I’m sure Dan Brown must be used to coming under attack from Catholics for his pulpy, page-turners and the nearing release of the film version of “Angels & Demons” is no exception. The Vatican banned “Angels & Demons” from filming footage inside Rome’s churches last summer, and now the movie is under attack from everyone’s favorite Catholic with an email account (and/or a fax machine): Bill Donohue of The Catholic League (and methinks The Catholic League may literally be one man with one email account/fax machine). The National Post reports about Donohue and his statement:
“Donohue, who has been president of the Catholic League since 1993, says that Brown’s inclusion of Galileo in this group is “nonsense” because Galileo died before the Illuminati were officially formed in 1776. Donohue states on the Catholic League’s website: “So why do they lie? Because their goal is to paint the Catholic Church as the enemy of science, and what better poster boy to trot out than their favorite martyr, Galileo? The ultimate victim, Galileo’s alleged persecution is cited as proof of the Church’s war on reason.”
It’s just a novel! Everybody knows that Dan Brown can’t tell history from his elbow.
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posted March 11, 2009 at 12:33 pm
It’s just a novel, a fictious work of literature, take it the same you take all fiction novels, or don’t read them.
posted March 11, 2009 at 1:01 pm
This Catholic has chosen to not purchase, read, review or in anyway support Mr Brown and what I consider to be his tripe. I also believe he has every right to do what he does.
posted March 11, 2009 at 1:56 pm
“Me thinks thou do’st protest too much!”
Perhaps the RCC representatives are hoping to give the movie and extra boost of publicity. That is all their comments are doing. The only bad publicity is no pubicity. They are violating that principle by pouring gas on the fire. You woud think they would learn after a while.
posted March 12, 2009 at 2:20 pm
I hve no intentions of reading his book or seeing the movie Mr Brown has every right to write and believe whatever he wants,the way its my right to consider his work garbage.
posted March 12, 2009 at 11:22 pm
is this garbage too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP_ZMksgshI&feature=channel_page
posted March 14, 2009 at 4:12 am
ok, i dont know much about christianity, but i feel its just a novel. he shud write what he likes, BUT HE SHOULD MAKE IT CLEAR IT’S FICTION NOT FACT. personally, i LOVE his writing. he’s incredibly talented and all this contreversy just shows how gifted he is, that people actually take his work seriously.
HOWEVER, i cannot blame the church for condemning his works if they genuinely believe the works to be false and if Brown doesn’t have the decency to clarify that its not intended as factual.
the same way, the church has the right to ban filming within their perimeters.
posted March 26, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Its just a movie. This donohue guy has to realize that. Not in any part of the book and im sure the movie as well, do they say that this whole book is based on true events. He isnt lying, hes just making an interesting plot to an already great story.