Comments on: It’s Only Fiction, After All

By: Zeno Izen

Zeno Izen — Thu, 25 May 2006 02:37:21 +0000

Fiction is magic… literally.

By: Fell

Fell — Tue, 23 May 2006 18:24:11 +0000

I feel the same as alistair. It’s so odd, as I went to see The Da Vinci Code movie with me mum yesterday (she’s all into the book; I have yet to read it).

I liked the presentation of the concepts, and I could see how it would be fairly earth-shattering to many who hold fast to their faith. Thing that amazes me about all of this is that everyone is capable of growing into Christhood, as everyone is capable of searching out their own Grail.

We are capable of anything! It’s so freaking weird that people worship a dude for espousing love. And kill in his name. Funny, the most amazing quote I got from going out to the movie was from the trailer for the new Jet Li movie that aired prior to the film; a play, I believe on Lao Tzu’s quote:

“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”

Interestingly, so many are fighting to find the answers as laid down before them. They don’t even imagine that studies in myth or something like chaos magic could be able to provide them with the introspective tools necessary to distinguish their own Path, rather than walking in the footsteps of others.

By: Gunjin

Gunjin — Mon, 22 May 2006 17:15:53 +0000

I saw the movie. It was weak in the sense that the characters fell behind as secondary to the story. They didn’t develop…well except fro Silas and Teabing…but Sir Ian Mckellan I mean ..hellou…what else can we expect from him.

About the movie, what it represents, what it means, is it real, is it fiction…Hell I don’t know. What if Brown is telling the truth, just to make us believe its bullcrap. I mean isn’t Hollywood the #1 Disinformation tool? Or isn’t the common phrase “oh, if it’s in hollywood it can’t be true. it’s just make believe”…Ive heard that from people that saw Pearl Harbor and Lorenzo’s Oil, and other stuff like that. LOL

on the other hand, it’s been proven by “scholars” that most of his facts are based on false premises and incorrect positioning of histories characters. So…who knows.

All I know is one thing I tend to believe and that doesn’t mean I’m right, but…anyways: Fiction, is but what we are afraid to make real.

By: alistair

alistair — Mon, 22 May 2006 04:23:11 +0000

we all do have a spark of the divine within us. if we can but recognise such, then we might take things upon ourselves more readily…….instead of being a spectator in our own lives.

By: Gnomely

Gnomely — Sun, 21 May 2006 20:05:21 +0000

Well, I for one am a LOTR geek altough I do not dress up as a middle-earth person or name my pet hamsters Gandalf. But, it helps me to think we all have orcs and elves and hobbits and vast lands, and competing forces inside us.
Good stories are especially important if one is going through a state of existential despair or is frustrated with the excess of rationalism which represses the irrational beauty of the poetic. And that is why one of my favorite posts from Pop Occulture is this one
http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006...14/simple-definition-of-spirituality/

“Spirituality is stories”

I agree 99.99999999999999999%

By: alistair

alistair — Sun, 21 May 2006 19:35:42 +0000

it is important that the church have thier book believed. how many people take lord of the rings seriously enough to become immersed in it on a daily basis? what about star trek? this frantic protest on the part of some is a fear that another version will be accepted in the consciousness of society………….the time is right for it. the torquemadas would still be putting people to the rack if they thought they could get away with it. this game is for keeps.