To: MadIvan
There was a 90 minute program on the University of California cable network, UCTV, last month. The speaker was a Professor of History with training from various schools including Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena.
The speaker was a Protestant Christian. He spent the program demonstrating that the contents of the book doesn't even rise to a level of veracity which would require rebuttal by serious historians. He made the program because he was concerned that too many people have accepted the premises of the book as accurate. He stated that the sect of the Rosicrucian's was started based on a similar piece of sham literature.
He spent a lot of time debunking inaccuracies in the art aspects and pointed out that even the name is a sham: Da Vinci is a suffix indicating that Leonardo was from the town of Vinci. He said it would have made as much sense as writing a book about Jesus and referring to him as "of Nazareth".
His contention was that the book was actually good reading as fiction and he intended to see the movie expecting it to be good.
He spent some time pointing out that Dan Brown has been cagey when attempts have been made to get Brown to admit that the story line is fabricated.
I recorded the program on DVD for my son who is a seminary student.
[My Opinion]Protestants should not see this as attack on the Roman Catholic Church. It is actually an attack on the Christian faith! We need to stand with our Catholic brethren and beat this thing back. Remember that the "Passion of Christ" was brought to us complements of a Roman Catholic! :)
To: the_Watchman
11 posted on
05/11/2006 11:24:44 PM PDT by
Pikamax
To: the_Watchman
He spent some time pointing out that Dan Brown has been cagey when attempts have been made to get Brown to admit that the story line is fabricated. Dan Brown makes Michael Moore look good by comparison.
38 posted on
05/12/2006 8:41:57 AM PDT by
nosofar
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