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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
Views: 7835
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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#478. To: CAPPSMADNESS, Dakmar, Crack Monkey, Tracie21230 (#467)
If by that (Thread Pirates) you were reffering to thread hijackers: On behalf of Dakmar, Crack Monkey and myself, we're collectively miffed that our pirating skills haven't been given proper credit here. OTOH, if you intended to type "Butt Pirates" Trace.. See above.
Shall we talk stain removal? .....................................I really gotta go.
like I care. Guys like you are dime a dozen.
Maybe my opinion of you will improve. You'll die of old age before he forms an opinion of his own !
You have the main idea.
Your shark is gonna get made into sharkfin soup. Hope it isn't a pet.
Write me back when you can say it 'en Espanol' and you're yukking it up in tropical climes, watching the coming destruction of the republic from the safety of a beach chair. Rubber, meet road. Otherwise, you're the guy in the "buy one, get 11 free" bin.
Chinga tu ... puto
Mmmmmm, cartilage.
I ain't no pirate, I'm more like the guy lays his head on the railroad tracks hoping for a grand de-railment.
or better yet. Maricon sin verguenza
Maybe we should start a ping list???
What does that mean???
I'll ignore you and you ignore me, otherwise, one or both of us is going to get their asses banned. I was addressing Flint, not you, so how about you just back the fuck way off me and I'll afford you the same courtesy. Otherwise, we got problems. Look at the above disgusting Notice (PM) to me from Sam. Honest, I promise I've never had anything to do with his mom, and I find it difficult to understand the street language being used by such an intellectual. I informed Samuel that if he just said "Uncle" ... I'd quit beating his little pea-brain to a pulp ... so it's up to him.
I already started the "LP Faggot Funnies" ping list for when we want to make fun of Trace and Medved. Check your setup.
That don't even babelfish into anything English. I think Flint is trying to tell us he is a collector of quality kitchen utensils, but it's been a long time since my last visit with Ayahuasca...
No, no.. It's latin for: "The squirrels, they wash my car."
So I have a ping list. How do I ping people with it. Just put the name in the "TO" box? I never use them and don't know how they work.
Should put up a drop list..
In certain South American dialects this roughly translates as: "Penguins Have Big Brown Tires".
In gay-bar sawheilie it translates to: "Hey Trace, there's a guy passed out in the alley!"
You guys wanna make fudge packer jokes about Trace21230?
Works.. Shows up in my pings.. Hey, consider making me and dak co-owners so we can use it also.
In certain South American dialects this roughly translates as: "Penguins Have Big Brown Tires". But in Baltimore and the environs it roughly translates as: "May I take your pet weasel for a walk?".
Hey, consider making me and dak co-owners so we can use it also. OK. I'll do it now.
Bless you my son..
It shold be working for you guys now. You are official co-owners. I'll put Flintlock on too.
Okay, ten seconds have passed.. it's time for the power struggle.. Dak, I think I've put more into his list than you ever have.. As such, my name should be above yours.
Is this like a stock certificate or something, can I peddle my influence on this new list to highest bidder?
I dunno about that.. But, it'd look good on a resume.
I am a subscription member, and as much, I expect quality entertainment from you fellows. ;0)
You can have ten extra points, take it or leave it.
Do you want to be a co-owner? We can arrange for an equity transfer. For a price of course.
Aw, shucks mam' We're too humble to take any kinda credit. You can thank Trace and his posse for yer' entertainments.
Sure - wanna be on my Thread Pirate Ping List??? What Price?????
Take it! But I get all your "Malboro Miles" for 6 weeks.. and options on the remainder of the quarter.
We report, you snicker.
LOL!
You have to compose a Zen Koan that speaks of Trace and his encounter with a Weasel.
Shakespear is good for credit also.. Ya know, something classy.. You know, like it genuinely belongs in great gay literature or shit like that.. Example: "Hark! What dark shadow breaks over left asscheek? It is the weasel!"
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#479. To: Samuel Gray (#477)
#480. To: Don (#474)
Folks, it is not safe to go back into the water.
#481. To: Samuel Gray (#471)
Maybe my opinion of you will improve.
#482. To: Flintlock (#481)
Samuel Gray
#483. To: Samuel Gray (#476)
#484. To: 2Trievers (#480)
#485. To: Flintlock (#481)
Guys like you are dime a dozen.
#486. To: Samuel Gray (#485)
Write me back when you can say it 'en Espanol'
#487. To: Don (#484)
Your shark is gonna get made into sharkfin soup. Hope it isn't a pet.
#488. To: Jhoffa_ (#478)
On behalf of Dakmar, Crack Monkey and myself, we're collectively miffed that our pirating skills haven't been given proper credit here
#489. To: noone222 (#486)
Chinga tu ... puto
#490. To: Jhoffa_ (#478)
On behalf of Dakmar, Crack Monkey and myself, we're collectively miffed that our pirating skills haven't been given proper credit here
#491. To: Flintlock (#489)
Maricon sin verguenza
#492. To: Flintlock (#489)
Look, motherfucker, I get about 3 PMs a day telling me to lay off your worthless ass. We're going to have to coexist here or one of us is going, and it ain't me.
#493. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#490)
Maybe we should start a ping list???
#494. To: CAPPSMADNESS, Flintlock (#491)
Maricon sin verguenza
#495. To: Dakmar (#494)
#496. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#490)
Maybe we should start a ping list???
#497. To: crack monkey (#496)
So I have a ping list. How do I ping people with it.
#498. To: Dakmar (#494)
Maricon sin verguenza
#499. To: crack monkey (#498)
#500. To: All, *LP Fag Funnies* (#499)
#501. To: crack monkey (#500)
#502. To: All (#500)
Maricon sin verguenza
#503. To: Jhoffa_ (#501)
Shows up in my pings..
#504. To: crack monkey (#503)
#505. To: Jhoffa_, Dakmar, Flintlock (#504)
#506. To: crack monkey, *LP Fag Funnies* (#505)
#507. To: Jhoffa_, crack monkey, Tom Bishop, Zipporah (#501)
#508. To: Dakmar (#507)
#509. To: Jhoffa_ (#506)
#510. To: Jhoffa_ (#506)
#511. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#509)
#512. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#509)
#513. To: crack monkey (#511)
For a price of course.
#514. To: Dakmar (#510)
#515. To: Jhoffa_ (#512)
You can thank Trace and his posse for yer' entertainments.
#516. To: crack monkey (#515)
#517. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#513)
#518. To: CappsMadness (#517)
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