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Posted on 05/20/2004 8:48:57 AM PDT by presidio9
Though "The Da Vinci Code" was contentious enough to produce 10 books attempting to discredit it, its author said he left out what likely would have been the most controversial part.
Dan Brown said that when he wrote the best seller that dissects the origins of Jesus Christ and disputes long-held beliefs about Catholicism, he considered including material alleging that Jesus Christ survived the crucifixion.
While speaking at a benefit Tuesday for a New Hampshire writers' group, Brown said the theory is backed by a number of "very credible sources," but that he ultimately decided it was too flimsy.
"For me, that was just three or four steps too far," he told the crowd of more than 800 people.
Brown's discussion of his book, during which he answered audience questions, was a rare public appearance for him. He has declined most requests for media interviews this year, saying he is focusing on writing the sequel to his book.
He said the new book, set in Washington, D.C., would focus on the Free and Accepted Masons, a secretive fraternal organization. He said the architecture in Washington is soaked in symbolism and plays a major role in the novel. He also said the dust jacket of "The Da Vinci Code" contains a code that reveals information about the sequel.
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That was nice of him to leave out the false information in his book of false information vaguely offered as true information.
It is funny how the same media which pore over every statement by Bush and Rumsfeld to find inaccuracies and contradictions, have passively accepted all the demonstrable rubbish in "The Da Vinci Code".
I read the book and enjoyed it. I hope he didn't write it actually believing anyone would take it as more than a story of the fictional acts of imaginary people. If so, he's got more than one screw loose.
Pure JIVE! His book is not based on scholarship, it's based on his anti-Christ/Christian agenda. That's why the media loves him so.
However, in the end, Jesus will prove Himself the Resurrected Son of G-d.
Wouldn't want to be Dan "Da Vinci" then.
2000 year old unsubstantiated gossip mongering for fun and profit. Proving yet again that P.T. Barnum's maxim, "there's a sucker born every minute" is true, although his estimate of the birth rate is too low.
Well, duh. He rose on the 3rd day didn't he?
Seriously, The Da Vinci Code is unadulterated HOGWASH. And I'd make book that this twit Dan Brown falls asleep while reading about; 'Black Helicopters', the 'Bilderbergs', the 'Illuminati', the 'NWO', etc, etc. In english - crackpot conspiracy theories. And the only item in his kitchen pantry is... Aluminum Foil!
I Corinthians 15:4.
How very Rosicrucian of him.
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