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redfiona99 because Channel 5 are doing a whole set of programmes about 'the conspiracy theory that could destroy the foundations of the Christian church' and I'm sitting here thinking "in what way does it do that?" Because I think the version of the Bible I read must have been a total misprint because I didn't read the bit about "turn the other cheek, oh and I didn't have sex with Mary Magdalen" or you the verse that said "I tell you 'be excellent to each other', also me no done the bad nasty with anyone" (some paraphrasing by me). I missed the sermon on the mount with the whole "and the meek shall inherit the Earth, as long as you all remember that me and Mary (the one that's not my Mother) didn't ever have sex or indeed children".
In short, whether Jesus had sex has no effect on the ideals of Christianity, might even strengthen them in the sense that he gave everything up for us including a family. However, it might cause some rucktions in the higher echelons of the various denominations, but heck that's half the fun of it, isn't it.
I think the point I'm mostly making is there are worse things for a conspiracy to say and this is hardly going to have a greater effect on the church than the way it's increasingly seen as irrelevant, out-dated etc.
On slightly more fun form - I may be tempted to watch said film when it comes on TV purely for this alone - Paul Bettany as a self-flagellating albino monk. Which really shouldn't make me quite as het up as it does. Not entirely certain whether it's more the monk bit, the flagellation bit or the Paul Bettany bit. But the combo is scrumptious.
In short, whether Jesus had sex has no effect on the ideals of Christianity, might even strengthen them in the sense that he gave everything up for us including a family. However, it might cause some rucktions in the higher echelons of the various denominations, but heck that's half the fun of it, isn't it.
I think the point I'm mostly making is there are worse things for a conspiracy to say and this is hardly going to have a greater effect on the church than the way it's increasingly seen as irrelevant, out-dated etc.
On slightly more fun form - I may be tempted to watch said film when it comes on TV purely for this alone - Paul Bettany as a self-flagellating albino monk. Which really shouldn't make me quite as het up as it does. Not entirely certain whether it's more the monk bit, the flagellation bit or the Paul Bettany bit. But the combo is scrumptious.
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Date: 2006-05-05 09:33 pm (UTC)Mm, yes. I assume you've seen the promo pics of Paul Bettany as Silas?
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Date: 2006-05-06 12:49 pm (UTC)It's not fair, I don't want to watch it since I dislike the mere idea of everything to do with the Da Vinci code, but they have a goodly slew of my favourite actors in there.