is the DeVinci code a distraction from saintan to get us side tracted from jesus real commision?
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Um... It's just a movie. It's pretty unimportant. In fact, I'm a bit puzzled as to why there's so much attention being placed on the issue. All it's doing is getting persons more riled up to see it. Protesters have merely propagated a movie that would have probably been only mildly successful were it given less concern. The Da Vinci code isn't a distraction from Satan. Personally, I think it's just some attempt at stirring people's beliefs and making some good cash in the process. We're always going to be presented with compromising views. It's best to just stick to what you believe in and not be too easily perturbed by 'the others'.
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This is only a theory, \nbut when Constantine and the Council of Nicaea canonised the Bible, they weren't too kind to the Jews. They didn't want anything to do with them as they felt Jews were beneath them. So they made it known, separated Easter from Passover, introduced the death penalty for ministering Judaism, same for those listening, coined the term 'Christ Killers' and basically treated them like dirt, and the same went for their Prophet and Book. \nAfter changing words in the Bible, adding to it (words like 'begotten' meaning to sire or father), calling Jesus a son of God - which was more powerful than having a Prophet who was only spoken to by God, they then started to regain their power back away from the people.... and all because some guy called Jesus had stirred up plenty of trouble for Rome by giving out free medicals and telling them to believe in One God that created all of us.\nThey set out to burn any Bible that didn't match their own and kill anyone who wouldn't accept the new doctrine - crusades. \nThe God of Constantine in the NT would certainly be more merciful than the God of the Moses in the OT.... it says so, as written by powerful political men of the 4th Century.\n:)
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I was kicked out of catholic preschool. \nBut I do know this much.\nWe are supposed to pray to Jesus because he was Jehovah's(God) avatar in the human form.\nAllegedly God is a being of different dimensional considerations than what it is to be human. \nTherefore, Jesus was sent to earth to mediate for man's misgivings to God's will. Jesus was not directly supposed to be God himself in the flesh, but one who was partially devine himself and also mortal in that he would communicate man's folly back to God and condone man's confessions and scapegoat man for his imperfections so that he could still conceive of God.\nJesus is supposed to be the middle man to heaven in all forms of Christianity I am aware of. God is something to respect and fear. God is something that we cannot name or judge or even begin to think we can understand his will. \nJesus is our agent to the devine.\nWhen it comes to praying to Mary?\nThat is just another hypocrisy of the Catholic church, because its not actually a monotheism because we have established so many other little deities such as Mary, and the Saints and even named Angels.  It flat out makes no sense. Its mans perversion and mans desire to create heaven in his own ideal. Thus the imagery. And the assumption that beings of devine energy are somehow related to their previous state in the afterlife. Its all a pathetic sham. \nThe only thing we really got right in my opinion is that we should have ultimate fear and respect for God. Whether we believe in the slight chance there may be some fate further in other planes of existence or whatever after checking out of this world is quite sentimental and just about anyone can buy into that or have the sincere desire to do so. But still, I just cant buy it when the words that are supposedly devine handy downs from the Catholics themselves have spawned into other religeons over the past few hundred years I really just cant buy into any of it at all. \nI say fear God and leave it at that.
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if you are truly following Jesus, you allow Him to open the doors, you do not go and push them yourself.\n i would question who is getting the glory from your talks.
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Yes, and I believe we were directed to be Jesus arms and hands here on earth for our season.  God may not need anything from us, but He sure does use us whenever He wants to, however He wants to, and that is His sovereign right.  We need to be willing vessels, if we want to recieve a blessing thru all the trials and such.\n\nYou can effect people without having a clue you are doing it.  It comes from the example you live out in your life, and if you are following the Lord, it will be for your good and the good of the Kingdom.  We all have had thoughts of what WE want to do for God, but what about what the Lord has planned for us, are we willing and ready to be used, sometimes without even knowing it.  Sometimes used in ways we would not consent to, except for Jesus in our heart.\n\nI have given money, knowing there was little chance to recieve it back, I have taken on care for 2 young boys, I have given up many personal rights, all in God's plan for my life.  There have been many more instances, and so many blessings from my trying to be obedient.  This is not what I thought I would do for God, but He has shown me that to raise my children in His knowledge is more important than whatever plan I thought would be for His glory.\n\nSo in this fallen world, we have to listen to the still small voice, and be obedient to it, even when we don't understand why... it isn't in our mind to know the mind of God. Blessings.
