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Liberalsaved
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Ding ding ding. I know people who saw Brokeback just to tick off the “religious whackos” (their words, not mine).
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gam197
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Hardly believe this. Would you define **religious whacko ** since it is not your word but you chose to use it?
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Liberalsaved
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You excised the entire rest of the post. How am I to know what they mean? I let them have their opinion. I have friends who poke fun at me for my beleifs and I poke fun at them for theirs, all mutual and with no malice on either side. See, not everyone starts a crusade because someone disagrees with them spiritually or likes something they find offensive. I barely take offense to anything. It doesn’t wound me even when I don’t agree.
Bottom line is people everywhere need to get thicker skin.
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JSmitty2005
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She sounds awfully obnoxious.
The threat of individuals leaving the Church is not why we are riled up about it. It’s blasphemy!!! What don’t you understand about that?! I don’t care if one Catholic does not leave the Church over this. That’s irrelevent to me. I would fight this slanderous book/film regardless. We must defend the truth as Catholics!
“He who knows the truth and does not speak it is a miserable coward and not a Christian!”
-Pope St. Pius V
“It is a great gain when error and false teachers are exposed, for, then, they cease to deceive the simple.”
-Cardinal John Henry Newman
“Not to oppose error is to approve of it, and not to defend truth is to suppress it, and, indeed, to neglect to confound evil men, when we can do it, is not less a sin than to encourage them.”
-Pope Felix III
“He that sees another in error, and endeavors not to correct it, testifies himself to be in error.”
-Pope St. Leo I
“The power of evil men lives on the cowardice of the good.”
-St. John Bosco
“When they sin, rebuke them in the presence of all that the rest also may have fear.”
-St. Paul (1 Timothy 5:20)
A Jesuit?! Are you serious?
They would certainly not be the ones to look to if you want to have your “facts straight about our faith.” Unless his name is Fr. Mitch Pacwa, I refuse to listen to a Jesuit. It’s quite sad how far they’ve gone.
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gam197
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But I don’t know you and to suggest that
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Again I say—Everyone knows the book is fiction just like everyone know phychics are not real yet people still spend a fortune believing them.
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Liberalsaved
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Mirror, mirror, on the wall…
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HappyCatholic01
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Please see my sig regarding the devil and his non-extistence for further information…I have to respectfully disagree with you. I have read through this entire thread. The comment was rude and no doubt against forum rules of conduct. He/she has an opinion just like everyone else, if you disagree with it fine, then say so and leave it at that.
Now that I’m back in here again…might as well throw my two cents in. I’ve read Dan Browns Demons and Angels and enjoyed it and I plan on reading Da Vinci Code before the movie comes out. I love fiction adventure mixed with romance but I do not take it seriously nor should anyone else. This is incredibly ridiculous to be making such a big fuss over this book and now the movie.
My daughter and I were driving home from her school one day (she’s 16) and listening to Catholic radio. They had a program on devoted to this topic, my daughter looked over at me and said “ya know mom, they are making such a big deal out of this now that all my friends want to go see it, they weren’t even interested before!! now they are making into a big party, Lets all go together!!”
I think if we were allowed to use the word “shut up” it would surely be directed else where
It’s a work of fiction, end of story. And it’s silly to think anyone is going to leave the church over it.
This all seems like a case of playing the victim. There’s no enemy, lighten up…go see the movie and have a good study about it in your parish afterwards. Maybe invite a scholarly Jesuit priest to come in and lead it so you can get all the facts straight about our faith incase the movie really does confuse you. I’m being serious here, I believe I heard something about parishes doing this on Catholic radio.
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Urf
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Like the bible?Sadly, many people believe everything they read and see. Hence they ignore the part about fiction and speculation.
Sorry, I couldnt help myself. I’m sorry.
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Liberalsaved
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Everything is a myth to someone.
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gam197
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Hollywood is at it again. Let’s pray it goes to TV or a low-budget movie. .One Day at a Time. I pray…
Holywood to Turn Michael’s Book on Terri Schiavo Into Biased Movie
Hollywood, CA (LifeNews.com) – A group of Hollywood producers have purchased the rights to Michael Schiavo’s book to produce what will likely be a biased, one-sided movie on his victorious legal battle in his efforts to euthanize his former wife Terri. According to Variety, a group of four producers, including Mike Farrell and Lawrence Bender, purchased the movie rights to the book, Terri: The Truth. The movie could either appear in theaters or be a made-for-television special. Farrell and Bender would produce any project in conjunction with their respective partners, Marvin Minoff and Kevin Brown…
Holywood to Turn Michael’s Book on Terri Schiavo Into Biased Movie
Hollywood, CA (LifeNews.com) – A group of Hollywood producers have purchased the rights to Michael Schiavo’s book to produce what will likely be a biased, one-sided movie on his victorious legal battle in his efforts to euthanize his former wife Terri. According to Variety, a group of four producers, including Mike Farrell and Lawrence Bender, purchased the movie rights to the book, Terri: The Truth. The movie could either appear in theaters or be a made-for-television special. Farrell and Bender would produce any project in conjunction with their respective partners, Marvin Minoff and Kevin Brown…
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HappyCatholic01
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Stupid BJ Honeycutt…
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anamchara
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How incredible sad.
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anamchara
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I think maybe you read way too much into the word “lighten up”
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Liberalsaved
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That is one of the only things in the entire world I have an active, burning, seething seeing-red hate for; editorials that dress themselves up as news. The facts are news. Your opinion is an editorial. Write one or the other and keep them seperate.
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SammyD
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why do you want to fight the Da Vinci Code. the important thing that you need to remember is that it is NOT REAL. by protesting in this way you are enhancing the public’s view of it. i personally feel that Dan Brown’s books are very good. 
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JSmitty2005
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This is really quite sad. I can’t believe how many times Catholics have said these kind of things on here. We’re obviously not doing our job.why do you want to fight the Da Vinci Code. the important thing that you need to remember is that it is NOT REAL. by protesting in this way you are enhancing the public’s view of it. i personally feel that Dan Brown’s books are very good.
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JSmitty2005
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Indeed.
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anamchara
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Don’t confuse my words JSmitty. How low can a person be that says something so incredibly mean about a 16yr old girl that you don’t even know. AND my daughter! If you have a problem with my opinions then take them up with me and back off my daughter. Go read rules of conduct.
What a very sad person you are. I pray your heart softens.
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JSmitty2005
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You mean to tell me that you don’t think that this is obnoxious?
:“my daughter looked over at me and said ‘ya know mom, they are making such a big deal out of this now that all my friends want to go see it, they weren’t even interested before!! now they are making into a big party, Lets all go together!!’”
She was even saying it in response to Catholic radio!
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SammyD
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IT’S NOT REAL Grow up!!!
it is just a book!!! and also a film now. YAY!!!
it is just a book!!! and also a film now. YAY!!!
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