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To: trashcanbred

I think, beyond the whole married with children thing, the theme in the book most offensive to devout Christians would have to be the notion that Christ was a mortal man, a mere prophet and not the Messiah. It then goes on to say, in a faux factual manner, that the Church decided to cover it all up (the humanity and family life of Jesus) in a meeting.

The impression I got from the book is that Dan Brown tried writing an essay first, then went back in and added dialogue and a plot as a means of disseminating his message. Sort of like the proto-Marxism that Tolstoy included in War and Peace. But beyond all that, I still enjoyed the read, even if Brown did use the term "sacred feminine" WAY too much.

For the record, I was raised Catholic. I'm not especially religious any more (and no, it wasn't the Da Vinci Code that sowed the seeds).


28 posted on 05/07/2006 8:56:34 AM PDT by Cyclopean Squid (History is a work in progress)
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To: Cyclopean Squid
But beyond all that, I still enjoyed the read, even if Brown did use the term "sacred feminine" WAY too much.

You got that right! Everything else I agree with too.

64 posted on 05/07/2006 11:00:19 AM PDT by trashcanbred (Anti-social and anti-socialist)
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