Whats the Purpose of this movie The Davinci Code?
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People like you don't understand the word FICTION. It's just a movie made from a book.\nYou know, there is no such thing as X-Men, Superman, King Kong, nor talking animals as Dr. Doolittle.
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The Da Vinci Code, the movie, is based on a FICTIONAL book, so the whole big stink is being made over someone's imagination.  Yes, little facts are mixed in here and there, but freaking out and saying the movie is an attack on faith is ridiculous.  At the very least, the movie should be encouraged because it motivates people to THINK, to examine their beliefs...regardless of how good or bad the acting may be.  Additionally, as for people being upset that some believe Christ married, it should be pointed out that NO WHERE in the Bible is marriage considered a sin.  Rather, the union between man and woman through marriage (made official in that time by sexual intercourse) is considered a GIFT from God. :-)\n\nAs for Pirates...WOO HOO!  I can't wait to see it!
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I think it is another biased movie that the makers want to try and push a conspiracy. You can look at any of the facts out there, and twist them any way you want to prove your theory. If I had the time and money, I could put together a movie proving that JFK is still alive and caused the attack on the WTC.
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haven't seen the movie myself, but it very well could be. \n\nwe as humans tend to tell the same stories over and over again. very similar "savior" stories are found in many of the worlds religious traditions, not only christianity. \n\ni believe that we are expressing the archtypal truths of humanity through these stories. and that they will continuously manifest through out life. read "the power of myth" by joseph campbell. he documents this phenomenon very well.\n\n and i don't mean to to say that Jesus Christ wasn't a real man who did magnificent things. but just that there have been other incarnations of beings sent here to lead humanity towards it's true nature of Love and Unity. \n\ni do believe that most people miss the point or the lesson that the Holy Masters have come to teach. they get stuck in the dogma and miss the true essence of the Spirit. but we are evolving and this is part of that process. we will all get there eventually.\n\n*peace
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It's astonishing how many people think the DaVinci Code is a real story.\n\nNo, it's just fiction. There's no such office at Harvard (or anywhere else) as that of religious symbology. What a waste of a PhD's mind that office would be, don't you think?\n\nThe Priory of Scion was invented in the 1960s as a bizarre way for some unemployed French 20-somethings to get elected to office.\n\nThe Rosicrucians were a similar "joke" order as no one has verified whether this order actually exists.\n\nThe stories reflected in the gnostic gospels (ie, the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Jesus) are apochryphal at best, having been dated several hundred years after the commonly-accepted time of Christ's life on earth.\n\nMerely because someone says or writes somethign doesn't make it true, and the denial of that thing does not constitute a conspiracy.\n\nBesides, there are no monks in Opus Dei. Albinos perhaps, but no monks. It's mostly an order of married persons.
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Um... It's just a movie. It's pretty unimportant. In fact, I'm a bit puzzled as to why there's so much attention being placed on the issue. All it's doing is getting persons more riled up to see it. Protesters have merely propagated a movie that would have probably been only mildly successful were it given less concern. The Da Vinci code isn't a distraction from Satan. Personally, I think it's just some attempt at stirring people's beliefs and making some good cash in the process. We're always going to be presented with compromising views. It's best to just stick to what you believe in and not be too easily perturbed by 'the others'.
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Do you really think that this kind of movies can effect a whole religion . You see movies on mermaids , ghosts , supermens , but do you believe them ? So why to believe a mere movie which is just made for the purpose of entertainment . All the movies are frictional and no one can claim of any movie being a true thing . So just dont allow such stuff to effect your line of thinking . A single movie or a novel can not effect the thousands of years of religion and purity .
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Catholics are requested (not ordered) to boycott the movie.\n\nThe Da Vinci Code is a best selling book and a popular movie.\n\nThe Da Vinci Code is filled with lies and half truths about Christianity, the Catholic Church, and even Leonardo Da Vinci.\n\nMany people are taking this fictional book and movie as fact and are using some of its very strange theories to attack Christianity and the Catholic Church.\n\nDo a quick search in Yahoo Answers and you will see some of these attacks.\n\nTo find some of the lies and half truths, do a quick search of the Internet or see: http://www.jesusdecoded.com\n\nWith love in Christ.
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The movie is based on a fictional novel so why would you go into seeing it believing it was a documentary?  It is just entertainment.  Part of it can be based on fact like the trully existing Opus Dei or on fiction as the fictional characters that are in the movie.  Take it as you like it.  If you believe there is truth to it believe it if you do not don't believe it.  In the end it is not a documentary it's an action adventure movie.  Go to see it with an open mind.
