Posted on 05/25/2006 10:45:12 AM PDT by Mike Bates
OK. It's fiction. It's made it's debut and the whole of Christianity hasn't collapsed. In fact, some people seeing it have said their faith is even stronger.
"Waiting for the first "It's just fiction" comment. :)"
How about... "It's just stupid".
Sure, it's fiction. Lousy, rotten, bigoted, blasphemous fiction.
Jesus has many kids. He left them at home when he illegally crossed the border to do jobs 'Americans won't do.' Not to worry, Jesus' family will soon join him in the U.S. Not divine intervention...just RINO activity making it possible.
I am actually Jesus' brother (the bible tells me so).
Don't think this was referring to Jesus Martinez. But maybe. . .
It's either fiction -- or I'm offended at people dissing my great X 100 grandparents.
Yeah, but will Ron (Opie) Howard be making a movie out of that?
"Christianity hasn't collapsed. In fact, some people seeing it have said their faith is even stronger."
I find a lot of people (including myself at one point) are just looking for an excuse not to believe. The rehashing of this forgotten heresy provides them a new source of excuses.
How about a 'I wish it was true' comment.
The more I read why people don't like it,
the more puzzled I become.
Well, to be more specific, the worlds human population must all stem from Noah's Ark and the families aboard.
Thank you, Mike. Thank you all. I'd also like to thank my agent, the family, 2 girls from "Hooters" for last evening's feast, Guinness for creating such a wonderful elixer, my ex-gf for that night on the boat in the lake, rlmorel for the time he hit me square between the eyes with a football and helped me see stars for about 20 seconds, and Dan Brown for writing a piece of fiction that has provided us with so much discussion.
You know what? The people who love this film and the book are the same people who think that the Trilateral Commission is secretly plotting to take over the world. The belief in conspiracy, not matter how fanciful, is quite alive in America, to wit: Who killed president Kennedy?; We never landed on the moon...it was all done in a sound studio somewhere; The Mason are going to takeover America, etc.
Even if it were true about what the books says about Christ, how many ka-zillion people would have to keep there yaps shut for centuries to prevent the truth from leaking out?
And as for the people seeing the film and then asserting that it somehow made their faith stronger, well, that makes as much sense as blaming rain on wet streets. If this film strengthens your faith, you probably had very little faith to begin with.
Alas, the story is, at last, just a story made up to look real.
A feast? At Hooters? Now that's what I call fiction.
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