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And there is really not.\"\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNo cause for controversy?  The movie pits the Catholic Church against the Illuminati, who we are to believe (contrary to reality) were a secret society of scientists dedicated uncovering the truths that the Church was vigorously suppressing.  The incorrect portrayal of the Illuminati might be controversial to some, but it could possibly be described as artistic license.*\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBut still, no cause for controversy?  What about Hanks' character \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.decentfilms.com/sections/articles/fact-checking-brown.html\"\u003eRobert Langdon's remark\u003c/a\u003e that \"the Catholic Church ordered a brutal massacre to silence [the Illuminati] forever\"?  What about this quote from the trailer, in which \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.osv.com/DesktopModules/EngagePublish/printerfriendly.aspx?itemId\u003d4786\u0026amp;PortalId\u003d0\u0026amp;TabId\u003d7621\"\u003eLangdon declares\u003c/a\u003e, \"They were dedicated to scientific truth. And the Vatican didn't like that. So the church began to, how did you say it? Oh, hunt them down and kill them.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMaking grossly libelous claims about men who are, Catholics believe, God's earthly representatives \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eis\u003c/span\u003e cause for controversy. I'm not sure how Mr. Hanks missed that part.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA major religious leader has publicly denounced the film for ridiculing people's faith, spreading lies, creating confusion about the truth, and perpetuating false stereotypes about the Catholic Church.  He is not a Catholic leader, nor even a Christian leader; this \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/hindus-censure-angels-and-demons-movie_100187427.html\"\u003ecame from American Hindu statesman Rajan Zed\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eZed, notable for reading the first Hindu prayers in the U.S. Senate, is also a panelist on Newsweek's \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eOn Faith\u003c/span\u003e. Does Hanks think that thoughtlessly \"looking for scandal\" because of the name Robert Langdon is a vice that extends to respected, well-informed non-Christian religious leaders like Zed?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhat do you think about the controversy around \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAndgels \u0026amp; Demons\u003c/span\u003e? Are Catholics justified in being upset?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e*Perhaps before being issued an artistic license, a person should be required to pass a proficiency test in creating art. That may have saved us from films like this.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5813489507942316135-2471244807458363845?l\u003dginkgo100.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://ginkgo100.blogspot.com/feeds/2471244807458363845/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5813489507942316135\u0026postID\u003d2471244807458363845\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5813489507942316135/posts/default/2471244807458363845"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5813489507942316135/posts/default/2471244807458363845"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://ginkgo100.blogspot.com/2009/05/tom-hanks-clueless-about-angels-demons.html","title":"Tom Hanks, clueless about Angels \u0026 Demons controversy"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ginkgo100"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01871889955884253147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10586589345248242200"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813489507942316135.post-1371580131931452753"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-12T14:17:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-12T14:52:55.894-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"catholic faith"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Victimae paschali laudes"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003eDeath and life have fought a huge battle,\u003cbr /\u003eThe Prince of Life was dead, but lives and reigns.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e(\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Victimae_pascali_laudes\"\u003eFull translation\u003c/a\u003e)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eVictimae paschali laudes\u003cbr /\u003eimmolent Christiani\u003cbr /\u003eAgnus redemit oves:\u003cbr /\u003eChristus innocens Patri\u003cbr /\u003eReconciliavit peccatores.\u003cbr /\u003eMors et vita duello conflixere mirando,\u003cbr /\u003eDux vitae mortuus, regnat vivus.\u003cbr /\u003eDic nobis Maria, quid vidisti in via?\u003cbr /\u003eSepulcrum Christi viventis,\u003cbr /\u003eEt gloriam vidi resurgentis:\u003cbr /\u003eAngelicos testes, sudarium et vestes.\u003cbr /\u003eSurrexit Christus spes mea:\u003cbr /\u003ePraecedet vos in Galilaeam.\u003cbr /\u003eCredendum est magis soli\u003cbr /\u003eMariae veraci\u003cbr /\u003eQuam Judaeorum\u003cbr /\u003eTurbae fallaci.\u003cbr /\u003eScimus Christum surrexisse\u003cbr /\u003ea mortuis vere:\u003cbr /\u003eTu nobis, victor Rex, miserere.\u003cbr /\u003eAmen. Alleluia.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5813489507942316135-1371580131931452753?l\u003dginkgo100.