"Shows how clueless this guy is when it comes to defining what is "harmless" when it comes to defining real live spiritual warfare in defaming Christ."
A work of fiction, to be sure; better yet, a complete lie. DVC is an introduction to paganism, disguised as fiction and promoted as fiction, but actually intended to reach much of today’s historically ignorant and non-Christian educated population.
Why do I know this? Just ask the author:
Dan Brown’s words:
“Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end up debating semantics to the point where we entirely miss the obvious--that is, that we are all trying to decipher life's big mysteries, and we're each following our own paths of enlightenment. I consider myself a student of many religions. The more I learn, the more questions I have. For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress.”
“The ideas in this novel have been around for centuries; they are not my own. Admittedly, this may be the first time these ideas have been written about within the context of a popular thriller, but the information is anything but new.” [MY COMMENT: Yes, the first time they were introduced was in Genesis: You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."]
“Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods. Women in most cultures have been stripped of their spiritual power. The novel touches on questions of how and why this shift occurred…and on what lessons we might learn from it regarding our future.”
“I first learned of the mysteries hidden in Da Vinci's paintings while I was studying art history at the University of Seville in Spain. Years later, while researching Angels & Demons and the Vatican Secret Archives, I encountered the Da Vinci enigma yet again. I arranged a trip to the Louvre Museum where I was fortunate enough to view the originals of some of Da Vinci's most famous works as well as discuss them with an art historian who helped me better understand the mystery behind their surprising anomalies. From then on, I was captivated. I spent a year doing research before writing The Da Vinci Code.”
“The secret described in the novel has been chronicled for centuries, so there are thousands of sources to draw from. In addition, I was surprised how eager historians were to share their expertise with me. One academic told me her enthusiasm for The Da Vinci Code was based in part on her hope that "this ancient mystery would be unveiled to a wider audience."”
“However, the secret behind The Da Vinci Code was too well documented and significant for me to dismiss.”
Would you consider someone writing about John Wilkes Booth, two hundred years after Booth assassinated President Lincoln, claiming that Booth and Lincoln were in fact wonderfully close friends and that Lincoln asked Booth to assassinate him in order to end the Civil War and assure his place in American History as a revered figure, which he was not at that time, or would you rather read things written by people who were alive at the assignation, knew each man, and even perhaps witnessed the event, may have even been friends and/or family members, doctors, etc.?
That is the same "historical references" as defined by Brown.