[1000 silverlings]

To think that a 20 century middle class American can read and comprehend scripture with any precision without reference to the two thousand year old realities is a dangerous superstition, of which myths like Da Vinci code are made.

Intriguing observation, yet who believes the Da Vinci code and hopes it's true? Nobody I know. I suppose , using that analogy, it's ridiculous for a 20th century American to understand Greek and Hebrew or Pythagoras's theorem.

[annalex]

The difference is that the Pythagoras' theorem exists in the realm of mathematics, and the scripture in its historical and cultural context.