isipin mo nalang ham yan!

hehe im enjoying this. at least we have something else to argue on other whether our good friend jenny should entertain big O's romantic innuendoes. hehe

I see, I think there is nothing to debate on because we both agree that the Catholic Church has gone overboard (again) as regard to the movie.

QUITE NATURAL THAT THEY WOULD REACT THIS WAY, being the protective parents that they are... of course, so typical of them to over react on things. and yeah, they have been doing it (trying you suppress some materials to them are heretical or whatever) for a hundred of years already. they have been keeping from us all the other gospels that were written just because they deem it detrimental to the catholic faith. now we are looking at a half baked truth because there are some aspects in the life of Christ that were written in this so called Gnostic gospels that they try to withhold from the public. another, our present pope once dissuaded pope john paul II from apologizing to the world for the crusades that killed many non-Christian believers. pope benedict said that it will have an effect on the catholic church. but thanks to john paul's wisdom he proceeded with the church’s apology. and now they are doing it again with da vinci code.

you see, this not a matter of how much the material, or the statement is detrimental to the catholic faith, but on how much the catholic church, as a whole, undermines the pe0ple's rationality and, painful as it is, the people's faith. this only goes to show that they cannot trust the people that they will stand firm behind what they believe in during times when their catholic faith are being swayed by things such as the da vinci code.

right, I got your point; that is why I am saying that in my onion that is so wrong. and again I agree that there are indeed people who have frail catholic beliefs. now I don’t think that watching the movie can actually affect these people's faith. why? because they are afraid in life! these people in the slums. according to you are great examples of Filipino people who have weak faith in God. and I say that whether they will see the movie or not, they will never renounce their faith simply because they are so afraid in life. they are so poor that they think that renouncing their religious beliefs would cause more sufferings. oh don’t tell me I am wrong. even us educated people do the same. sometimes we are so afraid to challenge God or to even disregard Him because we are afraid that we might be punished accordingly and that when we are in dire need, we are afraid that God, who is the sole widely accepted explanation for all of our sufferings and blessings, would turn a deaf's ear.

now, the critical catholic base I think is the educated population, for they are the ones who have the capacity to think that if they will not believe in God because of the Da Vinci Code, they can still tide themselves over another day because they can work, and they can realize that all that man eats are from his labor. now being said so, I think that the church's effort of blocking the screening of the movie is a misplaced endeavor, and a plain insult to all critical thinkers.


yeah, here's to eleven years and a lot more this..hehe keep it coming. you should have taken law instead of med. hehe