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it's a good entertainment but it is filled with falacies, lies and evil.  \n\nthe book is a fiction but the author continued to claim that it is based on historical fact.  what's so funny is that the book can't produce solid evidence of its claims.  on the contrary, there are even more evidence that would show that the book and its basis is bogus.  \n\nCatholics should be concerned about the book because it not only misrepresents their Church as a murderous institution but also implies that the Christian faith itself is utterly false.\n\nOther Christians should also be concerned.  Only some of the offensive claims of The Da Vinci Code pertain directly to the Catholic Church. The remainder strike at the Christian faith itself. If the book's claims were true, then all forms of Christianity would be false (except perhaps for Gnostic/feminist versions focusing on Mary Magdalene instead of Jesus).\n\nIt isn't a defense to say that The Da Vinci Code is a work of fiction. Fiction can't change the basic facts about major historical figures without being subject to criticism. People would be outraged if Doubleday printed a novel portraying Adolph Hitler in a positive light. Christians have a right to be outraged when the basic historical facts about Christ are falsified. The criticism will be even more intense when a publisher releases a book parodying the most sacred beliefs of others in this fashion.\n\nThe author and the publisher  have gone to great lengths to mislead people into thinking that the novel has a historical basis. They deserve especially sharp criticism for this, and when criticism is made they cannot hypocritically hide behind the "It's just fiction" allegation after having made such extensive efforts to convince the reader that it is not "just fiction."
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Just think about this...\nDid all those people quoted or mentioned on the movie or the book lived in the year 0 I mean did they know Jesus or Da Vinci in person??? NO\n\nFor me is just an empty novel made movie, just Hollywood paraphernalia.
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I read the book and to me it's a fiction book. I read it as i would read any other suspense fiction book. It has great plot and keeps you guessing till the end. I know many people are out there saying that they will not go see the movie or that the movie should be banned. But look at it this way, I admire the director of the movie for having enough courage to make a movie of book that will dissappoint many christians. I say that everybody should once go and watch the movie or read the book. \n\nTo all my christians: I am a christian and I read the book and I am planning to go watch the movie. Even after reading the book, I still have faith in my god and I don't question Lord Jesus. I read it as though it was nothing more than a fictional treasure hunt novel. Only the treasure in the book was Holy Grail. And if you really are a true christian then you wouldn't be so upset with the movie or book because everybody has opinions and right to share them. It is up to you to believe. Will you let a novel or a movie make you question your faith. How do you know it was not god's will to have a movie like this made and see how many people actually believed in him even after watching such a movie. I don't understand why people don't want to know what a person has to say about their faith. After all, all that matters is whether do you believe in God or not?!? Don't let a movie make you question your faith although go and see what they have to say about it.
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Why don't you Pray and meditate on that question and see if the Lord will reveal the truth to you.  The Book was written and categorized as Fiction.  The first line in the book says, "This is a book of Fiction"\n\nI am overjoyed for the fact that this book/movie has sparked such a great interest in my savior.  Can you imagine how many have picked up a Bible to read more about the Christ, that would have never touched it otherwise? Until this Movie came out, only about 10% of the population knew who Mary Magdalene was? I saw a blip on CNN News the other day that People are taking Bibles right and left out of hotel rooms since the release of the Movie.  I truly think that the Authors intention when writing this book was to promote Christianity.
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It is a thriller story involving secret societies, conspiracies, the Catholic Church, and the fictional "truth" about Jesus Christ. Here is the author's own summary: \n\nA renowned Harvard symbologist is summoned to the Louvre Museum to examine a series of cryptic symbols relating to Da Vinci's artwork. In decrypting the code, he uncovers the key to one of the greatest mysteries of all time . . . and he becomes a hunted man.\nDuring the course of the novel it is alleged that the Catholic Church is perpetuating a major, centuries-long conspiracy to hide the "truth" about Jesus Christ from the public, and it or its agents are willing to stop at nothing, including murder, to do so.
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the da vinci code evil? what proof? \nbut lets translate nonsense here goes nothing I'm not sure I wasn't born in the first century and I don't have a\nclue. what your talking about probably just another mindless question about something nobody believes in but I would rather get copy of without prejudice breathing down my neck SO I can you tell me? so how can you debate this if you never read it yourself? no one understands you thumbers and If I had clue. do you think I give crap? because you christian does mean your not a nazi book burner so I don't want any from your dogma . do I have to have the promission from holy mother church to read what I want to eat, do what I want to do. read or believe what I want to? And I do need your permission to take a piss? so I'm going to see the da vinci code wherther you like or not whierth it's truth or not frankly if its fiction it doesn't matter because It's a for starters a movie. and you are full of **** yourself. this isn't rome and I don't have to do what the romans do \nI watched all the harry potters movies does that make be witch? you didn't like that eithier so whats your debate? whos the biggist moron? it because you've never seen it because you are a prude and little nickly was funny too so there. christain release the good and be queit\nAnd I bet you never seen Lion Witch And Wardrobe because you burn witches with your books cs lewis WAS a christian\nand the blarwitch wasn't real ether remember that disapointment.
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The movie is nothing more than religious propaganda, and not as ineteresting as propaganda like "Passion of the Christ".  \n\nThe movie was pseudoscientific crap, full of deliberate lies and urban myths.\n\nThe scientists who appearded were all outraged at the way they were presented in that movie.\n\nBy all means watch it, but be aware that it is just a work of fiction intended to gain converts to a religion. Almost nothing they say is true or accurate.
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I wish people would understand that the DaVinci code is just another da*n book!  The author said so himself! It's not based on any fact or anything, it's just the writers imagination!  Some people need to stop taking the movie and the book so seriosly, it wasn't supposed to be this way!