tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19126730.post114738500000674069..comments2023-09-29T04:46:23.253-04:00Comments on ChosenRebel -- my cultural engagement blog: Cynicism about DaVinci booksChosenRebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06938339625623946598noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19126730.post-1148485793531859722006-05-24T11:49:00.000-04:002006-05-24T11:49:00.000-04:00I completely agree. 100 percent accurate. At the s...I completely agree. 100 percent accurate. <BR/><BR/>At the same time, giving a defense of the truth and combatting error is part of that task. So, whoile the book/movie challenges the lack of effectiveness and faithfulness in Christian witness, it also provides an opportunity to speak.ChosenRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06938339625623946598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19126730.post-1148450210453432722006-05-24T01:56:00.000-04:002006-05-24T01:56:00.000-04:00There is something that bothers me about the whole...There is something that bothers me about the whole discussion of the Da Code. I understand the outrage of suggesting that Jesus was anything less than divine and the opposition of the gross inaccuraces of the historical content. The issue is this, if a movie has the power to grossly influence millions of people concerning the story of Jesus, the church then has certainly failed to perform the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19126730.post-1147446853827687002006-05-12T11:14:00.000-04:002006-05-12T11:14:00.000-04:00Good comment. Reasonable issue raised. But I think...Good comment. Reasonable issue raised. But I think you will find that with the case of "Da Code" it is having a wide influence. Partly because the "selling" of it in the media, independent of any push back from the Christian community, is relentless.<BR/><BR/>I was visiting an inmate in prison two years ago, and found out that D. Brown and his DaVinci book was one of the most read books in the ChosenRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06938339625623946598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19126730.post-1147443792812672482006-05-12T10:23:00.000-04:002006-05-12T10:23:00.000-04:00I think my main concern with the DaVinci Code aval...I think my main concern with the DaVinci Code avalanche is that I have not seen as much grassroots evidence PERSONALLY of the effects of this book as people keep claiming. Yes there is a movie, and yes news stories keep cropping up about it, but doesn't that happen <I> frequently </I> in our culture? The media at large thinks the nation is on fire for something, and the nation at large couldn'tJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10755610322760949993noreply@blogger.com