That's fine and wonderful, but why can't Brown just say he doesn't believe that Jesus and Mary were married and had a child? Brown will not denounce this theory either because it helps sells more books and/or that he really believes it. Brown intentionally implies that he has facts to back up this stuff, when in reality his alledged facts have been thoroughly discredited. There are A LOT of people who are buying into this blasphamous lie. I don't mind him making up stories about fictious people, but when he lies about history and known historical figures, I think it should be clearly stated that those 'facts' are not true.
One of the first books that Brown read, years ago, (which started his research) that puts forth this theory, is "The Woman With the Alabaster Jar" by a best selling author who is a life long CATHOLIC - with an impressive education and research resume.
That book and many of her's subsequently, all NON_fiction, have not brought down the hounds of hell on her. Not a blip.
Why is this, I wonder?
For those who are not afraid of using their own minds...read my post #102 (she also had a web site...not a place for the overly dogmatic)
"That's fine and wonderful, but why can't Brown just say he doesn't believe that Jesus and Mary were married and had a child? Brown will not denounce this theory either because it helps sells more books and/or that he really believes it. Brown intentionally implies that he has facts to back up this stuff, when in reality his alledged facts have been thoroughly discredited. There are A LOT of people who are buying into this blasphamous lie. I don't mind him making up stories about fictious people, but when he lies about history and known historical figures, I think it should be clearly stated that those 'facts' are not true."
I think you answered your own question. Brown thinks he can get more money by letting people think it is true. But what he is doing is not illegal, nor will it damage Christianity.
Whether it damages Brown (at God's Great Judgement Seat) is a matter for Brown and God. Whether it damages others is a matter of their free will. Put the facts before them, and let them make their own choices. You cannot force people to salvation.
Remember the parable of the sower? Some of the seed will fall on the path and fail to root, other will be choked by weeds. Some will be choked by the weeds of the da Vinci Code, but they would likely have been choked by other weeds if Dan Brown did not exist. They want to believe his nonsense because accepting the real story is too hard for them.