Core Beliefs
 

Angels and demons and 'poppycock,' says Church
USA Today


Branded cardinals. Slaughtered scientists. Impossible falls and
improbable leaps -- of men and of faith.

It could only be time for Angels & Demons, the Dan Brown book turned Ron
Howard-Tom Hanks thriller.

Anticipating that the movie might be controversial, I slogged through
the book, including tedious speeches on religion and science (that I
eventually started skimming because most were incomprehensible) and all
five endings (just when you think it's over, you realize, oops, there
are 50 more pages, or 40, or whatever).

Now, however, I see the Catholic Church, which was mightily opposed to
the earlier Bown/Howard outing, The Da Vinci Code, has written this off
as inconsequential. Rather than challenging core beliefs of the church,
like Code, A&D is a gory showdown between religion and science. (God wins).

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As if the "core beliefs" of *any* religion stand up to scientific scrutiny.

Core Beliefs
 

On May 15, 11:17*am, HK wrote:
Angels and demons and 'poppycock,' says Church
USA Today

Branded cardinals. Slaughtered scientists. Impossible falls and
improbable leaps -- of men and of faith.

It could only be time for Angels & Demons, the Dan Brown book turned Ron
Howard-Tom Hanks thriller.

Anticipating that the movie might be controversial, I slogged through
the book, including tedious speeches on religion and science (that I
eventually started skimming because most were incomprehensible) and all
five endings (just when you think it's over, you realize, oops, there
are 50 more pages, or 40, or whatever).

Now, however, I see the Catholic Church, which was mightily opposed to
the earlier Bown/Howard outing, The Da Vinci Code, has written this off
as inconsequential. Rather than challenging core beliefs of the church,
like Code, A&D is a gory showdown between religion and science. (God wins).

- - -

As if the "core beliefs" of *any* religion stand up to scientific scrutiny.

I started reading it and its portrayal of physicists as having lofty
ideals nearly made me fall over laughing. I'd say his portrayal of
both scientists and the church shows profound ignorance of both. It
was too stupid to read more than 50 pages.