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://ginkgo100.blogspot.com/feeds/1371580131931452753/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5813489507942316135\u0026postID\u003d1371580131931452753\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5813489507942316135/posts/default/1371580131931452753"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5813489507942316135/posts/default/1371580131931452753"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://ginkgo100.blogspot.com/2009/04/victimae-paschali-laudes.html","title":"Victimae paschali laudes"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ginkgo100"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01871889955884253147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10586589345248242200"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813489507942316135.post-8685480683470273574"},"published":{"$t":"2009-03-03T10:06:00.005-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-03T10:40:31.294-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"opinions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"catholic belief"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"catholic faith"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"clarifying the record"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"explanations"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"apologetics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"faith"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Readings for the first Sunday of Lent: Noah, the Flood, and baptism"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GQ6M9d5gRHw/Sa1cCzGujnI/AAAAAAAABOw/kNXT_Rx0avc/s1600-h/noah%27s+ark.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 320px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GQ6M9d5gRHw/Sa1cCzGujnI/AAAAAAAABOw/kNXT_Rx0avc/s320/noah%27s+ark.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309000738887601778\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eDuring this season of Lent, my parish is using custom-printed booklets for \"worship aids\" (which we use instead of missalettes). The booklets contain all the hymns for each Sunday, as well as the first two readings.  Each Sunday is prefaced by a little meditation written by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.paulturner.org/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eFather Paul Turner\u003c/a\u003e, a priest in Missouri who has created a large body of writing for this purpose.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSome of Fr. Turner's \"bulletin inserts\" are quite though-provoking and provide good food for meditation.  The blurb for this past Sunday is another story.  With my mad Google skilz, I found it online, at the top of page 2 of \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.stwenceslaus.org/bulletin/bulletin.pdf\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003ethis parish's bulletin\u003c/a\u003e (PDF link).  The subject is the first \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.usccb.org/nab/readings/030109.shtml\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003ereading for March 1\u003c/a\u003e, Genesis 9:8-15, the end of the story of Noah's nautical adventure, in which God makes a covenant not to flood the earth again.  Fr. Turner's commentary includes this:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eSo, what did God give up? God gave up global floods. \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e“There shall not be another flood to devastate the earth.”\u003c/span\u003e God gave up giving up on people.\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs I read these words, the catechist in me cringed.  God did \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic;\"\u003enot\u003c/span\u003e give up giving up on people — because God has never given up on people.  Though the Genesis account may make it sound as if God was intent on destroying his creation, our understanding of God makes it clear that nothing could be further from the truth. Old Testament stories like this are included in Scripture because they teach us something about humankind's relationship with God.  It was sin that destroyed the earth, and God who saved it (through Noah).  The covenant not to flood the earth is a prefigurement of the final covenant, when God sent Christ to save the earth from the flood of our sins.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe second reading for last Sunday is taken from the first Epistle of Peter. I rather think St. Peter had much more astute thoughts on the Noah story.  From the reading:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e[Christ] also went to preach to the spirits  in prison,\u003cbr /\u003ewho had once been disobedient\u003cbr /\u003ewhile God patiently waited in the days of  Noah\u003cbr /\u003eduring the building of the ark,\u003cbr /\u003ein which a few persons, eight in all,\u003cbr /\u003ewere saved through water.\u003cbr /\u003eThis prefigured baptism, which saves you  now. \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style:italic;\"\u003e(1 Peter 3:19-21)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe catechist in me was struck with wonder at this interpretation, which seems so obvious, but which had escaped my notice until now:  The Great Flood, which symbolically cleansed and \"purified\" the world, prefigured our water baptism, in which our souls are really cleansed and purified from all original and personal sin. God did not give something up; he gave something to us.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5813489507942316135-8685480683470273574?l\u003dginkgo100.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://ginkgo100.blogspot.com/feeds/8685480683470273574/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d5813489507942316135\u0026postID\u003d8685480683470273574\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5813489507942316135/posts/default/8685480683470273574"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5813489507942316135/posts/default/8685480683470273574"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://ginkgo100.blogspot.com/2009/03/readings-for-first-sunday-of-lent-noah.html","title":"Readings for the first Sunday of Lent: Noah, the Flood, and baptism"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ginkgo100"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01871889955884253147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10586589345248242200"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GQ6M9d5gRHw/Sa1cCzGujnI/AAAAAAAABOw/kNXT_Rx0avc/s72-c/noah%27s+ark.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}}]}});