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What I meant is that he did talk mainly about Christianity.
"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
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On 2006-05-13, Matthew aka NMR penned:
I can't wait to see the movie. Also the truth about
religion is hopefully brought to light

That people make up the version of religion that suits their
purposes?

Er, seriously, curious what you mean by that. I mean, there are a
lot of religions.

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Except that "The Da Vinci Code" is a work of fiction. There really
isn't any "truth" to be brought out by this novel.

Exactly. It's a movie based on a novel. I just like Tom Hanks as an
actor.
I enjoyed the book years ago and am looking forward to seeing the
film just
to see what Ron Howard was able to make of it. As a director he's
done some
pretty good stuff. Lil' Opie all grown up shucks

Jill

Yeah, I *LOVE* his movies. I like Tom Hanks also - it just
distresses me that he's no longer quite so drool worthy (which means
I've more mileage on me than I'd like! ;)

Heh, I'm not that far behind you, mileage-wise. Remember how Tom got his
start? The TV show 'Bosom Buddies', dressing in drag. Lots of people
don't
remember that.

Jill



It's on every Saturday morning, back-to-back episodes, on WTBS, I think from
6 am - 7 am. I watch it and giggle 'cause it never seemed as corny back
then as it really is now.

kili

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But still there is recorded history and lineage even with problems

History, yes to a degree.

Lineage. Doubt it. People lie to protect themselves, their fortunes,
their reputations and their families. (This habit also tends to distort
recorded history as well.)

Jo

I know this comment will set off a fire-storm, but I've always wondered
about the credulity of those who believed Mary when she said she was
pregnant but never had sex. I bet there are a lot of pregnant teenagers
now-a-days (or at least when I was growing up - teens now-a-days don't seem
too concerned about being virgins) who wish they could get away with that
claim! ;

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"Matthew aka NMR" wrote in message
news No offense you have never been to a Islamic temple a Jewish synagogue
or even the Vatican. They have recorded history plus descendants down
to who the midwife was how many stones the child weighted. Quite a few
cultures have recorded their lineage back down to it

Maybe. If you ignore the glitches that turn up in family trees. Lets
just say I'm inclined to believe there are more than a few
"inaccuracies" in all such records.

Jo

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CatNipped wrote:
"Matthew aka NMR" wrote in message
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What I meant is that he did talk mainly about Christianity.
"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
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On 2006-05-13, Matthew aka NMR penned:
I can't wait to see the movie. Also the truth about
religion is hopefully brought to light

That people make up the version of religion that suits their
purposes?

Er, seriously, curious what you mean by that. I mean, there are
a lot of religions.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

Except that "The Da Vinci Code" is a work of fiction. There really
isn't any "truth" to be brought out by this novel.

Exactly. It's a movie based on a novel. I just like Tom Hanks as
an actor.
I enjoyed the book years ago and am looking forward to seeing the
film just
to see what Ron Howard was able to make of it. As a director he's
done some
pretty good stuff. Lil' Opie all grown up shucks

Jill

Yeah, I *LOVE* his movies. I like Tom Hanks also - it just
distresses me that he's no longer quite so drool worthy (which means
I've more mileage on me than I'd like! ;)

Heh, I'm not that far behind you, mileage-wise. Remember how Tom got
his start? The TV show 'Bosom Buddies', dressing in drag. Lots of
people don't remember that.

Jill

OOPs, I changed the subject without intending to! Sorry!

Jill

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Jo Firey wrote:
"Matthew aka NMR" wrote in message
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No offense you have never been to a Islamic temple a Jewish
synagogue or even the Vatican. They have recorded history plus
descendants down to who the midwife was how many stones the child
weighted. Quite a few cultures have recorded their lineage back
down to it

Maybe. If you ignore the glitches that turn up in family trees.
Lets just say I'm inclined to believe there are more than a few
"inaccuracies" in all such records.

Jo

It's hard to say one way or the other. I've got my father's side of the
family (my great uncle traced the lineage) back to 1679 Scotland.
However,
given the differences in spellings it's hard to say exactly. I've been in
contact with a Bruce MacEwen and we seem to have mutual family ties way
back
when, but that's not the spelling of my name. At least if your family has
lived in one country church birth/death/marriage records *might* be fairly
consistent. But with immigration, surnames being changed or misspelled,
I'd
have to agree it's not easy to keep accurate records for such a long
period
of time.

Jill



To give just one example of how records may become distorted. I have my
great grandfather's family bible. He was born in 1826 and lived to be
almost ninety. Married three times. And the birth's of children recorded
by those three wives in that bible give the spelling of their last name
three different ways.

Southerly, Southerlyn and Sutherlin.

Jo

No cluons were harmed when "jmcquown" wrote:
Remember how Tom got his start? The TV show 'Bosom Buddies',
dressing in drag. Lots of people don't remember that.

I didn't watch it, but I loved the opening sequence where he and his
buddy put money in a parking meter so they could use the space for
tanning in chaise lounges, the part where they were in such deep
discussion that they walked through water sprinklers and such. It was
fresh comedy for its time.

