MSNBC.com:

 

ROME - The conservative religious group Opus Dei has asked for a disclaimer on the upcoming film based on the best-selling novel ?The Da Vinci Code.?

 

Opus Dei, portrayed as a murderous, power-hungry sect in the novel by Dan Brown, wrote in an April 6 letter to Sony Corp. that a disclaimer would show respect to Jesus and to the Catholic Church.

 

?Any such decision by Sony would be a gesture of respect toward the figure of Jesus, to the history of the Church and to the religious beliefs of viewers,? Opus Dei wrote in the letter, which was posted on its Italian Web site.

 

?The Da Vinci Code? contends that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had descendants, and that Opus Dei and the Catholic Church were at the center of a cover up.

 

A spokesman for Sony Pictures Entertainment declined to say whether the film would bear a disclaimer.

 

?We have no plans to reveal any details regarding what is or isn?t in the film until the release,? the spokesman, Jim Kennedy, said in a statement. Kennedy?s statement said the film was ?a work of fiction, and at its heart, it?s a thriller, not a religious tract.?

 

The film starring Tom Hanks is slated for release next month.

 

Opus Dei, which has close ties to the Vatican, has described ?The Da Vinci Code? as offering a deformed image of the Catholic Church.

 

On Friday, the priest who preaches before the pope in Advent and Lent denounced what he called works that slander the church for profit.

 

?Christ is still sold, but not any more for 30 coins,? the Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa said in his Good Friday homily before Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter?s Basilica, referring to Jesus? betrayal by the Apostle Judas before his crucifixion, ?but to publishers and booksellers for billions of coins.?

 

Obviously nobody has been able to get it into the Church's head that this book is a work of FICTION, and not supposed to be taken as fact. All of the scandal around this book has been completely unwarranted, in my opinion.

 

IT'S. A. NOVEL.

Not to mention, in the end--the 'truth' is revealed, and it makes it seem like more 'personal' motives than religious.

I finally read the book this past fall, and found the ending to be extremely disappointing. Everything up until the end was good.

I finally read the book this past fall, and found the ending to be extremely disappointing. Everything up until the end was good.

 

Ya, I did book on tape, and I agree wholeheartedly. I wanted to actually 'see' something, you know?

I finally read the book this past fall, and found the ending to be extremely disappointing. Everything up until the end was good.

 

 

Agreed.

 

And also, I agree with the first post. It's in the freaking fiction section. Granted, IMO, you could put the bible there, too.

The Church knows it's a work of fiction, but there are people who actually believe the crap in the book. Sure it's an entertaining novel and should be a solid film, but it's not something that proves Christianity wrong.

Never read the book, but didn't Dan Brown say something to the tune of everything in the book was based on fact?

Never read the book, but didn't Dan Brown say something to the tune of everything in the book was based on fact?

 

 

It's based on theories.

 

None of which can be, or have been, proved. It's also comprises some of the many people who have sued him for "lifting ideas" from their theories.

Never read the book, but didn't Dan Brown say something to the tune of everything in the book was based on fact?

 

The beginning of the book has a disclaimer of sorts, which gives a brief background of the Opus Dei group. The whole idea of the book, at least the Bibical parts, is a theory that some believe.

 

It's still a fictional novel, and I have yet to run into anyone who actually takes the book as fact. That's another reason I don't understand why the Church has been after this book so much. They have other things they should be doing.

religion makes some people crazy. Only fiction people.

 

 

I finally read the book this past fall, and found the ending to be extremely disappointing. Everything up until the end was good.

 

 

Agreed.

 

And also, I agree with the first post. It's in the freaking fiction section. Granted, IMO, you could put the bible there, too.

 

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Buckeye I have no idea what you're talking about. Carbon dating is a hoax.

Buckeye I have no idea what you're talking about. Carbon dating is a hoax.

 

 

Trew.

 

And dinosaurs are an elaborate hoax perpatrated by God himself ("I'm a prankster God!") because he's got nothing better to do than to mess with us lowly humans. Also, I'm going to give you a whole course on intelligent design in one easy step, ready? Ok. "God spent six days creating the earth and one the seventh day he rested. That's it." Oh, yeah, don't forget the part about the flood and how some dood got all the animals to get along a wooden ship he made himself that could actually HOUSE all the animals of the earth (but, dude, did you have to save mosquitos?!), as well as various inconsistancies between the vengeful God in the old testament vs. the loving God espoused by Jesus in the new. As well as various acts of evil that God allows, that an all knowing, all loving, all good God would even ALLOW a Satan is a paradox...

 

I just want to know where the unicorns are?

The unicorns, dragons, and other mythological creatures missed the boat. You need to watch Robot Chicken more, Adult Swim explains everything.

Buckeye I have no idea what you're talking about. Carbon dating is a hoax.

 

 

Trew.

