Protest
God, how I wish people would get a life. I wrote about The DaVinci Code some time ago, but seeing the hoopla surrounding the movie just irritates the crap out of me. FICTION! FICTION! FICTION! When did all these theological scholars lose the ability to determine fact from fiction? It’s not like Christianity is going anywhere anytime soon, and it’s not likely that if someone believes Jesus was married that they will recieve a ticket straight to hell. If anything, it might lead them to question what they were taught & lead them back to the church to find the answer. Do they think the all-powerful Ron Howard, Dan Brown & Tom Hanks will topple Christianity as we know it? Both Brown & Howard (poor Opie) have both said, “If you think it will upset you, DON’T READ/WATCH IT!” Hmmm…that would be too simple, now wouldn’t it? I think beating up Ron Howard and Tom Hanks is just a publicity stunt on the part of the church; they need something to detract from the negative press they’ve been getting lately. Do the Christian thing & turn the other cheek, or just ignore it like you ignore the molestation of small boys in the church.
I wish the Bible-thumpers got as upset for movies that didn’t have anything to do with God. They should have told me not to watch “The Ring,” because I can’t look at static on my TV without freaking out now.
May 18th, 2006 at 8:23 am
You’d think after the huge James Frey debacle people would be able to get their brains around the fact/fiction issue. The book was a great lark - a summer read, intriguing and fun. I’m sure the movie will be fun, too. Like Indaana Jones and the Temple of Doom - another example of FICTION. Whew!
May 18th, 2006 at 10:53 am
I wrote about this today at Saur’s site. ( If you want to see the post find one of her comments in my post and follow over there.) In short, people have no common sense any more.
~Jef