{"id":659,"date":"2006-05-05T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-05T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=659"},"modified":"2006-05-05T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-05T16:35:00","slug":"659","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=659","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Gnostic-bashing<\/strong><\/p>\n

With The Da Vinci Code<\/em><\/a> movie about to open, the anti-Gnostic reaction is heating up. One Catholic screenwriter-blogger<\/a> urges her readers to watch the vapid Over the Hedge<\/em> instead<\/a>. (It’s an “othercott,” not a boycott.)<\/p>\n

This film is based on a book that wears its heresy and blasphemy as a badge of honor, and I intend to stay far away from it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gnostic Christianity is taking lot of heat<\/a>. Some people do want a boycott<\/a>. Yet more “rebuttal” sites here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you read this blog, you know I am Pagan, not Gnostic. Gnosticism has one root in Platonism, granted, but all that Sophia-and-the-Demiurge<\/a> stuff is not me.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, I would like to point out that the modern Gnostics have a different take on the matter.<\/p>\n

In fact, one Gnostic priest has written a “Da Vinci” prayerbook<\/a> as well as a thoughtful response to the Da Vinci Code<\/em> hoopla<\/a>.<\/p>\n

M. and I plan to see the film. We tend to avoid animated animals.<\/p>\n

Tags: Gnosticism<\/a>, Da Vinci Code<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gnostic-bashing With The Da Vinci Code movie about to open, the anti-Gnostic reaction is heating up. One Catholic screenwriter-blogger urges her readers to watch the vapid Over the Hedge instead. (It’s an “othercott,” not a boycott.) This film is based on a book that wears its heresy and blasphemy as a badge of honor, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-659","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1130,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1130","url_meta":{"origin":659,"position":0},"title":"Wikipedia’s Gnostic Kerfuffle","author":"Chas S. 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