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Title: Top Cardinal Blasts 'Da Vinci Code' as 'Cheap Lies'
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URL Source: http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news ... 2&dt=20050315130200&w=RTR&covi
Published: Mar 15, 2005
Author: Reuters
Post Date: 2005-03-15 17:59:13 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
Keywords: Cardinal, Blasts, Cheap
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Comments: 568
Top Cardinal Blasts 'Da Vinci Code' as 'Cheap Lies' ROME (Reuters) - 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." Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, in an interview with the Milan newspaper Il Giornale, became the highest ranking Italian Churchman to speak out against the book, an international blockbuster that has sold millions of copies. "(It) aims to discredit the Church and its history through gross and absurd manipulations," Bertone, the archbishop of the northern Italian city of Genoa and a close friend of Pope John Paul told the paper in its Monday edition. "This seems like a throwback to the old anti-clerical pamphlets of the 1800s," he said. The central claim of the book, written by American Dan Brown, is that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had children. The Bible says Jesus never married, was crucified and rose from the dead. Bertone's comments were significant because until the Pope named him archbishop of Genoa in 2003 he was for years the number two man at the Vatican's most powerful department - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. "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." HOLY GRAIL A central storyline of the book is that the Holy Grail is not the cup which Christ is said to have used at the Last Supper but really the bloodline descended from Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Bertone calls this idea "a perversion." Bertone is so incensed about the novel that he will be the key speaker at a roundtable in Genoa Wednesday night attempting to dismantle the book, which also accuses the Church of covering up the female role in Christianity. "I will try to clear things up and help form consciences," the cardinal said. "I think that when faced with affirmations that are so shameful and unfounded, readers who have even a minimum of basic (Christian) formation should react," he said. He said it was "sad" that even Catholic bookstores were selling The Da Vinci Code "for purely economic reasons." One bookstore selling "The Da Vinci Code" is the one in the Gemelli Hospital, a Catholic institution where the Pope spent a total of 28 days in two stints in February and March. In the interview, Bertone firmly rejected the book's claim that the feminine role in Christianity had been suppressed. "This is one of the most vulgar of inventions. The feminine element is present in all the Gospels," Bertone said. Bertone also strongly defended Opus Dei, the conservative Church organization that the book depicts as a ruthless, Machiavellian group that resorts even to murder in its attempt to keep the Church's secrets hidden. The novel is going to reach an even wider audience next year with the release of a film based on the book staring Tom Hanks. © Copyright Reuters Ltd. All rights reserved. The information contained In this news report may not be published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of Reuters Ltd. 03/15/2005 13:02 RTR
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#175. To: Samuel Gray (#173)
Great idea in your case ... all you'll miss are the pictures !
You wanna spell that one out? C'mon, you know you do.
That's lame, even for you. You and Quantrill are birds of an ideological feather, aren't you? Do you get your sheets and hoods starched and pressed at the same place? I'd say you were "philosophical" brethren, but the word means "lover of wisdom" and the light of wisdom has never darkened a corner of what passes for your brain. I strongly suspect your brand of picture books are the kind you hold up w/ one hand while "stroking your ego" with the other.
It would only serve a purpose to do so for someone that can read. You don't qualify.
Did Noah take two of each species of bacteria? Did he take two even if the bacteria reproduced asexually? Where did he keep the bacteria? Did Noah and his family infect themselves with every disease in existence? What about viruses? Did Noah collect two of each of these or are these not considered to be living things?
I'm more inclined (and so are "many others" on this forum) to believe that you have described your own book collection ... and your own "ego" and we will never be "brethern"
Are you saying the Jesus wants us to hate and kill the Jews? Don't beat around the bush on this one.
I think we may get all of the answers at some point in time, not today. I'm not convinced that the "flood" was universal ... it may have been restricted to a particular area that was the "known" world ... I'm not sure the Bible was written to answer every question that mankind might develope. I heard a Scientist say that to believe the universe was created by a big boom was tantamount to believing a tornado blowing through a junk yard could build a Space Shuttle. I agree with him.
You bloody coward. Can't even say it straight out? You gutless, nutless hate filled sack of pus.
Huh ... spit it out !!!
Name names or STFU, you neanderthal pussy.
That's exactly what he believes, he's just too much of a coward to say it out and own it like a man.
I'm not sure the Bible was written to answer every question that mankind might develope. That's a good answer. There does seem to be quite a bit of evidence that some sort of world changing flood took place. As you probably know, it exists int he folklore of other cultures in the region. Some think this is the flooding of the black sea and others think it was a meteor strike or volcanic erruption.
This type of speech will reduce the positive effect of your blood pressure medicine. Calm down Sam, the girls will be forced to throw you out if these outbursts of yours aren't corrected. Try prozac or ritalin ... children's doses would be most applicable.
Let 'em. That's the only way to keep me from responding to your particularly virulent brand of hatred.
That's exactly what he believes, he's just too much of a coward to say it out and own it like a man. Oh Sam, how distraught you appear to be today. Is your dog menustrating ? I don't think you can cite me ever saying that, even though sometimes I think the Jews do things that make people want to hate and kill them. You really shouldn't put words in Jesus' mouth, he hasn't returned yet and can't defend himself.
Huh ... c'mon ... calm down and type your response before you hit the button.
I was quoting crackmonkey's question to you, dimbulb, which you haven't had the cojones to answer yet either.
