Irony

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Oh how I love irony…

from: http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/17May2006_news08.php

‘Da Vinci Code’ ordered chopped Film’s last 10 minutes must go or face ban

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Thongchai Pradubchananurat, president of the Baptist Union in Thailand, said after viewing the movie with the censorship board that historical information in the film was unreliable.

”If Jesus truly had a wife and a child, then Christianity would collapse. And who will be responsible for this? Will Dan Brown take responsibility for what he wrote? We wish this novel had never been written. It is a sadistic entertainment, an entertainment that hurts others’ feelings,”said Mr Thongchai.

Father Vorayut Kitbamrung, of Catholic Social Communications of Thailand, said the film will influence more people than the novel ever could.

”The film is more convincing, with the places and characters we saw on the screen. It will be easier for an unthinking audience to believe the story is true,” he said.

If Jesus truly had a wife and a child, then Christianity would collapse. And who will be responsible for this?

Well…if it were true that if he had a wife/kid then Christianity would collapse, then it would be Jesus that would be responsible for this.  I guess the person who let it be known that Jesus had a kid would also be responsible for the collapse of the faith of people; but Christianity would have collapsed regardless of whether anyone knew about the wife/kid.

I don’t, by the way, think/know/care that Jesus had a wife or kid.

The part that I thought was ironic, was what Father Kitbamrung said… "It will be easier for an unthinking audience to believe the story is true…" He’s right… captive audiences, being told a compelling and emotionally charged story to tend to accept them unthinkingly. He should know, he’s a priest. 

What’s funny to me is that he’s fine with it when it’s one particular thing that people don’t know anything about (his faith); but not ok when it’s a counter particular thing that people don’t know anything about.

::Throws hands in the air::

Another note, I get to go to a talk tomorrow about "Was Jesus a Fraud?" put on by the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at the school that I go to.  I hope to have an update about how that goes very soon.