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Apr 30, 2006
the heretic I'm a bad Christian, I guess. I'm supposed to like Contemporary Christian Music. I don't. I'm supposed to like the Left Behind Series. I don't. I was supposed to like The Passion of the Christ. I didn't. And now, I'm supposed to be all up in arms over The Davinci Code. I'm not. Apparently this book poses a big threat to us. For the life of me I can't figure out why. Since I'm supposed to be preparing for the big threat before the movie comes out, I bought the book and tried to read it. I made it about 50 pages. Man it's a terrible book. And I'm not talking about the claims about Christianity that were made. I didn't make it that far into the book. Anyway, here's the jist of it, if I have heard correctly. Apparently, Christians have been lying about the bachelorhood of Jesus over all of these millenia. Jesus apparently hooked up with Mary Magdalene and had some kids. This bloodline still exists today, and there is this secret society of art scholars that hold the keys to this secret. Aparently there are four of them that know this secret and they all get killed off. First of all, I just want to say that 24 totally ripped that off this season. Secondly, the Mary M./Jesus thing has been done before. There's nothing original here. Third, why would a secret society form to a. keep the knowledge alive and b. keep it a secret. I guess that gets explained later in the book. I can't imagine it being interesting, however. Regardless of all of that stuff, here is my point: why are people so worried about this. So, it isn't true. And, he claims to base it on "historical research." The thinking is that people are going to watch this movie and have their views of Jesus/Christianity/Religon/Whatever else shaped by this. Christianity as we know it is going to colapse over this. Maybe that's a bit overstated, but here's the thing: I remember a few years back when Passion came out, and it was billed as that "greatest evangelistic oppertunity ever." And guess what, it wasn't. People barely even talk about it anymore. The fact is, movies really don't affect us as much as people want to believe they do. So some people may watch the Davinci Code. They may even have questions. Some people may even initially buy into the sensationalism of the event, and profess to belive some of these claims. But, this movie will NOT have any long term effect. It will come and go, like most other films. I just hope the movie is better than Left Behind. posted
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