Ask your own questions "dimmer-switch" ... I responded to crack-monkey's intelligent question and if you can figure out how to ask one I'll respond to yours !
You answered his question in #181? That didn't show up on a trace. Perhaps you'd care to give it another go?
Can't we all just get high or something?
Perhaps your ability to focus is hindered due to the overdose of prozac your mom gave you this morning. Try, please try to pay better attention I hate repeating myself.
Great idea ...
Maybe, but noone222's drug of choice is an inhalant that hasn't been available since they shut down the big ovens in about 1945.
"towlie" hacked my account..
Let me be honest and fill this in with a legitimate answer. Maybe, but noone222's drug of choice is Yashua Messiah. I'm high on Jesus Christ, not a bit embarrased to admit it, and give the Almighty all of the credit for making me a happy camper in the midst of a world going mad !
Nah, you don't. You love the sound of it, you're just too impotent to act on it. Conviction without courage.
It's not me that has entered two blank posts ... your impotence is obvious to any casual observer ... you should refrain from opening your mouth ... you're gonna get athlete's foot in it !
So, like the bumper sticker, your boss is a Jewish carpenter? How ironic...
That's a common misconception. I wouldn't expect your conception to be otherwise.
Actually his boss is Jewish royalty, but let's not go there, because then the Christians will get really upset, they worship a Jewish King...LOL That would be like Muslims worshipping King Abdullah of Jordan...ROFLMAO!!! Boy, 2000 years and they are still so confused that they don't realize that they have been suckered... Christianity is the biggest con game ever created and pushed on the human race, and the Billion or so christians are true to the form, there is a sucker born every minute. Hell, L Ron Hubbard proved that, and he just died what? 10 years ago or so?
And because they are considered 'oral history', so to speak, are you trying to suggest they are not believable or are untruthful? Simply because one herds sheep doesn't mean a hell of a lot. Look at scientists today who are 'brilliant', but can't change a lighbulb. Sort of like the modern day folk who will try to tell you an oral contract is meaningless?
Christians don't worship David, Aric.
What's a "towlie" ???
It's a pot smoking, burnt out, "party" towel from "South Park" His name is "Towlie" and he's a stone cold, stoner.
I believe the removal of the Apocrypha was much later than the KJV of 1611.....more like late 1800s/early 1900s. It's my understanding they are still included in the Catholic Bible (Douey-Rhimes sp?)
"Wanna get high?"
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#176. To: noone222 (#174)
"championing" a (sub) human species that has been a blight upon humanity from its inception.
#177. To: noone222 (#175)
#178. To: Samuel Gray (#176)
You wanna spell that one out?
#179. To: noone222 (#172)
He took 7 of the clean beasts and only 2 of the unclean ...
#180. To: Samuel Gray (#177)
I strongly suspect your brand of picture books are the kind you hold up w/ one hand while "stroking your ego" with the other.
#181. To: noone222 (#174)
God and His Word, while "championing" a (sub) human species that has been a blight upon humanity from its inception.
#182. To: noone222 (#178)
#183. To: crack monkey (#179)
Did Noah collect two of each of these or are these not considered to be living things?
#184. To: noone222 (#178)
#185. To: Samuel Gray (#182)
#186. To: noone222 (#180)
I'm more inclined (and so are "many others" on this forum)
#187. To: crack monkey, noone222 (#181)
Are you saying the Jesus wants us to hate and kill the Jews? Don't beat around the bush on this one.
#188. To: noone222 (#183)
I'm not convinced that the "flood" was universal ... it may have been restricted to a particular area that was the "known" world ...
#189. To: Samuel Gray (#184)
You bloody coward. Can't even say it straight out? You gutless, nutless hate filled sack of pus.
#190. To: noone222 (#189)
the girls will be forced to throw you out
#191. To: Samuel Gray (#187)
Are you saying the Jesus wants us to hate and kill the Jews? Don't beat around the bush on this one.
#192. To: noone222 (#191)
#193. To: Samuel Gray (#192)
#194. To: noone222 (#191)
#195. To: Samuel Gray (#194)
I was quoting crackmonkey's question to you, dimbulb,
#196. To: noone222 (#195)
#197. To: all (#192)
#198. To: Samuel Gray (#196)
You answered his question in #181
#199. To: Jhoffa_ (#197)
Can't we all just get high or something?
#200. To: Jhoffa_ (#197)
Can't we all just get high or something?
#201. To: noone222 (#199)
#202. To: Samuel Gray (#200)
Maybe, but noone222's drug of choice is
#203. To: noone222 (#198)
I hate repeating myself.
#204. To: Samuel Gray (#203)
you're just too impotent to act on it.
#205. To: noone222 (#202)
noone222's drug of choice is Yashua Messiah.
#206. To: CAPPSMADNESS, Don (#151)
Please count me in the group that ain't sorry Christianity is here to stay.
#207. To: Samuel Gray (#205)
your boss is a Jewish carpenter?
#208. To: Samuel Gray (#205)
#209. To: Aric2000 (#161)
#210. To: Aric2000 (#208)
Actually his boss is Jewish royalty, but let's not go there, because then the Christians will get really upset, they worship a Jewish King...
#211. To: Jhoffa_ (#201)
"towlie" hacked my account..
#212. To: noone222 (#211)
#213. To: Continental Op (#162)
#214. To: Jhoffa_ (#212)
#215. To: Dakmar (#214)
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