peijin

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:56:02 +0800

according to the globe and mail: The withdrawal was apparently made to make room for copies of the film in other markets, said Cyrus Man, a marketing executive with Edko Films Company in Hong Kong, told AFP. "They are transferring some films from the China market to other territories [in Asia]," Man said. "It is mainly a business decision."

Nick Withycombe

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:16:16 +0800

The Da Vinci Code is a silly book that is badly written. However it touches on many good points, for example, that the church demonised sex, demonised women, and controlled people into tricking them that they had one route to heaven - through the church. Christian churches are a joke. It's hypocritical, biased, controlling, immature, unintelligent, and incorrect crap that creates intolerance. I don't particularly care that supposedly some powerful people 'hold all the scerets', and I doubt that that is the case. But Christianity just uses Christ. The fact that in the USA right now, the president spews ultra-extremist Christian dogma shows how damaging religions are.

zzillionairepoet

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:33:06 +0800

The Da Vinci Code (book) is not based on history. It's fiction. Michaelangelo painted in the 1500s. He himself said the figure in quesiton is the apostle John (code says it's Mary). The Priory of Sion was a hoax created by a Frenchman in the late 20th century. He wanted to claim the French throne, and that his bloodline was that of Christ. He admitted the hoax in court. The Bible has withstood the test of time and critics. It's the #1 book with all the credentials. No other world scripture can match its validity and its historical reality. See the book Evidence That Demands a Verdeict by Josh McDoweell and The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel. Any honest critic will read these.

frankly

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:14:28 +0800

The LOL part of this is that by letting it run for a few weeks and then censoring it ... just makes them look so damn foolish. Concerned with losing face? The whole world is looking at China with disgust when they pull a half-baked stunt like this.

Alec

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:19:55 +0800

Hey Seven Star Hand, do you know you have the same name as one of the founders of Google? What's the symbolism in that?

Alec

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:12:24 +0800

'I warned humanity about over the millennia' Somebody has a complex and needs immediate help. Entertaining drivel though.