 

And dinosaurs are an elaborate hoax perpatrated by God himself ("I'm a prankster God!") because he's got nothing better to do than to mess with us lowly humans. Also, I'm going to give you a whole course on intelligent design in one easy step, ready? Ok. "God spent six days creating the earth and one the seventh day he rested. That's it." Oh, yeah, don't forget the part about the flood and how some dood got all the animals to get along a wooden ship he made himself that could actually HOUSE all the animals of the earth (but, dude, did you have to save mosquitos?!), as well as various inconsistancies between the vengeful God in the old testament vs. the loving God espoused by Jesus in the new. As well as various acts of evil that God allows, that an all knowing, all loving, all good God would even ALLOW a Satan is a paradox...

 

I just want to know where the unicorns are?

 

The cool thing is, we're not supposed to understand everything about God... wouldn't that make God kind of not that great, awesome, and mysterious if we did?

Buckeye I have no idea what you're talking about. Carbon dating is a hoax.

 

 

Trew.

 

And dinosaurs are an elaborate hoax perpatrated by God himself ("I'm a prankster God!") because he's got nothing better to do than to mess with us lowly humans. Also, I'm going to give you a whole course on intelligent design in one easy step, ready? Ok. "God spent six days creating the earth and one the seventh day he rested. That's it." Oh, yeah, don't forget the part about the flood and how some dood got all the animals to get along a wooden ship he made himself that could actually HOUSE all the animals of the earth (but, dude, did you have to save mosquitos?!), as well as various inconsistancies between the vengeful God in the old testament vs. the loving God espoused by Jesus in the new. As well as various acts of evil that God allows, that an all knowing, all loving, all good God would even ALLOW a Satan is a paradox...

 

I just want to know where the unicorns are?

 

The cool thing is, we're not supposed to understand everything about God... wouldn't that make God kind of not that great, awesome, and mysterious if we did?

 

You can still reason. And if the bible sucks (meaning it contains VARIOUS inconsistancies and doesn't seem that plausible as an explanation, let alone a system of beliefs), doesn't it seem to be a poor account of God? If I was God and people were writing memoirs about me as if I was David Hasselhoff or Chuck Norris joke I'd be kind of teed off ("They missed it, I'm out of here.") And the same phrase could be said about our universe.

 

That being said, there's evil in the world, it doesn't make sense. If God exists, give me a different landlord. Hell, I'll take Mr. Furley at this point. At least he tries to keep the peace!

 

I mean, I'm not necessarily "pissing in your pool" here. You can believe what you want. I don't care what you believe. Those are my "beliefs" and "readings" of thee bible.

btw, I fancy that G-d exists even though I believe almost nothing of the glorified bible.

Buckeye I have no idea what you're talking about. Carbon dating is a hoax.

 

 

Trew.

 

And dinosaurs are an elaborate hoax perpatrated by God himself ("I'm a prankster God!") because he's got nothing better to do than to mess with us lowly humans. Also, I'm going to give you a whole course on intelligent design in one easy step, ready? Ok. "God spent six days creating the earth and one the seventh day he rested. That's it." Oh, yeah, don't forget the part about the flood and how some dood got all the animals to get along a wooden ship he made himself that could actually HOUSE all the animals of the earth (but, dude, did you have to save mosquitos?!), as well as various inconsistancies between the vengeful God in the old testament vs. the loving God espoused by Jesus in the new. As well as various acts of evil that God allows, that an all knowing, all loving, all good God would even ALLOW a Satan is a paradox...

 

I just want to know where the unicorns are?

 

The cool thing is, we're not supposed to understand everything about God... wouldn't that make God kind of not that great, awesome, and mysterious if we did?

 

You can still reason. And if the bible sucks (meaning it contains VARIOUS inconsistancies and doesn't seem that plausible as an explanation, let alone a system of beliefs), doesn't it seem to be a poor account of God? If I was God and people were writing memoirs about me as if I was David Hasselhoff or Chuck Norris joke I'd be kind of teed off ("They missed it, I'm out of here.") And the same phrase could be said about our universe.

 

That being said, there's evil in the world, it doesn't make sense. If God exists, give me a different landlord. Hell, I'll take Mr. Furley at this point. At least he tries to keep the peace!

 

I mean, I'm not necessarily "pissing in your pool" here. You can believe what you want. I don't care what you believe. Those are my "beliefs" and "readings" of thee bible.

 

Sure, you can reason, but my testimony is that throughout my life and struggle to keep faith, I've found that the easiest way to lose a grasp on God is to limit Him to the laws of the universe. JMHO :thumbup

Why choose the religion that you choose then? Im indicting all organized religion with this too.

Bah, religion also boycotted Dogma and all it did is make the movie more popular and more often seen

 

I am catholic but I believe if I cant laugh about myself whom can I laugh about?

 

The world is too PC about every religion, faith, people, everything