Da Vinci Code re: Catholicism or religion per/se

[Ian]

Just a note on "The Da Vinci Code":

Anyone looking for any kind of good read throughout history for factual "Robert Ludlumesque stuff" need read no further than the history of the Catholic Church.

These guys are what any author would chomp his dentures at.

Read this for a small example of titillation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition

And please don't forget how Ponce De Leon, Pizzaro and even Columbus screwed up the Incas, Aztecs and countless others, up to and including the Jews throughout history culminating in their latest, greatest coup; allied, or threatened by,the Nazis and Hitler's promised annointing of a second pope.

In fact, as an unbiased observer and student of history;...

I find it very difficult to find anything good at all that the Catholic Church has done in any way to improve the human condition throughout time.

Honestly, they have gone farther to further inhuman conditions for their own people and just about anyone else they've come into contact with for their own monetary and political gain.

Only thing that I can see is that the Catholic church has always gotten richer riding on the backs and bodies of it's own people and those of their "enlightened" future converts.

I think if I had to choose amongst all the religions of this world I would lean towards the Japanes "Shinto" religion which gives everything a soul and respects it.

Might not make a great movie though.

Although...

Hard to have the main character talking to a rock or a tree unless you're Tom Hanks and fall in love with a volleyball.

My

[Ian]

Anyone with a brain have a thought?

[JFK]

Religion is as much fiction as Dan Brows book. It is a figment of someones imagination. Unlike the book, religion goes way back so they can layer they bullshit much thicker. Just imagine someone a hundred years from now starting a religion from Dans book , calling it their bible.

[WDchris]

I was just IMing the Pope. Not cool, he says.

[sicus]

i like the whole 'gun to the head' approach, believe what i say or suffer for eternity.

"well, how about some proof?"

NO.

[Choppa]

plenty of people with brains in here but sometimes we get sick of typing or thinking

Religion truely is blind faith, the renaissance period, Guttenberg Press in 1458, Martin Luther all of these factors had critical acclaim. Coming from a science medical background, the incquisitions where great astronomers had to denounce truth over religion was truely denigrating....or maybe im just a rambling heretic

[Ian]

Rambling heretics are always welcome because they think while they ramble.

[Ian]

LOL,

Posts like this are my way of checking out the joint for intelligent responses.

Might as well be on Mars.

[JFK]

Originally Posted by Ian

LOL,

Posts like this are my way of checking out the joint for intelligent responses.

Might as well be on Mars.

that is a Very intelligent response

[Dagwolf]

Originally Posted by Ian

LOL,

Posts like this are my way of checking out the joint for intelligent responses.

Might as well be on Mars.

I haven't seen the movie yet. How do I get in touch with you? I've emailed a couple of times. Also, your sig is busted.

[reynold]

I know that the author of the book stated that his work is just a fiction nothing more and nothing less. I still want to watch the movie and see if it's really a good one.

[MsWild]

I haven't watched it yet...I know it's just fiction and I don't believe that my faith with God be affected after I watch it like what I've heard in the rumors here.. I can give a comment if i'd already watched it...