You said that you thought the story was more plausible than the hocus pocus Bible. Maybe I misinterpreted you. If you don't believe in the Priory of Sion then, then the tale in the Da Vinci Code should not be "plausible" to you. That's just how I see it.

Here's a link from Wikipedia about the Priory of Sion (I chose wikipedia out of other searches on google because this is considered to be a secular non-biased site...many other websites however are consistent with this info): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priory_of_Sion Here's a link from wikipedia a...

I think the story is more plausable then the hocus pocus the bible tells You know it's funny- atheists always mock christians for believing in the Bible and what it says about Jesus. They say things like "you believe it without any concrete proof..." or, "how can you believe in something with so ma...

altiplano, I understand your frustrations with the Catholic church. In fact, I'm not ashamed to admit that I share *some* of the same frustrations as you. Before I became a Christian myself, I saw the Church as an "evil empire" that wanted to control people's lives. I didn't think there was any prob...

Organized religon in general and the Catholic Church in particular are just a big cult of fanatics trying to tell you and me how to live our lives and what to believe under the threat of burning in hell. I say burn your books, have your babies, and blow me you catholic pricks. Sounds to me as thoug...

It's a very messy scenario indeed. If the UN or the USA remains idle and lets Iran be, then they won't piss off the predominantly muslim population there and cause further alienation against the west; however, they risk the possibility that Iran will use their nukes and risk the possibility of more ...

Countries like Iran and North Korea need to be watched very closely. Both countries are very anti-west, and both possess WMDs. Not a very good combination, if you ask me.

Getting rid of the world's religions, or, converting everyone to buddhism won't change much. There are many many many crimes committed that have nothing at all to do with religion at all.

I'd agree with CID- we need more education.

Percey wrote:I wish there was no such thing as religions...

Wouldn't it be better to wish for no extremists? Religion itself is not responsible for all the evil, but it's the people who cause the harm.

Saying that religion is the cause of evil is like arguing that "guns kill people."

I agree with exeption to the whole God in schools bit, I believe that seperating religion from state must be held to the T. I as a Jew do not like religious propaganda being prostituted to me If you don't want religion "prostituted" to you, then go to a public school. If you're attending a Catholic...

I am not very familiar with Josephus' work, so I can't really comment on it too much. Jesus' story has obviously influenced many lives, and Christianity is a religion that has become accepted all over the world. I don't think there are many people out there who still worship Hercules, nor any other ...

Here's a link I found which does have some non-Christian sources sited: http://www.answers.com/topic/historicity-of-jesus. At the bottom of the page it has a whole sleuth of other links, which should keep you busy for days.

altiplano, I could post some links that do claim to support the existence of Jesus, but they are pro-christian websites (ex. http://www.godandscience.org, http://www.carm.org, http://www.bede.org.uk/jesusindex.htm, etc). You could easily do a google search and find many other such claims that Jesus ...

Pretty much all major historical scholars agree that Jesus did in fact exist. There does appear to be very little disagreement on this fact.

Where people do disagree is on whether or not He was whom He says He was (the son of God).

I'm really not in the mood to argue theology this morning, but suffice it to say that Jesus Christ was never recorded as having condemned homosexuality. In fact, he never said anything about it at all. Paul had a dim view of it, but I'd hazard a guess that that was his personal view, and not someth...

W sqaured, I would definetly agree that there is a tremendous amount of hypocrisy and ignorance amongst Christians today. I often feel embarassed to lump myself in the same category as some of these people; however, I know that these people don't speak for myself, nor do I believe that they make goo...

That letter to Laura is old, and pretty ignorant. Those bizarre laws were given to Moses to pass down to the Jews. Christians, however, do not follow these laws, as it clearly states in the New Testament. Some Jews today still practice some of those old laws.

He's the same jerk that picketed Matt Sheppherd's funeral, and wanted to have a monument built in a park that said "matt is burning in hell." The guys is not a Christian. He is definetly an embarassment to my faith. If I was not a devout Christian myself and I saw this guy preaching to me, I would p...

You cannot honestly be this stupid can you? If a different religion thinks something is wrong then they are not tolerant. If you think something is wrong then you are just following your religion so you are a moral being. Let me make a futile opinion to clue you in you cephaloplegic reprobate: No o...

Thanks for the mature and well-thought out post. I can't say I have much of a problem with how you feel. I think that is the normal attitude amongst most people these days and that is exactly how I used to look at life. I would just like to comment on one of your comments: A point here...did you kno...

In the end..when we die..it's just blackness. You sure about that? I guess you're as sure of this as I am that there is a "Christian heaven" and afterlife. Both sides require "faith." For Christian folk, we have faith because we believe without physical proof and scientific evidence that there is a...

3) The pope seems to think that birth control is immoral even in countries where children are being born into families that can't provide for them. The Vatican argues that it is simply best for these people to remain abstinent. Is it realistic of them to assume they will? Probably not; however, usi...

Respecting other people's culture and values is important; however, assimilation is equally important. Both my parents are immigrants- they both retain some of their cultural values which were important to them; however, they also understood that it was important to "give up" some of their other val...

If you want to do business IN a foreign country, you have to respect their customs and culture. Period. True, but you dont see any Jewish or Christian countries doing this. The name of the thread was copied from the title of the article. I guess it is a little misleading, though. Hope I didn't disa...

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48269 Airline bans Bibles to avoid offending Muslims Carrier to Saudi Arabia also precluding crucifixes, teddy bears © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com A British airline banned its staff from taking Bibles and wearing crucifixes or St. Christopher medal...