Fifth Generation

This was an interesting article from foxnews.com

Still, I think protesting the book and movie only make more people want to read the book or watch the movie. Though I don’t agree with all of Dan Brown’s theories, his theories about Christ and Mary Magdelene are not new. I have read about those theories before. You read the book, watch the movie, be entertained, and choose what you accept or will not accept for yourself.

By the way, I did not like the movie “The Passion of Christ”. I thought it overhyped and dark and dreary. I was weird in that I agreed with Jewish groups. The “Passion of Christ” was another overhyped movie that in my opinion did nothing to glorify Christ. It was based on 11th or 12th century theology when the death and suffering of Christ was emphasized over his resurrection (also a time of Crusades and of anti- Semitism).

People making such a big deal over “The DaVinci Code” are simply making Christians look bad. If you want to protest the movie, don’t overhype it!! I would rather Christians protest the porn industry, or the over-sexed programming on prime time television. I have, by not watching the filth and supporting shows which are good. I also hate the liberal slant that a lot of Hollywood films have. I simply don’t watch or buy the films.

I think it is interesting that Da Vinci Code does make you think. As a Christian, one should never be afraid to question. Finding lost books or reading the Gnostic literature does not threaten my faith. In fact, I love reading about the early Christian church before Constantine. The Catholic leaders should also not fear. Neither should any “Biblical” Christian.

I believe that Jesus is the Son of God and divine, that is why the Gospel of John (written in the 1st century) is my favorite book of the Bible! “The DaVinci Code”, a mediocre book in reality, only strengthens my faith in what I already believe is true. Again Angels and Demons is ten times better!!!

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I read the book. No big deal! In fact, I didn’t like it. The big secret was that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and that they had children. I read this as a child in some Reader’s Digest book my mother had. It has long been a myth in Europe. So I was not shocked by that revelation.

Here is the fact— It is not known whether or not Jesus was married. It does not straight out say in the bible “Jesus was married” or “Jesus was single”. The only people who are wrong are those who definately say that Jesus was or was not married. Some claim they are biblical. But give me the the verse in the Bible where it says Jesus was not married. I personally do not know. It was obviously not for us to know. If someone wants to write about this theory, then they have that right.

That doesn’t mean I agreee with Dan Brown’s theories in the book. There are many things I personally disagree with. In fact, when I read fiction, I usually don’t believe it as a fact. It is a fictional novel!!! Read it for fun!

I think it would have been better to make a movie out of “Angels and Demons”, in my opinion, a much better book.

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This is an article from Foxnews.com.

As a former employee of both AT&T and MCI I wondered if the government actually looked at call patterns. I was a customer service representative dealing primarily with international phone calls. Part of my job was to analyze the callers call patterns in order to give them the best plan possible. There were times when the call patterns were suspicious even to me. Keep in mind, this was before 9/11.

When I heard this story, I was not surprised. The government would be stupid not to analyze calling patterns. Don’t worry, unless you are an Arab calling Pakistan, Sudan, Kenya, UAE, and Saudi Arabia in one month, I don’t think you have to worry too much. Even if you do, it should be easy to prove that you do it for business only.

In other words, I certainly did not work for the government and I saw thousands of call records as an At&T employee. Your call records aren’t as private as you think. Everytime you call and complain about your bill, the person on the other end has complete access to your records. We are bound to keep them private, but if, right before 9/11 you saw someone from Florida making many calls to Saudi Arabia, Europe, and Africa in one month, wouldn’t you feel a bit guilty that you did not say something? Maybe the person is innocent, but what if they were not and now 3,000 Americans are dead? I saw several people make calls like this. Usually a foreigner only calls one country, maybe two but not more than four in one month.

I think this is a political move to prevent Hayden from gaining control of the CIA. I am not sure how I feel about Hayden personally. Would it be better to have a military man as the head of the CIA? I don’t know. But I am honestly sick of all of these political wars and cannot wait for the November elections to be over.

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