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sarita_m

Huh?

May 22, 2006 18:37

My mother, after hearing Such Great Heights by The Postal Service for the first time:
"This reminds me of the Rolling Stones."

...Were we listening to the same thing, or did she just teleport into an alternate reality for 4 minute and 28 seconds? I am so confused.

(See, I am posting this because I really want to post something else, something ( Read more... )

books, music, family, movies

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_lashingoutloud May 22 2006, 23:45:22 UTC

I wish I had more of an opinion to lend you. However, though I have no actual view-points of my own (sadly), I did take a class on The New Testament last semester and we discussed this very thing. I, personally, don't even know much about The DaVinci Code. I know what you're thinking: "Have you been living under a rock?!" Well, yes. Yes I have.

We discussed pretty much everything you said. The DaVinci Code (I keep typing Cofe, and it makes me want coffee, because it looks like coffee.) has been sold as a work of fiction. Some people, though, somehow, become convinced that it's more than fiction. I can't remember why or how. I also can't remember who. I ... really wish I'd listened more during that lecture. I'm beyond unhelpful right now.

sarita_m May 23 2006, 01:35:47 UTC

Yeah, I just don't get it. I read the book. (Well, the "book." It was horribly written.) I found the story interesting, but it didn't totally change my entire paradigm, you know? I still hold the same beliefs I always have. (Which, for the sake of keeping the peace, I shall hold to myself, and if anyone really wants to know, they can IM me or email.) I mean, I guess there were people who read it and took it as Absolute Truth. And that's their right, I guess. Just like it's someone else's right to believe the Bible as Truth. This is what makes us human: We are all different with different opinions. And no one should be berated for having a belief or an opinion. So, I don't know, now I am kind of talking in circles. Again, I am not ANGRY at people who are getting all up in arms, I am just genuinely curious: Why do you feel so threatened. Or DO you feel threatened?If not, what is it?

Personally, I think it's more fun to believe the book. I don't, but it is fun to get caught up in the possibility of it all, you know?

_lashingoutloud May 23 2006, 02:04:09 UTC

You make an excellent point. In my class, we were taught to become critical readers. This reminds me of one of the essays we were given on our final exam. We were given an article (one about the recent finding of The Book of Judas and the Gnostic's views and how that is a threat to Christians) and were told to write an essay about how that article could cause a Christian to feel threatened about his or her faith. It seems to me to be a genuine threat to some people, and I hadn't thought about that before. It seems a bit odd to have to question your own faith based on something else, especially something that is fictional ( ... )

xphilehb May 23 2006, 05:54:00 UTC

Well, I suppose I'm a fairly religious person. I don't like calling myself religious, per se. To me, it's not about following religious traditions. It's about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. But yeah, semantics is so not what this post (or my comment) is about. So I'll shut up on that topic now ( ... )

sarita_m May 23 2006, 14:56:34 UTC

Yeah, that made a lot of sense. I mean, you explained that point of view very well. I still believe in the, "This is my opinion, this is your opinion, and they are different, and that's okay, we shouldn't be threatened by that" mindset, but in having that mindset--I am glad for your point of view. (Or, maybe not your point of view, but your explanation of a point of view you understand ( ... )

sillyzilly2k May 23 2006, 14:19:22 UTC

Just quickly, I just wanted to say "word" to xphilehb--I think she's hit the nail pretty much on the head. I'm a Christian and I just finished the book, and it didn't shake the foundations of my faith or anything, but it's worth mentioning that a lot of people have a lot of questions on where the facts end and the fiction begins. There were a couple of places toward the beginning where I thought he used some purposeful, clever devices to make it seem real (one that struck me was his mention of FBI spy Robert Hanssen). So even though he knows it's a work of fiction, parts of it are pretty easy to sell as reality. I know a lot of churches are running classes or seminars on it, just because a lot of people are curious.

Also? The book is total crap, but I found it embarrassingly entertaining.

sarita_m May 23 2006, 15:05:51 UTC

So even though he knows it's a work of fiction, parts of it are pretty easy to sell as reality.Yeah, that is a good point. I have some friends who read it and now have (or think they have?) a better understanding of history and art. I personally do not know enough about art to know whether or not that stuff is accurate. Interestingly though, my aunt is an artist as well as a very devout Christian-and she LOVED the book. So I guess not everyone is getting up in arms about it, but it certainly feels that way nowadays ( ... )