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Thursday, May 11, 2006
OH MY GOD!
First of all, I'm gonna say I'm not a Christian.
Whoopee! From that line and the title you guys can probably deduce what I'm gonna talk about.
Yes! Every evangelist's favourite topic! Religion! Or rather, something similar.
So you may ask, who am I to talk about religion? I'm not a priest. Nor a rabbi. Nor a monk. Nor anyone even remotely close to being pious. Heck, I myself am slanting towards being monotheistic, though on my report card it says I'm a Buddhist.
But. Does it matter? It doesn't! Because Christians can come and tell me my religion is not ok. Their religion is ichiban! My religion doesn't give me salvation. Their religion does! Join us, they say! Operators standing by.
Ok so that was some time ago now. I've been having more peaceful times recently. Why do we keep hearing about Christianity making issues in the news? WHY? Well maybe it's because 33% of the world subscribes to Jesus and gang. That's about 2.1billion people.
Latest hoo-ha? What else. The imminent screening of the Da Vinci Code.
Again, I admit, I've never read the book. I don't know what it's talking about. But why does everyone get so worked up? It's just a movie! It's not a documentary. It's a movie. Movies are supposed to sensationalise everything. They can make car chasing the most exciting thing in the world. They can increase Singapore's fertility rate by just a simple love scene. It's.just.a.movie..............
"'The Da Vinci Code' is a clever and dangerous book suffused with lies, distortions, Satanic imagery and historical inaccuracies, all designed to cast doubt in readers' minds about the deity of Jesus Christ," said Robert Knight, the director of the CWA's Culture and Family Institute.
(source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/207721/1/.html)
Nobody asked you to believe what you read. If your so called pious readers can have their mentalities shifted via the mere words of a book, then well, they're not so pious now are they? If they are new believers who suddenly cast doubt upon the religion, or upon themselves, then well, the religion doesn't appeal to them now that's all.
We would like to remind (people) that 'The Da Vinci Code' is a work of fiction, and it is not a reliable source of information on these matters," opus dei added
Huh? But of course? Why do people take things so seriously? Why don't Scientists come up and say "Oh you know, that scene when Mary Poppins floated down with an umbrella. Yeah that's not really possible. I'd like to remind people that it's a work of fiction and it's not really logical to science and stuff." And doctors please step forward and say "The one where the guy got beaten in the head 5 times and still walk, and the one that got shot in the stomach and still run, and the one that... yeah those are works of fiction.. and they're not..."
Oh don't get me started on cartoons/animations. How come the fish can talk?? Fishes go to school? Dory and nemo are friends? Daddy am I eating the dory Dory on my fish and chips platter right now?
I know. You'll say but that's totally fiction. What we're having here is facts portrayed into a fictional movie. But that's what movies are about! And again, if people are clear headed enough to know that tom cruise didn't really break real glass in Mission Impossible, but merely a concocted display of sugar glass, and that breaking real glass in real life will probably hurt a lot more, then it's fair to say people can decide for themselves. If you wanna issue reminders, that I can understand. Just like wrestlers issuing donttrythisathome reminders. But if you already agree that it's a fact, surely people's mindsets can't be manipulated so easily. Why are you so afraid? And please don't rally and form lobby groups and what have yous and ask for a ban of the film. We already have so many cases of so many films in so many countries. If you want, just make a rally speech and urge the believers of Christianity not to patronise the film, ok?
The Da vinci Code opens in Singapore cinemas on 18th May. Advance bookings now open!
triggering Mr Ng HS |
First of all, I'm gonna say I'm not a Christian.
Whoopee! From that line and the title you guys can probably deduce what I'm gonna talk about.
Yes! Every evangelist's favourite topic! Religion! Or rather, something similar.
So you may ask, who am I to talk about religion? I'm not a priest. Nor a rabbi. Nor a monk. Nor anyone even remotely close to being pious. Heck, I myself am slanting towards being monotheistic, though on my report card it says I'm a Buddhist.
But. Does it matter? It doesn't! Because Christians can come and tell me my religion is not ok. Their religion is ichiban! My religion doesn't give me salvation. Their religion does! Join us, they say! Operators standing by.
Ok so that was some time ago now. I've been having more peaceful times recently. Why do we keep hearing about Christianity making issues in the news? WHY? Well maybe it's because 33% of the world subscribes to Jesus and gang. That's about 2.1billion people.
Latest hoo-ha? What else. The imminent screening of the Da Vinci Code.
Again, I admit, I've never read the book. I don't know what it's talking about. But why does everyone get so worked up? It's just a movie! It's not a documentary. It's a movie. Movies are supposed to sensationalise everything. They can make car chasing the most exciting thing in the world. They can increase Singapore's fertility rate by just a simple love scene. It's.just.a.movie..............
"'The Da Vinci Code' is a clever and dangerous book suffused with lies, distortions, Satanic imagery and historical inaccuracies, all designed to cast doubt in readers' minds about the deity of Jesus Christ," said Robert Knight, the director of the CWA's Culture and Family Institute.
(source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/207721/1/.html)
Nobody asked you to believe what you read. If your so called pious readers can have their mentalities shifted via the mere words of a book, then well, they're not so pious now are they? If they are new believers who suddenly cast doubt upon the religion, or upon themselves, then well, the religion doesn't appeal to them now that's all.
We would like to remind (people) that 'The Da Vinci Code' is a work of fiction, and it is not a reliable source of information on these matters," opus dei added
Huh? But of course? Why do people take things so seriously? Why don't Scientists come up and say "Oh you know, that scene when Mary Poppins floated down with an umbrella. Yeah that's not really possible. I'd like to remind people that it's a work of fiction and it's not really logical to science and stuff." And doctors please step forward and say "The one where the guy got beaten in the head 5 times and still walk, and the one that got shot in the stomach and still run, and the one that... yeah those are works of fiction.. and they're not..."
Oh don't get me started on cartoons/animations. How come the fish can talk?? Fishes go to school? Dory and nemo are friends? Daddy am I eating the dory Dory on my fish and chips platter right now?
I know. You'll say but that's totally fiction. What we're having here is facts portrayed into a fictional movie. But that's what movies are about! And again, if people are clear headed enough to know that tom cruise didn't really break real glass in Mission Impossible, but merely a concocted display of sugar glass, and that breaking real glass in real life will probably hurt a lot more, then it's fair to say people can decide for themselves. If you wanna issue reminders, that I can understand. Just like wrestlers issuing donttrythisathome reminders. But if you already agree that it's a fact, surely people's mindsets can't be manipulated so easily. Why are you so afraid? And please don't rally and form lobby groups and what have yous and ask for a ban of the film. We already have so many cases of so many films in so many countries. If you want, just make a rally speech and urge the believers of Christianity not to patronise the film, ok?
The Da vinci Code opens in Singapore cinemas on 18th May. Advance bookings now open!
triggering Mr Ng HS |