SUE? SUE FOR WHAT

by Mark5019 May 8, 2006 3:17AM PDT

As we get closer to the release of The Da Vinci Code in theatres worldwide we are beginning to see more and more reasons why we need to make sure a firm line between government and religion is drawn .. and stays drawn.

Catholic Cardinal Francis Arinze was considered to be a leading candidate for pope in last year's papal election. Now Cardinal Arinze is making waves in another way ... he's suggesting that Catholics around the world file lawsuits against the movie. And just what does Cardinal Arinze see as the basis for a cause of action? Why, he is offended by the movie! Cardinal Arinze is taking the position that other religions (Islam?) won't stand still for any offenses against their faith, and neither should Christians. It's time, he says, for Christians go get tough. Get tough and file lawsuits.

Well ... so much for the concept of freedom ... especially freedom of expression. Here we have a book that has sold 40 million copies worldwide, and is now ready to debut on the silver screen, and we have this leading Roman Catholic talking about lawsuits ... lawsuits because he is and other Catholics should be (gasp!) offended!

Bear in mind, now, that for me to say one single negative word about Cardinal Arinze and his call for lawsuits by easily-offended Catholics is nothing less than "Christian bashing" and is all the proof the world needs that Neal Boortz is a godless atheist

http://boortz.com/nuze/index.html

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At least lawsuits...

by Dick White May 8, 2006 5:43AM PDT

will be thrown out of court. The jihad method for dealing with anyone dissing whatever the Islamic fundies think of themselves is murder first, then they don't need to bother with asking questions later.

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Agreed, maybe he need the money..

by Gakada May 8, 2006 6:01AM PDT

but Jihad is not the teaching of Islam.. its from arabic tradition.. and it get copied by some islamic group, just because it came from Arab, they think its must be the teaching of Islam.

The Fact is, those people doesn't understand Islam as a religion... and certainly they are not a Muslim.

Just IMHO though..

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Groundless lawsuits can be destructive too, ****.

by Dave Konkel [Moderator] May 10, 2006 1:39PM PDT

The two leading manufacturers of small, inexpensive private planes stopped making them because every time someone crashed one, they were sued for making a defective product. They never lost a single lawsuit, but Cessna stopped making small planes and Piper went into bankruptcy because of the cost of defending themselves. Affordable airplanes almost disappeared -- and skyrocketing appreciation enriched the lucky few who owned an older single-engine airplane. Today, Cessna and Piper are back, but the cheapest single-engine plane either offers starts at about $180,000. That's out of reach for all but the privileged, wealthy few...

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If a lawsuit

by dirtyrich May 8, 2006 6:48AM PDT

individuals are expressing their right to challange people in court. The suits should be thrown out and hopefully the plaintiffs forced to pay costs for wasting time.
Yet it is the right, and perhaps the duty, of Catholics to challenge the movie in lawsuits.

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The Da Vinci Code: The facts behind the fiction

by John Robie May 8, 2006 9:48AM PDT

Interesting article written by Amy Welborne in May 2004:

http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/facts/fm0035.html

Dan Brown's novel seems to me about as crazy as Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 film about Pres. Bush, and Oliver Stone's JFK movie saying those pictures depict the bullets hit from the front.

I haven't read Brown's novel or know the Bible as well as KP, drpruner, or Ed O'Daniel, so can't give very good factual answers myself.

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Just noticed a local

by drpruner. May 10, 2006 9:44AM PDT

holyghost church is presenting a seminar on "Refuting the Da Vinci Code novel."

Novel? Doesn't that mean fiction? Does fiction need refuting?

One of my favorite reference points for religion and other subjects is Moby ****. Many editors have noted that the whaling stuff in it is, if accurate, lifted from R. Hakluyt or, if Melville's, is just plain inaccurate. Most of us just enjoy the storytelling, which is first rate. (Should be; it's mostly lifted from bible writers and Shakespeare, who are ''unavailable for comment.'') But Joseph Conrad, whom I also respect as a storyteller, and who sailed with a Master's papers for years, went to some trouble to savage Melville in various essays. Something like Jesus deigning to dump on the author of Gospel of Judas.

My "official" advice? Go see it if you want to, just don't eat their popcorn. The plastic they use for butter will rot your guts.

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