Military Chaplains Prepare for Da Vinci Code Debut
The Da Vinci Code is set to debut Friday and military chaplains are preparing to respond to the claims the movie makes about Christianity:
Chaplain Paul Passamonti plans to stand near a theater exit to hand out copies of a book that refutes the Da Vinci Code.
Another military chaplain in Europe, Collin Grossruck, is encouraging the faithful to send him an e-mail if they have any questions about Gnostics, Opus Dei, the secret gospels or the Holy Grail. The Army captain says he wants to set the religious record straight because many soldiers are spiritually discouraged by aspects of Dan Brown best-selling book, turned movie.
The book insists the Bible is a deliberate deception, and that [people] spirituality, which gives them comfort and strength, is wrong historically, said Grossruck, a Protestant chaplain. That’s a pretty heavy load.
I’ll probably go see the movie tomorrow. So far the reviews are not encouraging. A good read for those who have read the Da Vinci Code is to also read the book Da Vinci Decoded. This book really provides some great information that disputes many of the key points Dan Brown makes in his book.
Of course organised religious leaders and those whose livelyhoods and retirement pensions derive from the religious industry would be expected to jump to the defence of their business, because that's what organized religion always has been.!
Everyone knows that the bible, which has been rewritten a number of times, depending on who was in power and where, is full of paradoxes and contardictions,etc. Prehaps this is why so many people in today's generation prefer not to believe in or asociate with the doctrines of yesteryear, but rather keep their minds free and open.!