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posted January 25, 2004 05:56 PM         

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this book has been on the NYT best-seller list for months and I started it yesterday. It was difficult putting it down to sleep. Has anyone else here read it? I am so intrigued by all the secret organizations in it! The author claims they are factual but I'm not sure I believe that.

PS: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE no spoilers!! I'm about halfway through.

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posted January 25, 2004 09:43 PM         

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I know, it's such a hard book to put down, isn't it? I actually did stay up all night to read that book when I initially got it.

I'm sure the secret organizations are real- Brown wouldn't just make a page saying they are if they weren't.

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posted January 26, 2004 03:47 PM         

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http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000294.html

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posted January 26, 2004 10:36 PM         

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Thanks, Randall!
Well, I finished it. Not a bad ending at all. I think I'll go on to Angels and Demons next.

PS- who here is going to see Gibson's Jesus movie?

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posted January 28, 2004 05:16 PM         

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No one wanted to fund Gibson's project, so I heard he wrote the check himself. Their loss, because it is going to be quite possibly the biggest hit of the year.

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posted January 28, 2004 05:26 PM         

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I think I agree.

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posted January 28, 2004 06:14 PM         

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All I know is that I'm definitly going to see it, subtitles or not. I wonder... if it'll contain some of the elements that Brown talked about in his book?

That would be a shocker. Oh well, even if they do decide to stay conservative, there's always The Da Vinci Code movie... *Likes controversy*

But this must be something original... why would he pay for this movie to be done himself if not? There's been tons of movies done about Jesus' final days.

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posted January 28, 2004 10:54 PM         

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I just hope it sends out the right message, and I also hope there are some seeds of actual truth.

What will be unique in this movie is the explicit violence that Jesus suffered. Basically you're going to see him on a cross with lots of blood.

P.S. Randall, I just noticed a new banner. Interesting, www.onlinehumanities.com.

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posted January 29, 2004 01:06 PM         

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posted January 30, 2004 08:51 PM         

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Personally I'm afraid Gibson's movie will be close to conservative Christian propaganda. It would be tight if he showed the real Mary Magdelene, but he won't.
Gibson is Opus Dei, remember?

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posted January 30, 2004 08:54 PM         

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I think the best part of the book is its scathing expose of how Catholicism went after women. It's a major case for feminists.

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posted January 31, 2004 04:54 PM         

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