The DaVinci Code -- overreaction or a chance to rumble?

by cruzanheart 47 Replies latest jw friends

  • Robdar
    Robdar

    I think that the Muslims are getting their turbans in a twist over this movie in order to show the Xtians that they believe in Christ also. Maybe it's to form some sort of solidarity that might get us off their backs and stop viewing them as the enemy. I have often been amazed at how Xtians side with the Jews when we really have more in common with the Muslims.

    I am going to see the movie but I'm waiting til it comes out on dvd. Why pay $10 to see the movie when I thought that the book wasn't all that good? Besides, I despise Ron Howard.

  • Abaddon
    Abaddon

    Funny how people will object to nigger but endorse rag-head.

    But hell, Muslim whacking is easy and popular, and the mods seem quite happy to just read the threads.

    I these muslims spent as much time living for thier faith insteads of dying for it the world would probably be more tolerant of thier disgusting practices

    Actually the vast majority of Muslims live peaceful lives and would often if questioned doubt whether the 'bad guys' are really Muslims. I heard an Iman on BBC World Service saying just that today. The 'bad guys' also count an awful lot of ordinary Muslims as 'fair game' in their attempt at Jihad, as the 'bad guys' claim they are the real Muslims. Fortunately peaceful Muslims far far out-number the 'bad guys'.

    Obviously a lot of the peaceful Muslims are socially backward, with human rights conditions similar to that of many Western countries a few generations back.

    Just like China is 20 years behind in the Space Race, but won't take 20 years to catch up, so too Muslim countries will catch up with regard to Human Rights.

    But you can no more convince your great-grand father that blacks are equal and women deserve the vote by giving him a mobile phone and Addidas than you can many people in the Muslim world today.

    We forget how quickly our society has changed; it was only in the Sixties that it became acceptable for a woman to go to a pub and be seen drinking in public (in England). Any idot can see their socially backwards, just as we were. But it doesn't change overnight; it comes with the change of genertion and the education of the generation that replaces it.

    But no, let's not have a nice sensible discussion, let's just use racist terms and lump almost 1.3 billion into a catagory only 2 or 300 million fit at the very BROADEST definiton. Bigotry and ignorance in one blow, well done, do you feel proud yet?

    As for Muslims objecting to the DaVinchi Code, why should we be surprised Islamic religious idiots are as stupid as Christian religious idiots?

  • Sad emo
    Sad emo

    As someone else has already said - IT'S FICTION!!!!

    Robdar - I read your post and for a moment thought 'nah, not a chance' but then I thought again and actually that isn't as crazy as it sounds considering that the minority religious groups are undergoing quite serious discrimination and persecution in parts of India at the moment.

    (btw - It's usually Sihkhs who wear turbans)

    Pity the *'Muslims'* are threatening violence - why don't they do everyone a favour and just go on hunger strike like the Catholic fanatic?!

    Here's the link to the full report:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4985370.stm

    cyrus

  • Robdar
    Robdar

    (btw - It's usually Sihkhs who wear turbans)

    Yeah, some of the Sihkhs wear turbans. Hey, what do you call that thing that some of the Muslim men wear on their heads?

  • Sad emo
    Sad emo

    Robdar - they have different names and styles dependent on the culture of the country and area they're in.

    Unfortunately googling for examples of the different headwear is like hunting a needle in a haystack lol!

    Got this one though:

    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/lifestyles/links/turbans_27.html

    Maybe it's a UK-US language thing but the only one that we would normally call a turban is the tightly wound one worn by the Sikh. Possibly why cyrus used his terminology too.

  • Leolaia
    Leolaia

    My mom wants to see it, so we're going this afternoon. In my mind, its like going to see JFK or a movie based on 9/11 conspiracy theories, so what if it's totally misrepresenting historical facts (it's fiction, after all)...I guess I'll have to find enjoyment in the artistry or cinematography or acting.

    Last night, I had a lengthy conversation with her in Starbucks about gnostic mythology and the Gospel of Judas, and explained how the Da Vinci Code gets the "secret gospels" thing totally backwards, so she'll already know about that....

  • Mary
    Mary
    The Holy Koran recognises Jesus as a prophet. What the book says is an insult to both Christians and Muslims," Maulana Mansoor Ali Khan, general secretary of the All-India Sunni Jamiyat-ul-Ulema, told the Reuters news agency. "Muslims in India will help their Christian brothers protest this attack on our common religious belief," he said.

    Translation: Fundamental Muslims are so eager to get their knickers in a bind and start rioting, that they're even willing to lower themselves under the pretext of "helping their Christian brothers protest.."

    We saw The Da Vinci Code Friday night......for the most part I found it boring. Very little mention of Jesus, and the assertion that he was married to Mary Magdelene and had a child, was based on pretty flimsy evidence. I'm not sure how anyone with even a half-assed knowledge of history could really take it seriously. I would really suggest that both the Fundanmental Christians and the Fundamental Muslims, who are ready to take to the streets, go and see this movie. If they can manage to keep awake through the whole thing, they'll realize there's really no threat there to anyone.

  • maxwell
    maxwell

    Definitely overreaction. I went to see the movie because I see all these Christian evangelist up in arms about the Davinci Code. Otherwise, it would hardly have registered on my radar and I probably would have waited till it came out on DVD or popped up on cable somewhere. I thought it was an ok movie, but I should have seen Poseiden. Kind of reminded me of Raiders of the Ark. I still don't see why Christian clergy people are so threatened by a movie or even the book. Maybe I'll read the book now.

  • LittleToe
    LittleToe

    Like "The Passion", all the far right Fundamentalists have encouraged us to do is go and see a movie and read a book that we might otherwise have passed over as pretty lightweight.

    ~grins at the irony~

  • Midget-Sasquatch
    Midget-Sasquatch

    I read the book already and since it was a very slow semester supplying, I'd rather spend the money on the X Men. Whats really funny is that my extremely zealous pioneer sister bought the book without really knowing what it was about. Now you all can figure how I ended up getting a free copy of the book and enough curiousity to read it. Too bad alot of the errors sorta detracted from my delving into the storyline. Funny how my being a bio major doesn't have the same negative impact on my opinion of the X Men.

    Kinda off topic: Storm and Jean Grey make for better representations of godesses IMHO than Mary Magdalene. Well as portrayed by Hale and Famke anyways.

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