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Sherrif Andy Taylor’s son.
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From the Andy Griffith Show?? I loved watching that when i was a youngie.
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humble_in_doubt
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Imagine if the overwhelming majority of society is vehemently against your views (as is the case with me). For the most part I keep my trap shut because of religious intolerance. If you guys get angry at just one movie that might not align with your views … I must be the calmest guy in the world!I won’t watch any Anti-Catholic movie. I just don’t want to get angry - and I can get angry quite easily.
Anyway the movie is about angels and demons is it not (so it’s really my view that it disagrees with the most since I don’t believe angels or demons exist). I think I’ll watch the movie (because ancient mythology does still retain entertainment value for me). The only thing giving me pause is I didn’t like the first one that much (DeVinci Code). I understand it was a good book (that many silly people didn’t realize was complete fiction); but the movie stank (I guess Tom Hanks doens’t do the role of adventurous geek as well as Harrison Ford or Nicholas Cage).
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jimcav
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What other religon could Dan Brown use in his books but Catholicism?
I mean would anyone watch it if the bad guys were the Methodists or Presbyterians or Mormans or even the Jews or Muslims? None of them have anything compared with the beauty and importance and relevance of the Vatican, the Pope and the Magisterium that they could use as a backdrop. And Catholicism is the only faith to take absolute stand’s on all of the relevant matters of our time and times past. So IMO, it’s a no-brainer to use our Church for novels and movies like this.
I believe Catholics should use movies like this as a badge of honor, because they show the world that Catholics matter!
I mean would anyone watch it if the bad guys were the Methodists or Presbyterians or Mormans or even the Jews or Muslims? None of them have anything compared with the beauty and importance and relevance of the Vatican, the Pope and the Magisterium that they could use as a backdrop. And Catholicism is the only faith to take absolute stand’s on all of the relevant matters of our time and times past. So IMO, it’s a no-brainer to use our Church for novels and movies like this.
I believe Catholics should use movies like this as a badge of honor, because they show the world that Catholics matter!
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Actually…yes. Mr. Brown’s next novel touches on the Freemasons and Mormons. I’ve read “Angels & Demons” and the church isn’t cast as the “bad guys”…just where the “bad guys” foist their plan…What other religon could Dan Brown use in his books but Catholicism?
I mean would anyone watch it if the bad guys were the Methodists or Presbyterians or Mormans or even the Jews or Muslims? None of them have anything compared with the beauty and importance and relevance of the Vatican, the Pope and the Magisterium that they could use as a backdrop. And Catholicism is the only faith to take absolute stand’s on all of the relevant matters of our time and times past. So IMO, it’s a no-brainer to use our Church for novels and movies like this.
I believe Catholics should use movies like this as a badge of honor, because they show the world that Catholics matter!
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shuzo1189
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I think a movie about a Mennonite Cabal would be an edge of your seat thrillerWhat other religon could Dan Brown use in his books but Catholicism?
I mean would anyone watch it if the bad guys were the Methodists or Presbyterians or Mormans or even the Jews or Muslims? None of them have anything compared with the beauty and importance and relevance of the Vatican, the Pope and the Magisterium that they could use as a backdrop. And Catholicism is the only faith to take absolute stand’s on all of the relevant matters of our time and times past. So IMO, it’s a no-brainer to use our Church for novels and movies like this.
I believe Catholics should use movies like this as a badge of honor, because they show the world that Catholics matter!
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jimcav
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Ah, the Freemasons!
That could be interesting indeed. I love movies, books and documentaries about them, even though nobody really knows what the heck they are about. So you can do a real good one on these guys! It’s actually the organisation that the Illuminati tried to plant itself in order to spread it’s message and grow, but the Freemasons threw them out when they found them there. Well, so the story goes anyway!
The Mormons are only interesting for the fact of poligamy, which is all they ever seem to be noted for by the media.
So I think the question remains, “Would anyone watch?”
That could be interesting indeed. I love movies, books and documentaries about them, even though nobody really knows what the heck they are about. So you can do a real good one on these guys! It’s actually the organisation that the Illuminati tried to plant itself in order to spread it’s message and grow, but the Freemasons threw them out when they found them there. Well, so the story goes anyway!
The Mormons are only interesting for the fact of poligamy, which is all they ever seem to be noted for by the media.
So I think the question remains, “Would anyone watch?”
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manualman
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Strange juxtaposed thread title.
Kind of like saying:
“Blacks attack upcoming KKK conference”
Dan Brown’s work is nothing but calumny thinly disguised as entertainment (speaking as one who read DaVinci cover to cover to see what the fuss was about. This one isn’t worth the repeat effort - much like you don’t need to read more than one David Duke pamphlet…).
Kind of like saying:
“Blacks attack upcoming KKK conference”
Dan Brown’s work is nothing but calumny thinly disguised as entertainment (speaking as one who read DaVinci cover to cover to see what the fuss was about. This one isn’t worth the repeat effort - much like you don’t need to read more than one David Duke pamphlet…).
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josie_L
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You mean, like for example, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. I believe it was that Donahue guy that mentioned something of this sort, and how it would never be countenanced. I believe he would be correct. There would have been a public uproar.
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humble_in_doubt
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why does anyone watch any movie? Entertainment … pretty simple! I doubt Hanks is any more entertaining in angels & demons than he was in DeVinci Code … but anyways (if I have nothing better to do I might check it out). I doubt Hanks is on any sort of anti-Catholic tirade … but who knows right?So I think the question remains, “Would anyone watch?”
Anyway isn’t the premise of the movie based on the assumption that angels & demons do exist? On that basis alone I know it’s fiction!
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oooo this is getting interesting! I love ancient mythology and conspiracy theories (and a good detective novel). I really love any story based on the Templars (although I saw this movie on one of the networks, I think it was the last Templar … and it was utterly stupid, but that’s the exception).
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Humble, you intrigue me, you like conspiracy theories, then I guess you would like Dan Brown’s book, it’s based on the Illuminati. I admit to once having a great interest in this, but personally, I think it’s like junk food (although I love junk food) for the brain. I can understand its appeal, however. Do you have any good fictional books you would recommend to me pertaining to the Templars? I know there is a female author, Julia Navarro, who wrote “The Brotherhood of Holy Shroud”, it’s an international bestseller. Did you happen to read it?
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I read the Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud … the best book … man I can’t believe it? The fire in the church in Italy, the secret door, it was somewhere in Turkey right (that the story was based on)? I’m sort of half cocked right now … but that was truly a great and underrated book. So yeah I love Navarro!
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Well, then, I guess I’ll be reading it, if it’s as good as you say it is.
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BareKnuckler
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I read the book twice about 4 months ago, I give it 5 stars as a book, the movie I think is gonna suck, cause I heard instead of a Prequel like it actually is, it’s gonna be a Sequel, if this is true, I will probably not spend the 10 bucks it costs for movie and drink, and popcorn.
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josie_L
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Are you a big fan of the Templars too?
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humble_in_doubt
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definitely a great read (it was like a year ago that I read it … but I definitely give my
to the book)
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humble_in_doubt
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Templar history is definitely cool stuff (and of course they got a pretty raw deal by the CC, but I know it was the French monarchy who was the real impetus behind their eventual disbandment and persecution).
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humble_in_doubt
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of course we’re more sensitive to charges of “Jewish conspiracy” because Europeans have killed Jews in mass over such charges in the past, while Catholics and protestants have always been on a relatively equal footing in their various fights with each other throughout history (so it’s never culminated into mass exterminations).
Just to point out the obvious …
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