Fitz(Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 25th January 2005, 20:05
Some reckon it`s a shadowy secret society. Others say it`s just extreme Catholicism. And yes, I have read The Da Vinci code. :D
JohnF
RE: What`s the score with this Opus Dei stuff ?
Sue Davies(Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 25th January 2005, 20:18
It`s just made up. There is another Da Vinci Code(jump up on the bandwagon) next week on 4 with Baldrick er Tony Robinson
Sue Davies
:) News Editor and Site Reviewer DVD Reviewer
RE: What`s the score with this Opus Dei stuff ?
Batavia(Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 25th January 2005, 20:42
I used to get literature from them. They are not at all a secret sect, though they are very fundamentalist Roman Catholic. Nothing dodgy going on, as some would have you believe. Info here, if interested.
RE: What`s the score with this Opus Dei stuff ?
tWeetZ(Competent) posted this on Wednesday, 26th January 2005, 14:27
LOL, it isn`t made up. And hell no, I`m not in it or involved in anyway.
~tWeetZ
Disclaimer: This is the express opinion of the person named only, and is in no way offering the view of Opus Dei.
;)
RE: What`s the score with this Opus Dei stuff ?
redtom(Competent) posted this on Wednesday, 26th January 2005, 15:00
funny, that opus dei website - it says that the book maintains that constantine invented jc`s divinity, whereas, as I recall, the book said that constantine and the council of nicea took a vote to decide what version of events should go into the bible - and the one they went with was the one that had christ as a divine figure, cox it was the most popular...
"What are you doing here? Five words or less."
"Out. For. A. Walk."
"Bitch."
RE: What`s the score with this Opus Dei stuff ?
Batavia(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 26th January 2005, 15:16
A load of old bunkum. They met in Nicaea and formulated the Nicene Creed. Nothing to do with the Divinity of Christ, which is already established in the Gospels ("my Lord and my God") and expanded in the writings of St. Paul. The history and the Nicene Creed are here. That conspiracy book is totally incorrect about everything. Sort of along the lines of the lies Eric von Daniken gave as "proof" of aliens back in the seventies. It was all lies and thousands came in suckers.
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Chode(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 26th January 2005, 15:44
Their was a big spread in this weeks Mail On Sunday about them, at their core they operate the same way as other cults, they separate people from their family`s to the extent that they tried to stop a man who supported his parents, brothers and sisters in his home country, from sending them ANY money at all, even though that was all the money they received. They said to give the money TO THEM, Opus Dei.
The leader was a friend and supporter of Mussolini. The Pope is even belived to regard them as a cult. Steer clear.
Bog off Foggy Ok, I admit it, I have a Phillips DVDR70 (dons hard hat and jumps in bunker ready for incoming verbal abuse!)
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RE: What`s the score with this Opus Dei stuff ?
Batavia(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 26th January 2005, 16:09
Yes, I would agree with that. Stay clear.
RE: What`s the score with this Opus Dei stuff ?
jeffthegun(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 26th January 2005, 16:16
You are aware of the Irony in using writings that are over a thousand years old, have been translated through many languages from hardly impartial viewpoints to disprove opinions in a 2 year old book?
