'Da Vinci Code' Sparks Indian Riots

hmm wondered when this would start

 

Religion causing problems agian Nothing but trouble!

 

It could be worse. They could be blowing stuff up instead of fasting.

 

It is fiction. It was written as fiction. The author says he wrote it as fiction. Taking this as being a proposal of real evidence is ignorant and stupid.

I've seen this on both sides of the spectrum. Religious people get pissed off about it, because they consider it an insult, and I've seen people who aren't religious (including a bunch of my friends) hold it up as vindication that the Bible is a lie, and that the Catholic Church is concealing things.

It's ridiculous what has been made of what is just a fairly good mystery/adventure novel.

 

Damn, they are going to have an awesome BO.......they are getting excellent free publicity....

 

at least they aint blowing themselves up over it and destroying and burning embassies over a damn cartoon

 

i'm half punjabi indian and half pakistani... i follow certain principles of several religions but ultimately i am not a huge fan of religion myself... it's a great concept when applied properly, which well, well over 60% of the ****s in this world don't do, hence the violence.

 

With their priests boning kids, I think the Catholics have other things to worry about.

 

All part of the master plan. Dance, puppets, dance!

 

Nah, judging others is top priority.

 

This is so ****ing stupid. IT'S A FICTIONAL STORY. A crappy fictional story at that.

 

that would be bad

 

Great point. We've seen something like that recently.

 

Huh?

 

What the hell is wrong with you?

 

Brown has stated that it is only "fiction" in that the characters are fictional. He claims that the elements in the story are truth.

A. that Jesus was married to Mary Magdelene
B. that he was never crucified
C. the the church covered this up
D. that Constantine made the Nicean counsel declare Jesus as God
E. That the Priory of Sion was a secret organization that Da Vinci belonged
to, that held the secret documents about Jesus & Mary Magdelene.
F. That The Opus Dei have murderous monks that will kill to keep the secret.

And much more.........

All a pack of lies. But Brown says they are true. That's why Christians are upset!

So you can stop falling back on the "It's only fiction" card. This issue is deeper than that.

 

It's fiction, relax.
And if you're that religious, your faith shouldn't be shaken by a movie.

 

That I didn't know, that Brown publicly said he believes these things. Although, I wouldn't be surprised if he said this things simply for the publicity.

 

So True.... But no one will give them credit for their restrained response. They will find more fault in their peaceful demonstration than they found in the Muslim violent demonstration. Watch.

 

Brown has a "gnostic" world-view. It stands to reason that he truly believes these things.

 

1. I know what gnostic means, no need for the quotes.
2. It does stand to reason that he might believe these things, but I still think he's looking for more publicity.
3. The bold words thing is really annoying.

 

Brown can't decide which way he believes. If he said he really does, I feel it's probably due to publicity.