I am really glad that Tom Hanks is so successful. He's a hell of an
actor and a comedian.


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Mark
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Except that "The Da Vinci Code" is a work of fiction. There really isn't
any "truth" to be brought out by this novel.

You know what I find terribly amusing about "The DaVinci Code" movie?
It *is* a work of fiction, and it's purpose is to entertain. I don't know
how many people are going to see the movie hoping to learn the deep dark
truths about the Bible, etc, but I'm sure it's going to be a very small
number.

But there are some folks so upset over the message of this work of fiction
that they registered 53 domain names (truthaboutdavinci.com, .net. org,
thetruthaboutdavinci.com, .net. org, etc) and are spending a boatload of
money to set up web sites (actually one web site with a lot of aliases) to
"correct the movie's misconceptions".

Maybe it's just me, but I find it supremely silly to work up that much of
a sweat over a movie. When I go see the movie I'll be going for the
purpose of being entertained and distracted for a couple hours.I don't
much care whether the premise of the movie is historically accurate or
not. If I come away entertained, then the movie will have done it's job.

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CatNipped wrote:
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CatNipped wrote:
"Matthew aka NMR" wrote in message
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What I meant is that he did talk mainly about Christianity.
"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
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On 2006-05-13, Matthew aka NMR penned:
I can't wait to see the movie. Also the truth about
religion is hopefully brought to light

That people make up the version of religion that suits their
purposes?

Er, seriously, curious what you mean by that. I mean, there are a
lot of religions.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

Except that "The Da Vinci Code" is a work of fiction. There really
isn't any "truth" to be brought out by this novel.

Exactly. It's a movie based on a novel. I just like Tom Hanks as an
actor.
I enjoyed the book years ago and am looking forward to seeing the
film just
to see what Ron Howard was able to make of it. As a director he's
done some
pretty good stuff. Lil' Opie all grown up shucks

Jill

Yeah, I *LOVE* his movies. I like Tom Hanks also - it just
distresses me that he's no longer quite so drool worthy (which means
I've more mileage on me than I'd like! ;)

Heh, I'm not that far behind you, mileage-wise. Remember how Tom got his
start? The TV show 'Bosom Buddies', dressing in drag. Lots of people
don't
remember that.

Jill

I certainly do remember that one - it was *way* silly, but because of Tom
Hanks it was still one of my favorites!

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Hugs,

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Dan M wrote:

Except that "The Da Vinci Code" is a work of fiction. There really isn't
any "truth" to be brought out by this novel.


You know what I find terribly amusing about "The DaVinci Code" movie?
It *is* a work of fiction, and it's purpose is to entertain. I don't know
how many people are going to see the movie hoping to learn the deep dark
truths about the Bible, etc, but I'm sure it's going to be a very small
number.

But there are some folks so upset over the message of this work of fiction
that they registered 53 domain names (truthaboutdavinci.com, .net. org,
thetruthaboutdavinci.com, .net. org, etc) and are spending a boatload of
money to set up web sites (actually one web site with a lot of aliases) to
"correct the movie's misconceptions".

Maybe it's just me, but I find it supremely silly to work up that much of
a sweat over a movie. When I go see the movie I'll be going for the
purpose of being entertained and distracted for a couple hours.I don't
much care whether the premise of the movie is historically accurate or
not. If I come away entertained, then the movie will have done it's job.

But you must realize the people who do such things are those
who believe in the literal truth of the "Bible" as they know
it! Most of them have no notion of how many times it has
been edited by well-meaning folks ever since it was first
written down, some of it a century or more after the events
it deals with. (I think some of them actually believe it
was orginally written in English, judging by their failure
to recognize that meanings can be inadvertently altered
because words in one language can't always be literally
translated into another.)

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Cheryl Perkins wrote:

Still, the idea that Jesus might have had a family, and descendants,
had never occured to me before, and the book made the idea seem
plausible. Really, it's not such an unrealistic idea at all.

There's no way to prove it one way or the other, though. And the
idea that the descendants of *anyone* who was born 2000 or so years
ago were recorded and can be traced down to the present day is
very unrealistic!

I wasn't talking about tracing back a hereditary line to Jesus (and MM)
from their contemporary descendants, or even trying to prove that the
descendants exist. I was just saying that the very idea that such
descendants *might* exist was intriguing to me. That idea had never
occurred to me before, so it seemed interesting. If they did have
children, it's quite possible their descendants are scattered all over
the globe. But I agree that it's extremely likely that they would ever
discover their ancestry, even if it is true.

I also had never heard anything about the Templars or Priory of Scion
or any of that other stuff. I always thought the Holy Grail was Arthurian
fiction! I didn't realize there were real people searching for it. So
these ideas were all new to me and therefore intriguing.

Joyce

Please trim this Christmas Tree.

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You have to starve them.
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"Matthew aka NMR" wrote in message
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What I meant is that he did talk mainly about Christianity.
"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
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On 2006-05-13, Matthew aka NMR penned:
I can't wait to see the movie. Also the truth about
religion is hopefully brought to light