HAHA...Catholic Munk. I never noticed the irony in that until you pointed it out :-P
On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 01:48:13 +0100 (CET), ali_marsi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some religious issues are just wrong, not a heressy. His portrayal of the > Opus Dei monk shows a total lack of knowledge of what we call in Spain "la > Obra". They have no monks and most of the priests and nuns dress as > "civilians"; there is one in the Opus Residence in the buiding that faces my > own home that wears the "robe" (?), though. > > And Brown's knowledge of Spanish Geography is nil. He puts Andorra -- a > small Pirineos country, half Spanish half French -- near Marseilles. And I > can tell you the only water you see over there is the Valira River and the > Engolasters lakes. > > It's as if he had adapted to Andorra -- where, by the way, there isn't a > jail as the one Brown depicts -- to the reason for which Santillana del Mar > is called the village of the 3 lies: because it is not holy, it is not flat > and there is no sea. Well the sea -- Cant�brico -- is not really that far. > > Alicia > > > Courtney Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're correct. In the intro to the book, he lists that the locations, > art, > and architecture are accurate, however, he doesn't say the religious > notions > are true. > > Courtney > > >From: Tabatha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [BookCrossing] Patience with books and some other stuff > >Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:51:44 -0800 (PST) > > > >I don't understand, when did Mr Brown claim it was fact? He did say that > >the locations, art, and architecture involved are accurately described. > >His reading of the symbolism involved is just that, his reading. You can > >believe it if you want, but I didn't hear him making any bones about the > >story being fiction. > >I'm just asking because I've seen this pop up twice in this discussion so > >far that Mr. Brown put this story out there as the truth, but I must have > >missed that. > > > >-tabby90 > > > >"Jenn S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >A lot of Christians I know refuse to even give the > >book a try because of Mr. Brown's claims that much of > >it is 'fact'. They think it's heresy, so they won't > >read it. > > > >--------------------------------- > >Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend > > Archives and email list settings: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > --------------------------------- > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend > > Archives and email list settings: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing > > > > > > > ________________________________ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. -- Michael R Brant "Dance Like No One is Watching" - Mark Twain "A man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them." - Mark Twain "Pain is Inevitable, but Suffering is Optional" - Unknown "Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether!" "I didn't say you're stupid, I'm just thinking it!" "I may be fat - but you're ugly, I can lose weight!" My Blog: http://abstractsecant.com My Personal Website: http://mikerbrant.com Cool Site I Run: http://togzone.com On BookCrossing: "Books Just Wanna Be Free" to see what I mean, go to http://bookcrossing.com/friend/mrbrant ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/S.QlOD/3MnJAA/Zx0JAA/wnIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
