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iamthewater

another lovely monday...

May 22, 2006 16:24

well outreach is officially 1 month away. We're going to Paris for two weeks and then Jordan for two months. I'm looking forward to both, but I'm not like jumping at the bit to go to Jordan...the sociologist in me is totally interested to see the culture there...experience something different etc. but I think by the time we're finished I'll be glad ( Read more... )

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tracemonkey May 22 2006, 15:32:12 UTC

You dont have to necessarily protest it to stand up for the truth. God tells us to not listen to lies and to not even welcome them into our home... not only are christians doing that, they are PAYING to do that. You are paying to hear lies against what you believe. You read the book and now you are going to go see the movie. I'm not saying you have to go picket outside of the movie theater... but you dont have to support people who are blatantly telling lies against what the bible says (which is Truth ( ... )

krunkokintaro May 25 2006, 01:36:49 UTC

I could be wrong, but I thought the book was more focused on the Vatican/Catholicism than Christianity itself? Although I guess any alternate version of who Jesus is would be attack on Catholicism and Christianity as well ( ... )

iamthewater May 26 2006, 15:48:31 UTC

I think the reason why you see the Da Vinci Code getting more publicity is BECAUSE there is so much controversy around it. BECAUSE certain groups in the church are throwing a fit and protesting. that always will attract more attention and I think that protesting it to that degree of fervor will only backfire (should the goal be that people shouldnt see it) because even MORE people, Christians included, WILL want to watch it ( ... )

krunkokintaro May 26 2006, 18:35:36 UTC

Great post, but...

You never told me if lions bury their poop.

... thephotobooth May 22 2006, 17:29:57 UTC

dan brown is clearly not pushing his book as absolute truth because the book falls under the category FICTION, rendering all that irrelevant.

i totally agree with you mere, there are more important things to be concerned about. i just finished the book saturday [which i borrowed from a friend so i didnt have to spend money on it anyway] and it was entertaining and made me think, by trying to figure out all the clues, etc. i also agree with what you said about the whole rights thing.. just because you might not agree with it doesn't mean they don't have the right to publish it, as someone could argue the same about something you write.

"You can't just gun everyone down "
" a colossal waste of time"

hah i love you. i miss you lots!

Re: ... tracemonkey May 23 2006, 00:29:25 UTC

So what if someone wrote a book about your mom and in it she would be written as a prostitute/drug addict and went around to different towns selling herself and what not... but dont worry, its just FICTION. Wouldn't you still be offended by someone writting such blamsphemy about her? Thats the way Christians should feel about "fictional" stuff being written about their Savior. I'm not here to picket about the movie or judge people who do see it, they have freedom of choice, I totally agree with that. But I still want to encourage Christians to not be like the world and get entertainment out of false statements about their Savior/Creator.

I never said he published it as a nonfictional book. I just said there was false teachings in that book.

There is just something wrong that Dan Brown can write numerous books that dont get widely known, but when he writes a book containing false teachings on Christianity... it takes off. Thats what the world wants. Thats not what Christians should want or support.

Re: ... thephotobooth May 23 2006, 02:24:26 UTC

i might be offended, but that doesnt mean the book isnt allowed to be written. its just fiction, and i dont take fiction for fact. reading his book has not changed any of my beliefs about Jesus and his life. the end.

Re: ... thephotobooth May 28 2006, 18:06:53 UTC

Amen. My primary gripe with the DaVinci Code is the attack on Christ's character. Fiction or not, that offends me.

And when Dan Brown presents as plausable a vast church conspiracy, even fictionally depicted, it just affirms beliefs in non-Christians that the church is corrupt.

--Seth

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xshesaidtrulyx May 23 2006, 01:27:04 UTC

Meredith. i miss you and your rants.

notalushalush May 24 2006, 18:21:56 UTC

jordan for two months, amazing. it will be so neat when you look back on all this someday. oh, sidenote, what grad schools do you think you will apply to if you decide to go back?