[Doc Savage]

As I have said before, here is guy who is so jet-lagged in Paris that he can't be woken up by the ringing phone. Once he is up he never again sleeps, eats, or takes a dump for more than 3 days. This is a plot????????????????????

[George W. Bush]

Folks, If I had an F'ING nickel for every time I have read this statement in the last week, I would take the whole purse and wager it on "Republicans retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives this Fall."

I'll take your Da Vinci and raise you a Passion.

Hollywood is pretty lame to think this convinces anyone other than ignorant goombas and assorted liberals.

A young man I know, not terribly devout, was dragged to this thing by his liberally-churched fiance who had read the book. He gave up debunking it to her after about 10 minutes because she saw how dumb it was and they both fell asleep halfway through because it was so boring and stupid.

His mother was content that she hadn't failed the lad entirely in his Christian upbringing.

[shield]

Have you ever read "Chariots of the Gods"? That's another book I found to be outrageous however it had the very same effect as The Da Vinci Code. The author of 'Chariots of the Gods' NEVER claimed it was fiction. You should have seen what this author did to Our Lord Jesus in it. Pretty much the same thing...claiming He wasn't divine. I'm a little surprised a movie wasn't made of this book.

[ridesthemiles]

Haven't seen the movie-YET. I couldn't put the book down.

Sad if Ron Howard couldn't keep the suspense the book had.

[ridesthemiles]

I have one problem with the likes of Mark Belling hammering at the DaVinci Code.

He is confusing "belief" with "knowing".

He and many other Christians - all religions, for that matter- BELIEVE what they are being taught about Christ- or whoever.

Those BELIEFS are based on a BIBLE that has been re-written a number of times, and I don't think anyone knows how many times. Some of the Popes that ordered the "revisions" were not litterate themselves, depending entirely on the few members of their court that could read and write. There is also the issue of "translations" from one language to another.

Since NO ONE is alive today who was alive when Jesus walked the Earth, then there is no KNOWLEDGE of what really occured. ONLY fragments of words written sometimes long after Jesus had to be dead and gone, no matter how long he lived. That is why the various books of the Bible I learned from are called "the Gospel according to _______, or are called "the Book of ______.

I am not trying to bash Christians or their beliefs.

I am only trying to point out the difference between KNOWING something and BELIEVING something.

Each is welcome to their belief. Da Vinci Code is a book and a movie- It is not the Gospel according to Dan Brown.

[MassExodus]

Readable? You betcha.

Geez, maybe I have a short attention span, but I found the book to be completely unreadable.

[pawdoggie]

My wife, who's pretty devout, loved the onovel. I hated it. The difference is that she read it purely as a work f fiction, whilst I (amateur historian and biblical archaeology buff that I am) read it as bad "historical" fiction.