Thanks, Professor Bainbridge!

Tech Central Station is not often devoted to matters of theology, but Professor Bainbridge has offered

THIS NICE POST

on the subject of The Da Vinci Code and the theological issues that it involves.

I was gratified to see that he quoted from the Catholic.Com web site and–in particular–a page from it that offers a tract of the early Church Fathers that I edited, demonstrating the early belief in Christ’s divinity.

How often do you get the early Church Fathers being quoted in a Tech Central Station blog entry?

Cool!

In the end, Prof. Bainbridge concludes:

All Dan Brown, Ron Howard, Tom Hanks, and that whole crew have
accomplished is getting richer by saying that "really foolish thing."

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Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

13 thoughts on “Thanks, Professor Bainbridge!”

  1. That’s one of my favorite quotes of all time! C.S. Lewis nailed it on the head. Either Christ was a lunatic and evil or he was what he claimed to be.

  2. You wouldn’t expect TCS to have an article that touches on heresies in the early church, but surprisingly, Prof. B’s article wouldn’t be the first to do so. Pavel Kohout’s 2005 article Where have all the children gone? starts with a discussion of an old heresy:

    In the third century AD there was a prophet called Mani. He preached a doctrine of conflict between Good and Evil. He saw the material world as the devil’s creation. Marriage and motherhood was a grave sin in his view, since by bearing children people multiply the works of Satan. The Manichean ideal was to move mankind to a superterrestrial realm of Good by way of gradual extinction.

  3. Well written article.
    What is most disconcerting about all this is that it gives a pretty good idea of the quality and effectiveness of our educational system.
    In this age there is no excuse for being that ignorant of history… ESPECIALLY for Catholics.

  5. My husband and I took two of our grandchildren to a 2:00 showing of Over the Hedge. It was a very sparse crowd, maybe 10 people, but then again school was still in session. The movie is cute, and my grandchildren (4 & 3) really enjoyed it—just going to a movie is a really big treat for them.
    When we left the theater there was a line of aboout 30 people waiting to get into the next DVC showing at a little after 4:00.

  6. Update on the website: http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/first-bo-reports-on-da-vinci-code/
    *Predominantly Catholic countries like Italy and Mexico close to breaking box office records. In Italy, Da Vinci Code seeing huge grosses, and, based on an exit poll there, 75 percent thumbs up, 15 percent neutral, and 10 percent not liking.*
    I can’t think of any better evidence that countries like Italy and yes Mexico are in a post-Christian era. Although Mexico has a historical love-hate relationship with the Catholic Church.

  8. I went to an afternoon showing of ‘over the hedge’ today. there were only about a 15 people there.

  9. As of last check Rotten Tomatoes users like DVC way more than the RT critics. Users have given it a fresh rating of 73%. 🙁

  10. According to this site:
    http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/first-bo-reports-on-da-vinci-code/
    Da Vinci made around $30 million Friday in the US. We are most likely looking around a $85 million opening weekend. If the movie follows a typical pattern it will earn around $240 in its first month. No way to spin it this is a huge hit so far for Sony. I guess blaspheming Christians does pay. In Italy the movie wiped out the old opening bo record.

  11. I guess blaspheming Christians does pay.
    Does anyone think it is going to stop with this one? Now that attacking the very basis of Christianity has proven immensely profitable, everyone will want to get in on the act.

  12. According to this site:
    http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/first-bo-reports-on-da-vinci-code/
    Da Vinci made $77 million this weekend in the states. This opening fell short of the $83 million opening of Passion. But the movie was the 2nd biggest international haul, behing Star Wars 3: ROTS, ever with $147 million. Sort of interesting the movie lost some momentum in the US on Saturday and Sunday indicating the hard core fans packed the theatres on Friday. Looking at around $215 million for the first month.

  13. Users have given it a fresh rating of 73%. :-
    Edward, I think fanatical DVC fans are determined to like the movie – and they’re undoubtably smarting at some of the reviews, which take potshots not only at the film, but at Dan Brown’s sacred tome.
    People who walk out of DVC thinking “Well, I kinda liked the book, but jeez, was that boring” are unlikely to take the trouble to go to “Rotten Tomatoes” to vote. The hard-core believers will.
    Let’s hope there aren’t enough in the second group to make it a hit. If it’s really as dull as the reviewers say, box-office should drop off by next weekend.

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