[Kate of Spice Island]

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[Tribune7]

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[Xenalyte]

Underscoring this impression to be more than a novel, the author claims his work is thoroughly researched and has characters of high credibility pour forth the novel's ideas. In fact, Dan Brown has said on his web site that he wanted these issues discussed because the theories he sets forth have been espoused for some time.

I can claim and state stuff all day. That doesn't make it at all real, valid, or worthy of consideration. Those stupid enough to believe me deserve the intellectual molasses their brains demonstrably are.

For instance: I have thoroughly researched Xena. I have created for myself a persona with high credibility to pour forth her ideas, which mostly involve war and honor and steel and vengeful gods but do stretch at times to unorthodox fashion. I have said on my Website that Xena raises issues that I want discussed, and said ideas have been espoused for some time, most notably by the esteemed philosopher Hercules on the same channel.

Can't you just feel yourself becoming stupider as a result of having read that?

[newheart]

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[dukeman]

Thanks for posting this. As a Christian, I know that Jesus does have a bride-- the church.

Against my objections, my wife and teen-aged daugher each read the book. They saw it as frivolous fiction which wouldn't influence their Christian beliefs one way or another. My approach was that the things we do, such as toying with literature which profanes Jesus, can actually grieve God. Why would I want to do that after He's done so much for me?

I'm sure the movie, reportedly to be directed by Ron Howard, will be a huge hit. I won't see it.

[fishtank]

Da Vinci Code = Muslim doctrine


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[Conan the Librarian]

I object to this, not because of the subject matter, a story that has been around for ages, nor, because it takes glory away from the Christ, which it doesn't. I object because, contrary to the article's author's opinion, it was a lousy read. If I hadn't checked it out from the library, I would have asked for my money back. I figured out the whole thing halfway through the book. Please let this book die a horrible death in the depths of other bad books.

[BibChr]

Good, brief read.

[montag813]

The mystery, which I will not give away

Will someone please give it away. It would help dampen books sales of this tripe.

[InvisibleChurch]

by accepting the premise that Jesus is not the Savior, then there can be no Judgement Day ... that is what people want to avoid

[JmyBryan]

Not that I agree with this but: the Jesus was married crowd believes his marriage was covered up by the church for political reasons ie that the church was against the Desponsyni or Jesus relatives in the struggle for legitimacy and that European history has been a struggle by these "legitimate" rulers against the illegitimate church.

Grain of salt recommended.

[CGVet58]

among all the hoopla, what has been (to the best of my knowledge...) missing is a statement of the obvious; that taking a novel where the author is perfectly entitled to exercise "artistic license" and seeing it transmogrify into a distortion of a religion does not cast doubt upon said religion, but rather reflects the shallowness-of-faith that has already befallen so many

It is a rorschach event; much as Einstein proved that in observing phenomena we effect the outcome, the so-called truthfulness that has come from this book simply proves how brittle the faith of many has become - they have forgotten so much about Christ and about God that the little they do remember is like a fading memory that can easily be tested, swayed and swept away.

Good book, though... but not as good a writer as Clancy, much less Herman Wouk or Leon Uris, but entertaining nonetheless. But that's all it is. And it most certainly is not a powerful enough book to challenge my faith, because my faith isn't that weak.

CGVet58