The Da Vinci Code

[scaeagles]

There is plausibility, and then there is historical record.

None of the gospels, aphocrypha, gnostic gospels, nor eye witness accounts claim that he married. And in fact to claim that he married Mary Magdalene is funny to me, because I happen to think that she was not a prostitute (an idea originally presented in the third certury by some Pope or another), but rather was an older woman. I have a very logical argument as to why, and if people are interested, I could post it.

Many things are plausible. I could come up with many ridiculous yet plausible ideas and perhaps convince many people of them.

I think members of churches that are mostly upset about this know that lots and lots of people will believe some/all of what Dan Browns fiction says. It is contrary to their beliefs (and to the historical record), and they know the interest is not there among the majority of fans of the book or movie to discuss the actual history. They want to be entertained. So how are churches to get their message out in any way to people other than the faithful other than scream it out?

[Moonliner]

It is interesting to see how opposing viewpoints are dealt with.

China and bloggers - Arrested sentenced to prison

Shi'a Muslim - Fatwa calling for the death of the author

Muslims - Riots, looting, killings.

Cathloics - Condemnation, calls for a boycott

[scaeagles]

Wow - this thing is getting massacred in the press. On rotten tomotoes, it has a 6% rating (1 out of 16 reviews thus far). Ouch.

[wendybeth]

Well, Moon- Catholicism is an old religion; back in it's earlier days it would have been a different story. The thought is that as Islam ages it too will mellow, but we're looking at hundreds of years so none of us will be around to see it.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Well, Moon- Catholicism is an old religion;

It took me a minute to realize you were referring to Moonliner. I thought you were talking about a combination of Moonies and Catholics into a new sect of Moon-Catholicism.

[Scrooge McSam]

Yeah... Mooncats

[Gemini Cricket]

I'm wondering if 'Over the Hedge' is going to out perform 'The DaVinci Code'. As Leo said, it's getting panned left and right.

[wendybeth]

Lol! We may be on to something here....If L. Ron can start up a religion, why can't we? We can be Moon-Cats, and we can get incredibly wealthy and start a new newspaper: the Vatican Post Monitor.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I'm wondering if 'Over the Hedge' is going to out perform 'The DaVinci Code'. As Leo said, it's getting panned left and right.

I looked around and the LIndsay Lohan movie "Just my Luck" is at 11%.

[CoasterMatt]

YAY! My "Xenu Is My Homeboy" t-shirt arrived today