[Apologetics] DaVinci Code is not the problem

[Marty Rothwell]

Yes Art, I know.  And I am willing to bet based on the anecdotal evidence of
what I've heard that most, if not all of those people have already read the
book.  And I have gone to the bookstores of GMU, Borders, et al and I have
noticed the books refuting it selling right next to the Da Vinci code.  My
point is that the refutation is already out there, we will not be doing
anything that hasn't already been done many times over.

Like I said, I see no value.  Correct me if I'm wrong.  Lay out a plan.
What do you want to say and what venue do you want to put it in?  The only
difference I could see would be if we stood outside the theaters with
flyers.  Is that what you're thinking of?

-----Original Message-----
From: apologetics-admin at gathman.org [mailto:apologetics-admin at gathman.org]On
Behalf Of Art Kelly
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 11:28 PM
To: Apologetics Group; Jim Murphy
Subject: RE: [Apologetics] DaVinci Code is not the problem

Marty,

You wrote, "Every bookstore that carries the book also
carries three other books refuting it."

This is just NOT true.

There is a HUGE section on the DaVinci Code NOW in
book stores--Borders, Barnes & Noble, etc.--with 90%
of the books in sync with the theme of the book.

Definitely NOT three years old news.

And of course, the movie is opening a whole NEW
audience. Maybe you didn't see that it achieved the
2nd highest opening for a movie in the history of the
world! I sent you the article that reported on this.

Art

--- Marty Rothwell <martyr225 at cox.net> wrote:

> Then go ahead and do something, Art!  I want no part
> of it.  It's old news!
> The fire swept through the forest three years ago.
> Whatever minds were
> changed were changed three years ago.  If you know
> of anyone who believes
> because they saw the movie then let me know.  I hear
> no one coming out of
> the movie believing anything of what it says.  And
> there have already been
> innumerable refutations of the book all over every
> media you can possibly
> conceive of.  How did you want to refute it? Via the
> internet?  Join the
> club!!  Google Da Vinci Code and see what comes up.
> What are you going to
> say that hasn't been repeated ad nauseum now?  Every
> bookstore that carries
> the book also carries three other books refuting it.
>
> The movie will be out for a few more weeks and then
> die out.  No big deal.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: apologetics-admin at gathman.org
> [mailto:apologetics-admin at gathman.org]On
> Behalf Of Art Kelly
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:50 AM
> To: apologetics at gathman.org; Jim Murphy
> Subject: Re: [Apologetics] DaVinci Code is not the
> problem
>
> Stuart,
>
> You seem to acknowledge that the DaVinci Code has
> convinced many millions of people that its premise
> is
> somewhat valid.
>
> Then you say, "But it is not a problem solved by
> banning a movie."
>
> While I regard the movie to be the work of the
> devil,
> I've never advocated that it be banned per se. I
> have
> proposed that our Apologetics Groups acutally DO
> something to fight back against this evil!!!
>
> Art
>
> --- "Stuart D. Gathman" <stuart at bmsi.com> wrote:
>
> > If it is true that millions of people think
> DaVinci
> > Code has some basis in
> > fact, then that is a problem.  But it is not a
> > problem solved by banning
> > a movie.  It is a symptom of a much more systemic
> > problem of a lack of
> > critical thinking in the general culture.  Worse,
> > critical thinking is
> > considered "immoral" by politically correct
> > standards.  Abolishing
> > government schools would be a much more effective
> > long term antidote to
> > the DaVinci code and other fiction presented as
> > "fact".
> >
> > --
> >             Stuart D. Gathman <stuart at bmsi.com>
> >     Business Management Systems Inc.  Phone: 703
> > 591-0911 Fax: 703 591-6154
> > "Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis"
> -
> > background song for
> > a Microsoft sponsored "Where do you want to go
> from
> > here?" commercial.
> >
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