INDIGO DECISION
A news item today reported that the Canadian book chain Indigo has pulled Harpers magazine since the most recent issue of this magazine “contains reprints of 12 cartoons that sparked outrage in the Muslim world earlier this year” (“Indigo pulls Harper’s magazine”).
Interesting, eh? The blockbuster The Da Vinci Code also contains outrageous material: blasphemous ideas about the blessed Lord Jesus. But there is not a thought about pulling that or the other trashy pulp that makes similarly ludicrous claims. The difference? How sincere Muslims and sincere Christians react to blasphemy. The first are ready to slay the infidel that mock the Prophet. The latter are set to pray for those that ridicule them.
Interesting, eh? The blockbuster The Da Vinci Code also contains outrageous material: blasphemous ideas about the blessed Lord Jesus. But there is not a thought about pulling that or the other trashy pulp that makes similarly ludicrous claims. The difference? How sincere Muslims and sincere Christians react to blasphemy. The first are ready to slay the infidel that mock the Prophet. The latter are set to pray for those that ridicule them.
Appreciate the comment Michael. Sadly some of the "christian" response has been lacking in prayer!
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Anonymous |
4:16 p.m.
Well, unfortunately, this is not as "black and white" an issue has Prof. Haykin has presented it to be. The DaVinci code (while being mostly fiction) is based on SOME (albeit minimal) truth, and secondly, what is so blasphameous about a book that is mearly exploring another THEORY regarding the origins of Jesus Christ, its intent was not to harm, but many interpreted it as a "threat" to Christianity. I beg to differ. The DaVinci code has instead brought MORE people to it, getting them interested in the subject and prompting them to want to explore. The cartoons, however, while meant to entertain, hid a more serious prejudice, one that could be interpreted as racist. It was the MANNER in which the issue was presented that was the problem, and not the issue itself, in my opinion.
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Anonymous |
2:47 p.m.