Matt-Man and The Divinci Code

Hail and well met

Well it is time that I threw my hat into the ring of red faced, raving lunatics who seem Hell-bent on railing against this movie and book. I won’t so much as speak about the movie (which I saw) or the book (which I haven’t read), as I will comment on the social hysteria that is prevailing. If you feel that what I am about to say is offensive then all I can say is simply…LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE. No one is making you read this and as such the only person you can or should be upset at for being offended is you for reading on when you know it will piss you off. I am not here to appease you or anyone else, what I say is mine and I have a GOD given right to say it. So in the end if you don’t like what I say TALK TO GOD cause he is in charge.

Ok here is your final warning I will begin my rant in 12 lines so last chance to look away and read something else…Hell play FreeCell it is an excellent mental exercise as everyone is supposed to be solvable and is free on almost every windows computer.

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So here is my take on the whole thing. In truth what is everyone so worried about? A man who has some interesting ideas decides to put them into a book Now he takes some names and ideas from history and ties them together to make his STORY. So people are now all upset cause history is distorted. Um have we all LOST OUR FREAKING MINDS HERE! This is a work of FICTION (it is where you will find this book in every library and book store in the world). I don’t think that anywhere in the books description will you find it saying it is factual or based on true events. Yet we are running around as if this is exactly what he has claimed. Again and again I read or hear about how he has twisted facts…again what part of FICTION do we seem to not understand. So if we are so pissed off at the misrepresentation of history in this matter then I wonder where all the hysterics were when a little film hit the screens a year or so ago. Did anyone see “National Treasure”? Yeah that one played havoc with history. Yet I don’t remember anyone saying one word about it. So we can put the cop out of it is not historically correct to rest and realize that the real problem is the lack of faith that people have.

Yes this is the real problem. You are screaming bloody murder because your faith is so shallow that a work of fiction that doesn’t even attempt to proclaim it self as “gospel” (pun intended) can make it crack. It just proves to me that you have no real understanding of God and can only relate to him when someone else tells you what he says and what you should do in his name. Thus it seems to me that the real problem is not with any part of this books historical or theological message but one little concept at the end, which I have to read the book and see if it is there as well (but given the opinion of those that have read it I would figure it is there). It comes at the end when Langdon says something to the effect of “All that matters is what you believe”.

Ah ha here is the heresy that has them in an uproar. How dare they even purport the idea? That an individual’s beliefs are more important than the collective authority of the established church. If the church says it you must obey cause it is the will of god cause we say so. (And I am not just speaking of the Catholics either but all churches) The church hierarchy is closer to god they you so you only believe what we say, you have no right to believe anything else. What a load of unmitigated BULLSHIT. If they weren’t so afraid of losing control, power and money they would see that it really doesn’t matter what this movie/book says.

If that were not the case then would you explain how the “Left Behind” series has avoided your scrutiny? Many churches believe that the “Rapture” theory is heresy. Yet this series has three movies on video and not one word is spoken against it. Why? Because nowhere in it does it purport that the individual can be closer to God then the Church. It does not give the importance to what the individual believes or suggests that we all examine what we believe and test it for ourselves. No this is the reason for the hype people. Don’t let yourself be fooled.

I mean in truth if you find it offensive then okay I have no problem with that. If I find something offensive towards my personal beliefs I do something about it…I DON’T SUPPORT THE PERSON OR ITEM. I don’t go running around carrying signs or holding sit ins at movie theaters. Now I am not saying that you shouldn’t. Feel free to express your dislike for the film. I am sure that the movie company also feels this way, since all you end up doing is glorifying the thing in question. It is proven fact that the more you all protest something the more popular it becomes. No movie, book or personality has every really suffered from such activity. In fact many individuals and franchises have seen record profits because of it.

Andrew Dice Clay was disliked and protested against and it made his career. Not that he wasn’t funny but his was a singular wit that should have passed quickly but held on for more then a year and earned him a movie deal. Would he have been so successful if everyone had just ignored him? No he wouldn’t, he would have had his fifteen minutes of fame and then would have been gone. By going crazy over his obviously offensive humor you only helped fuel his image and made everyone want to see what could drive people to do such things.

Those that protested him only succeeded in promoting him. Bad press is still press and sometimes it is more press then something deserves. Which begs the question; whom are you really supporting? Where is your power going? What is your true faith in?

I mean if your faith can be shaken by a stupid movie, then how strong is it really? Let’s face it people there is no way to be sure that we have a true account of what happened with Jesus’ walk on this earth. The book has been around for hundreds of years. It has been translated and redefined and updated so many times that you cannot tell me that it still is in its original form. Can you say for certain that you know that every word is exactly what was written in the original texts? For that matter can you provide proof that who is said wrote it actually wrote it? If we are to be totally honest, since none of us was there, the answer must be no.

But what does that matter? Is your god so weak that only a written book can reach people? I hope not. My God is a God of miraculous things. He created everything in the universe and Beverly Hills. (Laugh cause it was funny cause some of those boob jobs are suspect) He made every atom, particle and ray that bounces around this place. Which means that the very substance that we are made of came from him. He is in us as any creator is within his creations. And a movie can shake your faith in him?

People, God is not looking for zealots. He has had enough of those proclaiming his will in their slaughter and barbarism to make him sick. If you want to dislike the book then have the guts to simply take responsibility for it and say, “I don’t like the book.” Leave it at that. Let everyone make up his or her own mind. If this work of FICTION can shake the faith of someone then in truth they never had any real faith in their beliefs in the first place.

God does not want parrots and sheep. He already created those on his own. He wants those that will have a relationship with him. It is the driving force behind my belief in the Force (God’s presence in all of us or the Holy Spirit) and my reason for walking the path of a Jedi (have to post on that soon). The Force does not control you; it guides you. The Force does not lead you; you walk with the Force. This is what God seems to keep looking for. All he finds are those that don’t want to be responsible for their lives and use him as the reason for everything they do. God doesn’t need a 4.5 million dollar building, people do. God doesn’t need a TV show that costs 100’s of thousands of dollars an episode, egomaniacs do. In fact God doesn’t want money at all, so why do we keep acting like he does?

Matthew 22

19”Shew me the tribute money.” And they brought unto him a penny.

20And he saith unto them, “Whose is this image and superscription? “

21They say unto him, “Caesar's”. Then saith he unto them, “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.”

It would seem to me that God doesn’t need or want mans money. His desires are of the spirit and soul. I don’t want to digress but we should seek these first and foremost in our lives and let the cares of money pass us by. In that matter let the foolishness of the world pass us by. If you truly know God then you know that this world is of little importance and the goings on even less.

Yes Jesus was the Son of God. But he was also a mortal man. He was sent to walk as we do and as such earn our freedom from the oppression of the devil. He had to face every temptation that man has to face. So to say that he avoided the matter of sex and female companionship seems a little foolish. It is one of the biggest hurtles that a man has to face so it seems only natural that Jesus would have had to face it. And for anyone to think that being with a woman or having a wife and child makes him less divine then they don’t think that much of God’s creation. Since it was God that gave Woman to Man as a helpmate. So if being with a Woman is “dirty” then God is a “dirty” God.

It doesn’t lessen his divinity. He still died on the cross and rose again transforming his dead body into a usable one. This is the Son of God that I believe in. Not the dying victim on the cross but the risen King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Believe what you will and do what you will. Just don’t do it cause someone else says it; do because you truly believe it. That is what faith is all about.

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

May the Force be with you

Excelsior!!!