Re: Call for Censorship

boracaybill@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Manila Standard opinion piece, 24 Jan 2006

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To The Point
Emil Juradano

Da Vinci Code' movie:

The trailer of the highly controversial best-seller novel of Dan Brown,
Da Vinci Code, movie is now being shown in local movie houses awaiting
its worldwide release perhaps within a month or two.

I have read the fiction novel myself, more out of curiosity and while I
admit that Dan Brown weaves a conspiracy theory shattering the divinity
of Christ, who supposedly married Mary Magdalene and that the great
painter-artist Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" had Mary
Magdalene seated beside Jesus to his right at the table, a movie
starring Oscar-winner Tom Hanks would have a devastating impact on
Catholic Philippines. The concept of the "Holy Grail" is also
shattered.

It may just be a movie, but that's what makes it dangerous,
especially to those of little faith. It could raise doubts and
questions.

This is a movie the Catholic Church, especially the Catholic Bishops
Conference of the Philippines, should look into on the wisdom of the
Movie and Television Review and Classification Board allowing it to be
shown in the Philippines.
<remaindier snipped>
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see http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=emilJurado_jan24_2006

Anyone interested in going deeper into this than the DaVinci Code novel
does should see the 1982 best-seller "Holy Blood, Holy Grail".

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Blood,_Holy_Grail


The writer of that book did nothing original, all he did was compiled several books already written, and combined that with other conspiracy theories around the Roman Catholic Church, including the two Pope era and the so-called holy grail, the whatchamacallit Morengwhatever noble family, so-so bull crap and the Masons.
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