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well you know why Jesus is called the bread of life? not only breaking himself for or sins but for birth place. that is why Christians pay more attention to the bible then paintings. that is why many people are so involved in the DI Vince code because they are not grounded in the Truth.
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you are posing the same idea that Lucifer did to Eve. That God had some evil intent in His edict. Why or why not eat of the tree is not the issue. God could have just as well of said "Do not pee where the grass does not grow" The real issue is whether to obey God or not. The exercise of free will as according to Gods plan was initiated here so that after the full consequence of self interest is evident and the world is impacted as it has been God could then show that the exercise of the will by choosing to Love God through Christ would be possible, to the intent that the manifold wisdom of God might be known by the church to the principalities and powers in heavenly places.
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If Divinity wanted us to dwell upon the written word, he might have put it down on tablets of stone again.\nChrist could read.  Many of his followers could write.  Why did he not dictate exactly what we needed to know so that there would be no confusion?\nAs for laws, see below:
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NO...\n\nWe live in a society that believe that they don't need God...So He is more or less letting those who don't believe they need Him...go without Him...\n\nThe rest of us who know we need Him...see His works all the time...and know He's always paying attention.
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My research says it will be returned to the Egyptian authority after it is preserved. It was taken illegally from Egypt, kept in a shoe box and sold to the highest bidder.So legally it still belongs to them.\n Whether it impacts our faith is up to us. whether it affects the Catholic church? Who can say? I believe we have a voice to "Cry in the wilderness" about the way the Catholic church keeps alot of the ancient writings hidden from public knowledge. Maybe if we "Cry" loud and long enough the overwhelming volume will open the dusty vaults and let the light of knowing the truth in. Seek and you will find, much of todays Christian belief is questionable. How much is defined by what the Big Bad Catholic church has hidden from us we can only guess. Jesus axtolls us to 'Heed not that we be deceived.'It scares me to no end how we have already been so deceived
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Yes. That is correct. For those who say they only pray for Mary's intersession, Jesus Christ is the only one true intercessor. Mary can do nothing for you. I would like someone to show me in the Bible where they get this from. This is a product of man not God. Someone told someone to start praying to Mary so they did. That is just like worshiping another God. Why don't catholics read the Bible and not just take the word of a human, a priest.
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This is the seat of power for manipulation and corruption on a grand scale. They believe themselves to be law unto themselves, without having to pay for the consequences of their actions.\n\nBut in one sence, we the people throughout history have to take some of the responsibility for this, due to the fact that many in the world were happy to relinquish control of their own actions and responsibilities over to the vatican.\n\nThe big problem that I see, is that Catholics in particular have forgotten that the church is there to serve them not the other way around. Most people forget this, but churches in many cases seem to thrive on it.
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This controversy has existed from the very beginning, and\nthe writings of the "Church Fathers" themselves reveal\nthat they were constantly forced by the pagan\nintelligentsia to defend what the non-Christians and other\nChristians ("heretics")4 alike saw as a preposterous and\nfabricated yarn with absolutely no evidence of it ever\nhaving taken place in history. As Rev. Robert Taylor says,\n"And from the apostolic age downwards, in a never\ninterrupted succession, but never so strongly and\nemphatically as in the most primitive times, was the\nexistence of Christ as a man most strenuously denied."5\nEmperor Julian, who, coming after the reign of the\nfanatical and murderous "good Christian" Constantine,\nreturned rights to pagan worshippers, stated, "If anyone\nshould wish to know the truth with respect to you\nChristians, he will find your impiety to be made up partly\nof the Jewish audacity, and partly of the indifference and\nconfusion of the Gentiles, and that you have put together\nnot the best, but the worst characteristics of them both."
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Whit, the mind is a battleground, and it is a constant one at that.  The enemy has studied us inside and out, and is constantly targeting areas that he perceives as being our weaknesses.  Know that if you weren't seeking the truth, if you weren't following JESUS CHRIST, then the enemy would have no reason for tempting you with these thoughts.\nInstead of worrying, take it to the foot of the cross and as JESUS to apply HIS blood to it.  As I said, the enemy isn't going to divide his own house, and if you were doing what he wanted you to do he wouldn't even bother you with these worries...he doesn't want anyone to have a relationship with JESUS, so if a person doesn't know JESUS, the enemy is not going to do anything to make that person come to an enlightenment.  In otherwords, I would be more concerned if the enemy wasn't trying to mess with my mind...\n\nGOD BLESS YOU and I will be praying for you!