Seven Star Hand

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 02:15:20 +0800

Hello Peijin and all, (Perhaps I can shed some light on what they are concerned about...) Most have totally missed the point that the Gnostic texts and others are making. First, they refer to symbolic males and females, hence the philosophical masculine and feminine nature and character. All the Gnostic texts are philosophical and symbolic treatises, not literal narratives. When you try to interpret any of these ancient texts (including the Bible) as literal, you will always come to the wrong conclusions. Read verse twelve of the Gospel of Thomas to understand who I am... You may not initially agree with everything I reveal, but be a little patient with my long-winded presentation of what I have waited a very long time to be able to say. I promise to amaze and enlighten. Contrary to those who strive to assert that the DaVinci Code created the term, symbology is an ancient philosophical technology and I am a real life symbologist. Likewise, the upper-level members of secret societies such as Freemasons, Rosicrucians, Illumanti, and the Vatican are symbologists. Keeping their "craft" secretive and misunderstood is a purposeful ploy designed to hide the truth about ancient wisdom and the symbology used to model, encapsulate, and encode it. The title "mason" is itself a symbolic allusion to those who work with the "Philosophers' Stone" which is the symbolic name given to an ancient body of symbology, hence "Masons" are workers of "stone." Read Proverbs 9:1 below to better understand this allusion. Wisdom has built Her house. She has carved out Her seven pillars. Notice that "wisdom" is referred to as "Her" and "She", as in Sophia and Miriam (the Magdala), and that "She" has "hewn" "Her" "seven pillars" (of stone)? Read my Home Page to see what those seven pillars of "stone" have always referred to, contrary to what religions and mysticism have said for millennia. Peace... Here is the key to understanding what the Vatican and Papacy truly fear... Pay close attention, profundity knocks at the door, listen for the key. Be Aware! Scoffing causes blindness... Here's a real hot potato! Eat it up, digest it, and then feed it's bones to the hungry... There's much more to the story of the Vatican's recent machinations than meets the eye. It's not the DaVinci Code or Gospel of Judas per se, but the fact that people have now been motivated to seek out the unequivocal truth about an age of deception, exactly when they expect me to appear. These recent controversies are spurring people to reevaluate the Vatican/Papacy and the religions that Rome spawned, at the worst possible time for them. Remember, "I come as a thief..." ? The DaVinci Code novel and movie are no more inaccurate as literal versions of history than the New Testament. The primary sub-plot involved purposeful symbology being used to encode hidden meanings, exactly like the Bible and related texts. In other words, none of these stories represent the literal truth. This is the common and pivotal fact of all such narratives about ancient Hebrew and Christian history. Debating whether the DaVinci Code, Gnostic texts, or the Bible are accurate history is a purposeful ploy designed to hide the truth by directing your inquiry away from the heart of the matter. There is a foolproof way to verify the truth and expose centuries-old religious deceptions. It also proves why we can no longer let the Vatican tell us what to think about ancient history or much else. It is the common thread connecting why the ancient Hebrews, Yahad/Essene, Jews, Gnostics, Cathars, Templars, Dead Sea Scrolls, DaVinci Code, and others have been targets of Rome’s ire and evil machinations. The Vatican and its secret society cohorts don’t want you to understand that the ancient Hebrew symbology in all of these texts purposely encodes and exposes the truth about them. Furthermore, the structure of ancient wisdom symbology verifiably encodes the rules to decode messages built with it. This is what they most fear you will discover. If the Bible represented the literal truth or even accurate history, there would be no need for faith in the assertions of deceptive and duplicitous clergy and their ilk. It is undeniable the New Testament is awash with ancient Hebrew symbolism and allegory. The same is evidenced in the Old Testament, Dead Sea Scrolls, Gnostic texts, biblical apocrypha, Quran, DaVinci Code, and other related sources. All ancient religious, mystical, and wisdom texts have been shrouded in mystery for millennia for one primary reason: The ability to understand their widely evidenced symbology was lost in antiquity. How do we finally solve these ages-old mysteries? To recast an often-used political adage: It’s [the] symbology, stupid! It is beyond amazing that the Vatican still tries to insist the Gospels are the literal truth. Every miracle purported for Jesus has multiple direct symbolic parallels in the Old Testament, Apocalypse, Dead Sea Scrolls, and other symbolic narratives and traditions. Recasting the symbolism of earlier Hebrew texts as literal events in the New Testament is one of the central deceptions associated with Christianity. This is part of the secret knowledge held by the ancient Gnostics, Templars, Cathars, and others, which is presented with dramatic effect in the DaVinci Code. None of these narratives or stories were ever intended as the literal truth. This fact is the key to unraveling many ages-old mysteries and exposing the truth about the Vatican's long-term deceptions. Moreover, the following Washington Post article (The Book of Bart) describes how many changes and embellishments were made to New Testament texts over the centuries, unequivocally demonstrating they are not original, infallible, or truthful. When you combine proof that the New Testament Gospels are not wholly literal with proof that these texts were heavily reworked in the early years of Christianity, you are left with only one possible conclusion. The Vatican has long lied to everyone about the central tenets and history of Christianity. This revelation also proves they are not the Creator’s representatives but Her long-time opponents. The recent hoopla over the Gospel of Judas and DaVinci Code demonstrates they are still desperately trying to deceive the world and obfuscate their true nature and activities. It's no wonder the Vatican fears the truth more than anything else. As further proof of these assertions, seek to understand the symbolic significance of my name (Seven Star Hand) and you will have proof beyond disproof that Jews, Christians, and Muslims have long been duped by the great deceivers I warned humanity about over the millennia. What then is the purpose of "faith" but to keep good people from seeking to understand the truth? Now comes justice, hot on its heels... (symbolism...) Not only do I talk the talk, I walk the walk... Here is Wisdom!! Revelations from the Apocalypse

peijin

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:22:59 +0800

there is no mention of piracy as being the major issue; pulling it from the theaters is not going to help the piracy issue since there are already plenty of pirated DVds out there. The articles that i've read make it seems as if Catholic groups protested against it, but i don't know if that's the case, and i don't know what the Vatican's official position on the matter (if they have one) is--but it would be interesting to see how these domestic groups define their position on the movie vis-a-vis the Vatican.

China Law Blog

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:36:07 +0800

This is very strange. Why did they allow it in at all? Is this to smooth relations with the Vatican? And, might it be back on the screen in a few days anyway? Any link to piracy complaints by the entertainment industry? Will we ever know?

Shanghaiist: The Da Vinci Code pulled from Chinese theaters

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