Cardinal Blasts "Da Vinci Code"

[alfaniner]

Cardinal blasts "Da Vinci Code"

I especially liked this part:

"You can find that book everywhere and the risk is that many people who read it believe that those fairy tales are real," he said. "I think I have the responsibility to clear things up to unmask the cheap lies contained in books like that."

 

[Bluegill]

I bet when he says "...and books like that," he's not as inclusive as I would be.

 

[Nyarlathotep]

You mean works of fiction are.....gasp....NOT TRUE?


That explains my inability to locate Mordor on a map.

 

[arthwollipot]

You mean works of fiction are.....gasp....NOT TRUE?


That explains my inability to locate Mordor on a map.

You're looking in the wrong place, silly. Look in the last few pages of your history textbook Lord of the Rings.

 

[Kopji]

A couple of ministers were on CNN this evening. These kind of outright lies from the book were mentioned:

1: That Jesus might have been a man instead of a supernatural diety.

2: That some bible stories might have been made up 400 years later.

And well, that about did it.
What a waste of airtime.

 

[c4ts]

I don't think he comes from one of those sects that believe the Bible to be literally true, so it's not quite as ironic as it looks.

 

[Bluegill]

That's true, C4ts, but it's still ironic. If he were concerned about the truth, he could spend his time attacking:

1) those people who consider the Bible to be literally true, and
2) those people who consider The da Vinci Code to be literally true.

I bet more people fall into category 1.

 

[Checkmite]

A top Catholic cardinal has blasted "The Da Vinci Code" as a "gross and absurd" distortion of history and said Catholic bookstores should take the bestseller off their shelves because it is full of "cheap lies."

Yes, these objections seem kind of silly. However, if it had read something like

(Altered)
A top Catholic cardinal has blasted "The Da Vinci Code" as a "formulaic and hack-written" excuse for a book and said Catholic bookstores should take the bestseller off their shelves because it is full of "cheap nonsense."

...the cardinal would actually have a point, and I'd be forced to agree with him.

 

[Bikewer]

Nothing will send the book back up the best-seller ranks like papal condemnation.

Naturally, there's a movie planned as well.