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No, both sides need to be known.  Just because you aren't of that faith doesn't mean you don't know about it or had dealings with it.  Plus there are those on this site with a theology background or are currently studying it in college.  They can give insights most can't.
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This is the most important part of Da vanci code:\n\nwhen the santatic verses were published there was a price on the head of the author.\n\nwhen the Hindu goddess was painted nude...there were big protest in India.\n\nbut when christian believers are put down...every one say it should be taken as a art, book, fiction, movie etc and many wants to talk freedom of speech, its over the limit...and American are so foolish to talk like this..\n\nits so funny...
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This is quite long, I apologize.  According to The Encyclopedia Americana, regional councils instrumental in organizing Catholic churches in Spain, Britain, and elsewhere were “often called and dominated by the secular power.” General councils of religious leaders from the whole Roman empire “were unknown before the Council of Nicaea (325 A.D.),” called by Emperor Constantine. British historian H. G. Wells suggested that Constantine brought politics and autocracy into an already deeply divided Christendom. Wells wrote: “Not only was the council of Nicæa assembled by Constantine the Great, but all the great councils, the two at Constantinople (381 and 553), Ephesus (431), and Chalcedon (451) were called together by the imperial power.” But how could God approve of that, since true Christians do not try to mix their religion with politics but, rather, maintain strict neutrality?—John 17:16; James 1:27.\n\n“Later general councils were frequently overshadowed by imperial church politics and the rivalry of the major patriarchal sees [areas controlled by a bishop or an archbishop],” adds The Encyclopedia Americana. Since such church councils were marked by ecclesiastical politics and rivalries, they bore no fruits of God’s spirit such as love and peace. Rather, they were marred by fleshly works that included “hostilities, bickering, jealousy, . . . selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions.” With reference to works of the flesh, the apostle Paul warned: “Those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!” (Galatians 5:19-23, the Catholic New American Bible) Therefore, how can it be said that Christendom’s church councils have been approved by God?\n\nThe history of the Church under [Constantine’s] influence becomes now therefore a history of the violent struggles that were bound to follow upon his sudden and rough summons to unanimity. From him the Church acquired the disposition to be authoritative and unquestioned, to develop a centralized organization and run parallel to the empire.”\n\nThe determination to stamp out opposition led to dreadful atrocities. Most of those pronounced guilty of heresy against the popular dogma of the council were burned at the stake, suffering the agony of a slow death as a public spectacle—supposedly in the name of Christ!\n\nFor instance, the Council of Constance (1414-18) was called to end bickering over who was the legitimate pope and to deal with the heresies of Wycliffe and Hus. Thirty thousand horses are said to have carried people to Constance for this great event. During the council, John Hus was tried and condemned, then turned over to secular authorities and burned at the stake.\n\nWhat About Doctrine?\n\n. To illustrate: In 325 C.E. the Council of Nicaea introduced the doctrine of the Incarnate Christ, or God-man. This denial that Jesus was in fact a man became one of the most misleading doctrines of Christendom. (Compare 2 John 7.) Why, it has turned millions away from Jehovah God to a confusing Trinity! None of the councils held thereafter made any attempt to rectify this error. Yet the Trinity doctrine is clearly unscriptural, for Jesus said: “The Father is greater than I am.” (John 14:28) Could God possibly approve of any council that obscured the truth about his identity and that of his Son?\n\nAs also noted in the chart, among the doctrines endorsed at Christendom’s church councils were baptism of infants, imposed and required celibacy, purgatory, and hellfire. However, the Scriptures do not support infant baptism, such celibacy, and a fiery hell, nor do they make any reference to purgatory. (Matthew 28:19, 20; 1 Timothy 4:1-3; Job 14:13) Since those desiring Jehovah’s favor must worship him “with spirit and truth,” how could he approve of councils fostering false doctrine?—John 4:23, 24.\n\nThe encyclopedia Hidria says: “Constantine was especially interested in Christianity because it backed up not only his vic