The DaVinci Code

[Funk]

That movie that churches are loving to boycott is coming on Friday.

And you know what that means:

RELIGION TOPIC!



*SPOILERS FOR THE DAVINCI CODE*





OK, so the big deal about the DaVinci Code is that it explores the possibility that Jesus could have gotten married and had kids. And I say: WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?

The thing that I don't understand is WHY Christians can't even fathom the possibility that Jesus could have gotten married and had kids. The biggest argument for this is that the Bible does not explicitly say that Jesus got married and had children. Well, to that I say: the Bible also does not say that Jesus ever went to the bathroom, but that doesn't mean that it never happened.

Also, WHY wouldn't Jesus get married? Up until the 1960's nearly EVERYONE was getting married, and still many people are. Oh, and on the marriage topic, here is one I never got: So Jesus and his disciples are hanging out at a wedding in Cana. This is before Jesus revealed that he was a miracle worker. The wine goes dry. Who do we turn to? A COMPLETE STRANGER. Why do we turn to a man who HAS NEVER SHOWN THE ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING ASTOUNDING to do something about this? Traditionally, you turn to the host to keep a wedding party going. Unless...it is actually Jesus' wedding! Why else ask him? That one always confused me.

The point is: getting laid is not sin, and if Jesus got laid, I'm sure he'd appreciate it if people acknowledged the possibility.

[Riotsword]

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Jesus's milkshake brought all the girls to his yard, and they're like, "It's better than yours. Hallelujah, it's better than yours." He could teach you, no charge, 'cause he's all about giving and stuff.

I dunno.

[The Toecutter]

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Well, to that I say: the Bible also does not say that Jesus ever went to the bathroom, but that doesn't mean that it never happened.

SACRILEGE! All us God-fearing Christians know that God does not **** and ****!

[Valkysas]

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I am SO sick of hearing about this book/movie. I havent read it, I have no intention of reading it, or seeing the movie. it has annoyed me away from it.

[Sejon]

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OK, so the big deal about the DaVinci Code is that it explores the possibility that Jesus could have gotten married and had kids. And I say: WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?

I couldn't agree more. It's just making mountains out of molehills to me.
But I'm sure Dan Brown absolutely revels in it. The Church was inadvertently the book's most effective marketer.

[tjoris9]

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Mostly because it compromises Jesus' divinity. It says that either Jesus was not God and part of the holy trinity, and thus is actually a false prophet, and thus the validity of Christianity in general is nonexistant, or there are people in the world who can trace their lineage back to God himself.

It's a work of fiction that pretends to have genuine theological importance, just like the Matrix. Unlike the matrix, it uses specific theological references to make its message. The only harm that can come from this movie is that there are idiots called prostitu... I mean protestants, who will take this movie as some sort of validation of their own beliefs.

On a side note, how many poor craftsmen with a wife and kids have time to travel on foot from town to town spreading religion? I have friends who are married with two kids and they barely have time to do ANYTHING, and one of them doesn't have a job.

[Funk]

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On a side note, how many poor craftsmen with a wife and kids have time to travel on foot from town to town spreading religion? I have friends who are married with two kids and they barely have time to do ANYTHING, and one of them doesn't have a job.

I dunno. Ask Abigail Adams how she did it while John was in Europe for three years selling the continent on the idea of America indepedence. Fatherly compassion towards the everyday life of the homestead is a relatively new concept, and still not very widespread.

[josh]

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the trailer certainly makes it look a lot more exciting than the book seemed. I'll see it.

[Samwise12]

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The ideas presented in the book aren't meant to somehow invalidate christianity. The biggest idea I got from it is that basically nothing in the modern day christian religion is original. It's basically a hybridization of various pagan religions and the church that Jesus meant to build. All as a result of a propaganda war the early church razed against the competing pagan religions in Rome. In order for the early church to maintain their power they needed to be seen as the sole pathway into heaven. Therefore certain gospels needed to be destroyed and others needed to be embellished, prominent pagan symbols were made to seem evil (pentagram became the sign of the devil, poseidon's trident became the devil's pitchfork, etc.)

I think the following line from the book sums up it's most important point. "the Bible did not arrive by fax from heaven."

[John Mora]

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STOP TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THIS

[Alex]

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STOP FOLLOWING CHRISTIANITY

[IRC]

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I blame Baptists.

[DK]

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Yeah, we had a meeting at work and my boss said the same stuff pretty much, but he also said that they got the same warnings when Passions of the Christ ran and no one came to protest or anything so I think I'll be fine.

[Maijo]

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Oh, you always blame those Baptists.

[Alex]

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The Christ had only one Passion. Duh.