, His Mother, His disciples and our entire Christian culture.
When will the American (and World) public get it through their skulls--IT'S A WORK OF FICTION.
Yes, it's only a novel, but the US public thanks to our public education system is mostly ignorant of history and science and has not read any serious theology or philosophy. For example, look to Hollywood for the kook religion dujour.
He admitted in Court that his
wife did most of his research
and underlined scores of book
passages he should read. If my
wife did that much of my research,
I'd at least have given her co-author
status!
Let me get this straight....we should all shut up?
susie
You seem to have good knowledge of the classical world. What are some of the factors that preceded and contributed to the collapse of the Greek and Roman Empires? Do you see any paralells in contemporary society?
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