'Da Vinci' churches ripped

The Washington Times ^ | 3 January 2006

[thefactor]

sure thing, you old curmudgeon. just because you slither around FR talking down to people through your cheetos-stained keyboard does not make you correct. not even in this instance.

so you found a quote where brown acknowledged that some art and buildings in his books actually exist. take a bow.

[Darkwolf377]

just because you slither around FR talking down to people through your cheetos-stained keyboard does not make you correct. not even in this instance.

Somebody get the Whaaaambulance for this whiney know-nothing, who can't deal in facts but "just knows" everything.

BTW, my keyboard is not Cheetos-stained, but it does have a CAPS key.

[irishjuggler]

and all of the art, architecture, and secret stuff IS all real. do you dispute that?

Yes, I absolutely do dispute that. There are no secret messages in ancient architecture and art about Mary Magdalene being Mrs Jesus. Leonardo wasn't part of 'The Priory of Sion' or any other such nonsense.

[Darkwolf377]

The new thing is the one used at the beginning of Munich: "Inspired by true events."

In other words, fiction.

[righttackle44]

"It makes me angry that H.G. Wells lied to us."

Maybe he didn't. Tonight--any night that you
hear those creaks in your house, or the rustling
of brush outside, be afraid.

Be very afraid.

WHOOOOHAAAAAAAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH!

[thefactor]

you said exactly what i said. the art, architecture and secret societies exist, but brown took liberties with how they all inter-relate. i typed it slower this time so you guys could read it.

[birbear]

I recall seeing Digital Fortress a lot back when it came out but didn't know anyone who'd read it. It looked like one of those Illuminati! books to me.

That's pretty ironic since Dan Brown's book "Angels and Demons" has the Illuminati as one of it's main plot points.

I've read Digital Fortress and Da Vinci Code, and am halfway through "Angels and Demons". It's pulp fiction. It took me two days to read Da Vinci Code (and I'm a notoriously slow novel reader). It's a decent story. For some reason it caught the imagination of America (and the world) to become an international best seller selling 25 million copies and spawning several "Discovery" type TV shows about the so-called code. The movie's going to be a box office smash next summer.

My own faith in Christ was strengthen after reading the book. It caused me to go out and buy a copy of "The Case for Christ" and a few other books. I imagine it had similar effects for others.

But it's Dan Brown's interpreation of things. That's fine. Tom Clancy interpreted the way a nuclear sub would operate. History shows that he was pretty accurate, but a lot of "The Hunt for Red October" was speculative -- he had never been aboard a nuke sub until after it became a best seller.

It's not like Dan Brown is claiming he's writing a text book. I found my copy in the fiction section.

[flying Elvis]

Thus far, no one has commented on the irony of Westminster Abbey calling anything "theologically unsound."

[bigsigh]

I'm just guessing. You don't have a book on the best seller list do you?

[Mr. Blonde]

I don't particularly care about any fact or fiction in the story. It is doing its job in book form of entertaining people. And judging by the trailer that's out the movie looks like it will be very good as well.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

he has never said this was straight fact

So, if he was writing a story with "some" facts and other glaring errors, how can any reader discern what is the truth in the book? It sounds laughable.

[Dustbunny]

I just thought it was a heap of cr*p!

Yep, that is exactly what it is.

[Darkwolf377]

It's not like Dan Brown is claiming he's writing a text book. I found my copy in the fiction section.

Unfortunately, Dan Brown claims he's written a book based on facts--just look at the opening of the book itself, or the post I made upthread in which he says everything in it is true, in terms of historical facts.

[MississippiMan]

I took it with me as my primary read on a cruise. At first I was pleased that Brown's writing had at least improved a bit beyond the juvenile crap of his previous work. Then he stopped telling a novel-worthy story and started preaching his nonsensical version of this goofy theory that's been around for hundreds of years. I threw it into the blue Pacific. Felt kinda bad for poisoning the fish afterward, but the thing had to go somewhere.

It's weird how it caught on, since there's certainly nothing unique about it. In fact, an author named Lewis Perdue is suing Brown for plagiarism. Perdue published a very similar book (DAUGHTERS OF GOD, maybe?) way back in the 80s. I've no doubt that Satan and his minions gave Brown's book a push whenever they could.

MM

[bigsigh]

I had a friend with a PhD accept the book as the new book of the Bible. I sent her a list of the errors from some web site. She didn't read it. Said it was propaganda from the church and that Brown had the real stuff. What can you do?

[Kenny Bunk]

It was so poorly written.....displaying a shocking lack of knowledge of basic art history, nevermind its made-up religious aspects ....

Thank you.

[thefactor]

IT'S FICTION!

you want half-truths and outright lies dressed as truth? read a book authored by a clinton.

[Alouette]

Digital Fortress is about some stupid plot to infect the main computer at the NSA with some super virus.

In the book, he has NSA agents doing incredibly stupid things, including hiring an ex-con because he's such a great hacker, and bringing civilians into their operations. It would probably make a good Hollyweird movie, because Hollyweird never gets computer stuff right anyway.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Yeah, don't let facts get in the way... like the name of the President's helicopter, the number of states in the US, what are the five great lakes. The EASY stuff. Nobody will notice that and make you to look like a bafoon.

[Theo]

Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification.