When In Rome
The Vatican has called for a boycott of The DaVinci Code. THE VATICAN!
One of the most corrupt organizations in the history of our planet is now telling you where and on what you should spend your money.
Again!
Of course, a few of their flock of blind sheep are heeding the word and staging protests through out the world! These people need to find a hobby of some sort. I recommend knitting or perhaps pottery.
The Catholic Church needs to get over itself! Just because they can help swing elections based on hatred of Gays does not give them the right to tell people what they can and can't watch!
Jesus!
And before you all start commenting about "How dare I call the Vatican corrupt" check out this link...
http://www.religioustolerance.org/pope_apo.htm
It's a site dedicated to some of the bigger sins of the church.
My personal favorite has always been the harboring of Nazis during WWII. Really stand up stuff!
I suppose they would rather have you donate your $10 into the collection plate this weekend than spend it on "The DaVinci Code" You know, that same collection plate from which they took the money to pay sexual assault victims for their silence! Money well spent!
Lost in all of this is the fact that "The DaVinci Code" is a work of FICTION! No one ever claimed it as fact! I've always felt the searching of answers and questioning of one's personal faith goes a long way to actually strengthening it! But, maybe that's just me.
Do I believe in Jesus? Yes I do.
Does that mean I take the Bible as anything more than a metaphor? No. I take it for what it is.... An easily digestible version of a 2,000 year old story. A blueprint, not a house made of stone.
However, I do believe in freedom of choice and will be choosing to see "The DaVinci Code" this weekend. And not at some matinee... I'm paying FULL price!
I'll drop my stub off in the collection plate on Sunday. Right after I get done mocking science, hating gay people and suppressing women. Ahh, a full day to look forward to...
All in the "name" of Jesus.
Hallelujah!
posted by Mr. A at 2:05 AM
6 Comments:
You are an angry, angry man. I love it. :)
Actually, at the beginning of the book, the author makes a statement something to the affect of: "all documents, rituals, [blah blah blah] contained in this work are accurate."
In essence, claiming that although the mystery in the story is fiction, this bullcrap about Jesus and Mary Magdalene really happened. I don't quite see how the Bible can suddenly be completely UNtrue, but Dan Brown's "documents" (whatever THEY are...) are completely TRUE. I'm quite liberal about my religion, but even I think that's hogwash.
Go ahead and see it, Annoyed! Stick it to the man! :) The Vatican doesn't know what it's talking about anyway. Look at it as a work of fiction, and enjoy the story. Let me know what it's like. :)
By the way, though...it was widely panned at Cannes last weekend.
I'm sure it sucks!
LOL
Anyway, I have always bought into the version contained in "The Last Temptation of Christ"
Shown that to a number of Catholics and they have all loved it!
I don't buy the bible as absolute truth anyway. Again, I think it's more of a blueprint to work off of...
Rusty, there's a book out now called "Misquoting Jesus"
A bible professor went back through the earliest bibles and tried to figure out what could be credited to Jesus and what people who rewrote the bible just made up.
For instance, the VERY famous "Let he without sin cast the first stone" story never actually happened.
At least it was added LONG after the bible first appeared.
Check out the book, it's a very interesting read.
Personally I can't see how Mary Magdalene and Jesus couldn't have been together. He was a man after all.
Hello Annoyed,
There is a surefire way to verify the truth...
There's a bit more to the story of the Vatican's reaction than most are yet aware of. Read my missive below to understand what they truly fear. It's not the DaVinci Code or Gospel of Judas per se, but the fact that people have been motivated to seek out the unequivocal truth about an age of deception, exactly when they expect me to appear. The Gospel of Judas and DaVinci Code controversies are allowing people to take new stock of the Vatican and the religions it has spawned.
Remember, "I come as a thief..." ?
Yes, the DaVinci Code is a novel. It is no more accurate as a literal version of history than is the New Testament. In other words, neither is the literal truth, which is a key fact of the story and ancient history. The primary sub-plot is about purposeful symbology being used to encode hidden meanings, exactly like the Bible and related texts. Arguing about whether the DaVinci Code, Gospel of Judas, or the Bible are accurate history is a Machiavellian red herring designed to hide the truth by misdirecting your inquiry away from the heart of the matter.
Want to truly understand why we can't let the Vatican succeed at telling us what to think about ancient history? There is a foolproof way to verify the truth and expose centuries-old religious deceptions. It is also the common thread connecting why the ancient Hebrews, Yahad/Essene, Jews, Gnostics, Cathars, Templars, Dead Sea Scrolls, DaVinci Code, and others have all been targets of Rome’s ire and evil machinations. What the Vatican and its secret society cohorts don’t want you to understand is that the ancient Hebrew symbology in all of these texts purposely encodes and exposes the truth about them. Furthermore, the structure of ancient symbology verifiably encodes the rules to decode messages built with it. This is what they most fear you will discover.
If the Bible represented the literal truth or even accurate history, there would be no need for faith in the assertions of deceptive and duplicitous clergy and their ilk. Wisdom and faith are opposing concepts, because wisdom requires the unequivocal truth where faith obfuscates and opposes it. Religion is therefore the enemy of truth and wisdom.
It is undeniable the New Testament is framed by ancient Hebrew symbolism and allegory. The same is evidenced in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Gnostic texts, biblical apocrypha, DaVinci Code, and other related texts. All ancient religious, mystical, and wisdom texts have been shrouded in mystery for millennia for one primary reason: The ability to understand their widely evidenced symbology was lost in antiquity. How do we finally solve these ages-old mysteries? To recast an often-used political adage: It’s [the] symbology, stupid!
It is amazing the Vatican still tries to insist the Gospels are literal truth. It is beyond obvious they are replete with ancient Hebrew symbology. Every miracle purported for Jesus has multiple direct symbolic parallels in the Old Testament, Apocalypse, Dead Sea Scrolls, and other symbolic narratives and traditions. This is the secret held by the ancient Gnostics, Templars, and Cathars, which is presented with dramatic effect in the DaVinci Code. None of these narratives or stories were ever intended as the literal truth. That is a key fact to unraveling ages-old mysteries.
Likewise, the following Washington Post article ( The Book of Bart) describes how many changes and embellishments were made to New Testament texts over the centuries, unequivocally demonstrating they are not original, infallible, or truthful.
It's no wonder the Vatican fears the truth more than anything else. Seek to understand the symbolic significance of my name (Seven Star Hand) and you will have proof beyond disproof that Jews, Christians, and Muslims have long been duped by the great deceivers I warned humanity about over the millennia. What then is the purpose of "faith" but to keep good people from seeking to understand truth and wisdom?
Now comes justice, hot on its heels... (symbolism...)
Not only do I talk the talk, I walk the walk...
Here is Wisdom!!
Revelations from the Apocalypse
Do you guys think Jesus gives it to Mary Magdalene in the butt? I think he does. The Vatican has been giving it to the world in the butt for thousands of year.....I just figured they learned it from Jesus!
A.S.S.
I will rent it. W/2 little ones movies (or a night out without them) is rare. I wish people could take it just as a movie. Don't like it..don't see it. I don't like "skinhead" music so I don't listen (I don't mean hardcore but the stuff that is over the top racist).
also annoyed..i left an answer to your question on my blog about attaching youtube videos..its prett easy.
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