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May 11, 2006
What's with the world today...
I was watching the news this morning and there was a story about the Da Vinci Code. Surprising, eh? Well, I forget the exact details but there was a large group of Catholics going on a hunger strike to protest the release of the movie in India.
To protest the opening of a movie.
Sure, the book and movie don't portray hard-core Catholicism in the greatest way but I'm not sure if it's really gonna cast huge doubts in people's minds about the deity of Jesus Christ. It's got about the same chance of doing that as The Day After Tomorrow has in convincing Americans in signing the Kyoto Accord. Catholics are not going to change their faith because of a movie. They haven't changed in centuries, even with the whole lack of condoned birth control and the numerous priest/little boy scandals. If anything, this book/movie is one giant marketing tool that's sending tons of attention towards the Catholic faith. If anyone should really be worried, it's more Opus Dei, who don't come off very well considering one of the main villains belongs to their ranks (solely in the fictional sense).
Less rambling though. These people are willing to organize a hunger strike cause "It's a more Christian way of doing things rather than pulling down things and tearing them up," said the group's general secretary Joseph Dias.
How about doing the Christian thing and organizing a hunger strike to bring attention to the famines in Africa or maybe the genocides!? Or maybe the problems in the Middle East or for victims of the Tsunami? Maybe they did and I just didn't hear about it, cause it wasn't catchy enough to make the news. It's too bad all the attention from a book and movie is being directed at an argument of facts/myths/legend that happened 2000 years ago.
Maybe it's just my take on Christianity, but it seems like no matter what the relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdelene was, we'd all be better off spending our time and money helping others less fortunate rather than protesting a movie that has not even been released yet.
Come on, it's directed by Ron Howard and stars Tom Hanks. How controversial could it be?
Posted by Dr.Unk at May 11, 2006 9:05 PM
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