By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com
Flee the City: Da Vinci Code Debate Scheduled for 7 P.M.
If the blinding white heat of Da Vinci Code hype has not yet forced your eyes to roll 180 degrees in your head before cascading down your cheeks in gooey streams, you are likely one of the hardcore fans who will get a kick out of tonight’s Da Vinci Code Debate at the New York Hilton. Organizers have touted this as the global Code event to end all Code events, if only because the hotel will implode from a spectacular burst of the debaters’ deeply ingrained self-loathing.
And if I were a betting man, I would place “Chosen People Ministries” president Mitch Glaser (who has been warming up to this for a while) at the flashpoint:
Because of Dan Brown’s fictional thriller, Christian history is in the news like never before. There are people in the world angry and protesting opinions and statements raised in The Da Vinci Code and then there are people who see the book and movie as an amazing opportunity.
“There is one thing all our debate speakers agree upon,” said Mitch Glaser. “Some of the issues raised in The Da Vinci Code book and movie will allow people usually not interested in biblical issues to perhaps open a Bible to learn more.” …
Some of the big questions The Da Vinci Code Debate in New York will answer include:
* Are there hidden messages in Da Vinci’s art?
* Was Jesus a prophet, living God or the Messiah himself?
* Is The Da Vinci Code really fiction or mostly fact?
* Do the so-called secret Gnostic “gospels” help us understand Jesus?
* Did Jesus really marry Mary Magdalene and have a secret family?
* Were women stripped of their early spiritual power in the Church?
* What is the remaining relevance of The Da Vinci Code today?
In other news, evacuations in Midtown should start around noon, so try and have your work done and take all of your valuables with you upon leaving the office. I have been hoarding bottled water for a few months now, so e-mail me if you want in on the stash. The Reeler is, first and foremost, a humanitarian operation.