Uh, dude, The Da Vinci Code is fiction. To get mad over that is like the Muslims getting mad over The Satanic Verses, minus the death threat.
True enough, but there is enough fact twisted and mixed into it to make it highly pernicious, and there are a good number of people (one of whom cornered me and nearly killed me with boredom at the feed store some time back) who believe that there is a str5ong factual basis for what the book presents as fiction.
You're looking at it as a non-Christian.
As a Christian, the Da Vinci Code, while fiction, is dangerous for two reasons:
(1) Assuming Christians are right, believing in Dan Brown's bestseller will damage your right relationship with God.
(2) Being full of fabrications and a few half-truths, there are many gullible people who will believe what was written. If they read it in a book, it's got to be right, right? ;) The power of a half-truth is stronger than that of a lie.
That's why Christians oppose the book.
HTH,
Sauron
I'm not mad over The Da Vinci Code, and I'm not for censoring it or anything like that. However, it is appropriate for Christians to point out that the book isn't true.
Suppose someone wrote a fictional book, or produced a fictional movie, which depicted Ronald Reagan doing numerous terrible things which he never in reality did. Suppose the author, in interviews, alleged that his book/movie is based on years of painstaking historical research, where he uncovered new truths about Reagan. He never comes right out and says his book is non-fiction. It's listed and sold in the fiction category. But the author makes every effort to imply that Reagan really did do all the wicked things described in his work. The media then chime in, with stories which stop short of stating that the work is factual, but discuss the "taboo-shattering" nature of the book, and how even though it's "technically" fiction, it is "well-researched" and reveals "possible new truths" about Reagan. Suppose the book is written in a style that leads readers to believe it's a biography of Reagan, rather than fiction.
Wouldn't conservatives be well within their rights to point out that in fact the book is totally fictitious, and that it's storyline is made up out of thin air?
Uh Dude, we know it's fiction...but it is fiction with an agenda...you know, like NBC, CBS, ABC, and NPR.
Uh, dude, it's being sold as "historically accurate" fiction. It's "fiction" with the same central theme as Islam, that Jesus is not the Son of God and did not die on the Cross. It's "fiction" that is being used to promote supposed "history" like "The Gospel of Judas."
It's not just a book. It's part of a movement bent on denying and desecrating all that Christ taught and his followers hold dear. It has much the same moral standing as well as the same general intent as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Others may believe in God or Jesus, or not, as they choose, but no one can honestly fend off criticism of these works with the lame "it's fiction" cantrip. And the fact that the NAZIs promoted the same beliefs and the Jihadists do so today as well is enough for me to suspect the whff of evil is associated with all who espouse these views and either evil or willing ignorance with those who even intellectually defend it.
And do not try to hide behind the "you said NAZI" crap. Look up Theosophy, things like the "Ahnenerbe Forschungs und Lehrgemeinschaft" or people like Blavatsky or Otto Rahn, among tons of other references. The concepts championed by Brown in DaVinci Code and the folks now pushing the Gospel of Judas are not historically, intellectually or morally neutral. They are the stuff of racism, eugenics, murder and genocide.