I have been reading a pretty cool blog lately about the Da Vinci Code (http://www.infuzemag.com/davinci/) from Infuze Magazine. A few quotes I really liked and felt like sharing for sake of discussion:
"But Jim made a great point that their line of reasoning -- Christians need to see the film so they can dialogue with non-believers about the inaccuracies of the book -- is faulty. It's like saying it's okay for a college student to take a pornography class or even watch porn just to be able to dialogue with porn addicts because porn is popular. Popular the way Da Vinci sold 40 million books worldwide."
"As Brown said in the conclusion to his speech, Christianity doesn't really have much to fear from "The Da Vinci Code." "A very wise British priest noted recently in the press, 'Christian theology has survived the writings of Galileo and the writings of Darwin; surely, it will survive the writings of some novelist from New Hampshire.'"
Most of the people I associate with will probably agree with the first quote, but not the second. I happen to agree with both. I do not believe that the movie will have that much of an impact on Christian "society". But, that does not mean I plan on seeing the movie. Count me out. I don't need to see the movie, or even read the book for that matter, to "know what I am talking about" like one person I heard say this past Sunday.
So, if you must see a movie on May 19, make it Over the Hedge.
