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Lord Borg
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 Fri May 12, 2006 2:26 am 'Da Vinci Code' Sparks Indian Riots |
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| IMDB.com wrote: | | Controversial new movie adaptation The Da Vinci Code has prompted religious protests in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay). Hundreds of Catholic stalwarts yesterday gathered outside a convent school in the city in a bid to stop the film's release next week , blasting it as an attack on their faith. Members of the Catholic Secular Forum (CSF) have taken offence to the movie's depiction of Catholic group Opus Dei as corrupt, out-dated and at the centre of a cover-up of the truth about Jesus Christ. Csf general secretary Joseph Dias says, "Activists will go on a fast unto death if the government fails to take action against anti-Christian movies. You can't make fiction on a religious figure. Tempers are already running quite high and there's no way of saying what could happen if the movie is released." In a statement, the group added: "The Da Vinci Code is offensive as it hit certain basic foundations of the religion." The protest is the second in a week by the CSF after Tuesday saw approximately one hundred demonstrators take to the streets outside a Mumbai church and burn copies of the Dan Brown novel. |
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Founder
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| Fri May 12, 2006 5:00 pm |
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I read about that elsewhere. Interesting stuff. This movie is starting to become more trouble than it's worth.
This will all blow over though. Its just a movie.
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Theresa
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| Sat May 13, 2006 4:37 pm |
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It's kind of weird that Catholics are reacting so badly to this. Especially considering the end of the book. (I don't know if that'll be carried over to the movie, but since it's directly linked to the main plot, I'd imagine it has to) The history used is total fiction, as is even the descriptions of some of the temples, churches.
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Puck
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| Sat May 13, 2006 6:49 pm |
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This book and this movie, are horrendously blasphemous to all followers of Christ. It is not just Catholics who are reacting to this either. Many, many, Protestants are boycotting this movie as well because of how it depicts Jesus Christ. I know personally that some of my non-denominational friends at work were talking about going to the movie theatre to protest this movie. Anyways, there is already a topic for this, so please continue here:
http://www.startrekvoyager.com/viewtopic.php?t=24602
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