May 8, 2006

• I will post this
  as a friend
  sending it to me requested.  I feel pretty informed after hearing
  some great teaching about the things in the book that were being used
  to make Jesus seem less than the deity being He was and is.  I also feel
  I have enough information to refute claims of ‘facts’ that aren’t even
  historically factual from the book (about the art it’s self and
  meetings of papal councils, etc.) that I could use to show someone the
  book is nothing more than fiction and the movie, being based on the
  book, is just meant to be a good story, not meant for use to dispute
  Christianity and Jesus’ pure and holy life.  Anyway, here is an
  idea some feel would make Hollywood take notice of the Christian’s
  views of this movie.

  
  This is an interesting idea of protesting this movie!  Thought I would
  
  pass it on.
    Folks, here
  is a forwarded email from a Christian screenwriter in Hollywood. 
  I recommend this strategy regarding the Da Vinci Code. Let’s all do
  this! Of course, I believe we should do BOTH C & D, but I hope you
  get the point.
  
      —————————————————  
  
    WHAT ARE YOU DOING MAY 19TH?
  
   
  
    May 19th is the date the Da Vinci  Code movie opens. A movie based on
  
    a book that
  wears its heresy and  blasphemy as a badge of honor.  What
  can we as Christians do in  response to the release of this movie?
  I’m going to offer you the usual choices — and a new one.
  
   
  
    Here are the usual suspects:  
  
   
  
    A) We can ignore the movie. ……..
  
   
  
    The problem
  with this  option: The box office is a ballot box. The only people
  whose votes are  counted are those who buy tickets. And the ballot
  box closes on  the Sunday of opening weekend.  If you stay
  home, you have lost your  chance to make your vote heard. You have
  thrown your vote away, and from  Hollywood’s point of view, you
  don’t count. By staying home, you do nothing to shape the
  decision-making process regarding what movies will make it to the big
  screen.
  
   
  
    B) We can protest. ……..  
  
   
  
    The problem
  with this option: It doesn’t work. Any publicity is good publicity.
  Protests not only fuel the box office, they make all Christians look
  like idiots. And again, protests and boycotts do nothing to help shape
  the decisions being made right now about what movies Hollywood will
  make in the next few years.   (Or they convince Hollywood to
  make *more* movies that will provoke Christians to protest, which will
  drive the box office up.)
  
   
  
    C) We can
  discuss the movie. We can be rational and be ready with study guides
  and workshops and point-by-point refutations of the lies promulgated by
  the movie. ……..
  
   
  
    The problem
  with this option: No one’s listening. They think they know what we’re
  going to say already.  We’ll lose most of these discussions
  anyway, no matter how prepared we are, because the power of story
  always trumps the power of facts (why do you think Jesus taught in
  parables?!).  And once again: rational discussion of history does
  nothing to affect Hollywood’s choices regarding what movies to make.
  
  But there’s a fourth choice.
  
   
  
    D) On May
  19th, you should go to the movies.  Just go to another
  movie.  Save the date now. May 19th, or May 20th. No later than
  Sunday, May 21st — that’s  the day the ballot box closes. You’ll
  get a vote, the only vote Hollywood recognizes: The power of cold hard
  cash laid down on a box office window on 0pening weekend.
  
   
  
    Use your vote. Don’t throw it away. Vote for a movie other than DVC.
  
    If enough
  people do it, the powers that be will notice. They won’t have a
  choice.  The major studio movie scheduled for release against DVC
  is the DreamWorks animated feature Over the Hedge.  The trailers
  look  fun, and you can take your kids. And your friends.  And
  their friends.  In fact, let’s all go see it.  Let’s rock the
  box office in a way no one expects — without protests, without
  boycotts, without arguments, without rancor. Let’s show  up at the
  box office ballot box and cast our votes. And buy some popcorn, too.
  
   
  
    May 19th. Mark your calendars now: Over the Hedge’s opening weekend.  Buy a ticket.
  
   
  
    And spread
  the word. Forward this e-mail to all the Christians in your address
  book.  Post it on your blogs.  Talk about it to your
  churches.  And let’s all go to the movies.
  

  
  A good movie would be nice for us all I guess.
  

  And the book I’ve listed as currently reading
  is set up in a way that helps when talking with anyone who has been
  misled into doubting their faith by reading the book or seeing the
  movie.
  

  
  

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