Opus Dei are demanding...

[Kutjara]

...that Sony Pictures include a disclaimer in the credits of the 'DaVinci Code', advising viewers that the film is a work of fiction.

I think this is a great idea. The sooner people wake up and realise that the tale of some carpenter in Galilee actually being the Son of God and performing miracles before being killed and then rising from the dead is total fiction, the better off we'll all be.

Good ol' Opus Dei, standing up for rationality and reason.

[Ezlivin]

1. Every Bible should have a disclaimer

"Warning: The contents of this book have been known to cause mass torture and murder."

[sui generis]

2. demanding, or WHAT?

they're going to send a plague? pustulent boils on Tom Hanks' ass?

:rofl:

[Kutjara]

3. Much worse than any of these things...

...they'll bring down a shower of loony Christians outside every movie house in the country <shudder>.

[Warpy]

15. That's good publicity, actually

I remember all the grim faced true believers in Boston, marching and thumbing their beads outside "The Last Temptation of Christ." They all looked so horribly unhappy that you knew whatever they were protesting just had to be an improvement.

I'd read my way through Kazantzakis in high school and had no clue what they were so upset about. Perhaps they'd have been better off to watch the film. The same goes for Opus Dei and this particular film.

[shadowknows69]

22. Did good things for "Dogma" too

Which is the best religious movie ever made BTW.

[chaplainM]

23. I also liked Troy McClure starring in

"Suddenly, Last Supper" and "David vs. SuperGoliath."

[gratuitous]

4. Wow, more free publicity

Sounds like the Da Vinci Code will do better box office than The Passion of the Christ. Wouldn't that just be a titty twister for Opus Dei?

[Kutjara]

6. Yeah,,,

...they'd be whipping themselves overtime about that one.

[chaplainM]

5. Groucho said it best

While attending a performance of "Jesus Christ, Superstar," he asked, "Is this based on a true story?"

[Jersey Devil]

7. Isn't that standard in every motion picture?

Maybe I am missing something here but I thought that a disclaimer saying the movie was fiction was put in virtually every movie

[Kutjara]

12. According to the open letter from Opus Dei...

...to Sony:

"We have become aware, through the public declarations of some of the participants in the project, that Sony/Columbia sincerely wishes that this film would not injure the religious sensibilities of viewers, and would like to avoid the release being a cause of division, in an already too-divided world. This respectful line expresses well Sony’s reputation and culture. Some of the media have specifically written that Sony is considering the possibility of including at the start of the film a disclaimer making it clear that this is a work of fiction, and that any resemblance to reality is pure coincidence. An eventual decision of Sony in this direction would be a sign of respect towards the figure of Jesus Christ, the history of the Church, and the religious beliefs of viewers."

They want the disclaimer at the beginning of the movie, not merely at the end of the closing credits.

Here's the link to the letter itself:

http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=15075

[guinivere]

19. I thought so too. It's a movie based on a novel.

I guess there are plenty getting their undies in a bundle over this. :eyes: I spoke with a couple of elderly ladies in the bookstore on Saturday. one of them was buying a copy of The DaVinci Code. The other lady started talking about what a shame it is that people can't seem to understand that it is fiction. The book buying lady started waving it around and saying "It's fiction. Made up. Not true. Are people that stupid?" I laughed, and then the 3 of us bitched about all sorts of stuff.

[rfranklin]

8. Fuck them and their secret handshake...

They are assholes who think they are "masters of the universe."

[tanyev]

9. I demand a disclaimer in any movies that cast supposedly

world-renowned scientists and doctors as 24 year old women with supermodel faces and figures.

[Taxloss]

10. It would be interesting to use Creationist-style warnings in Bibles.

"Be aware: This book deals with the Judeo-Christian belief system, a complex and internally contradictory worldview that has never been proven. Other, equally compelling, worldviews exist and should be considered equally."

[arcane1]

13. I LOVE IT!!!!!

:yourock:

[Neil Lisst]

11. as soon as Opus Dei acknowledges the Bible is fiction, too.

is there anything more annoying than the self appointed righteous?

[gratuitous]

17. How about just a label?

"Important if true."

[Neil Lisst]

20. Warning! Contents may cause you to kill others who disagree with you.

[gratuitous]

21. Nah

"Not a valid defense if you kill someone else. Even if you do it while wearing a uniform."

Too many disclaimers, such as in 1 John, to rely on the Bible as a defense that God told you to kill someone else. Strangely enough, for all the folks who want God there as a co-defendant, the Almighty has a history of failing to show up at the time of trial.

[lonestarnot]

14. hmmmmf... some of us do not believe it is fiction.

:-)

[Christa]

16. I wonder what scares them so much

all this noise about the Da Vinci code - could it be that they know something we don't?

Hmmmm :evilgrin: :rofl:

[dusmcj]

18. OD can go jerk off in their cassocks. nt

[Terran1212]

24. Hey, let's get together and bash Organize Religion!

That will certainly dismantle the "Religious" Right and not radicalize more Christians into thinking they're being attacked so that they need to form such organizations!