[Scothia]

Puhleeeez.

Dan Brown cares about as much about factual historical evidence as Oliver Stone does.

[ConservativeMind]

The book is fiction. Why people are falling for any part of it shows they don't understand Scripture.

Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory. But simply put, we have an author that has weaved enough plausibility into a story to convince people of its "truth".

It is sad that people are not solid enough in their apologetics to resist this.

The book is filed under "fiction". Remember that, those of you who start to falter.

[theDentist]

It's called "fiction".

Perhaps he can do such a study on the new Tom Clancy novel being published in 2 or 3 weeks. It's similar... it's a story of fictional characters with a backdrop of present day locations, technology, and events! Amazing... And the big thing is, being fiction, it's entertainment, but not reality.

[Prost1]

The teaching that Jesus was single and celibate is unorthodox. Jewish males were married and had children.
Jesus was married and had children.
He was crucified as KING of the JEWS because he was a direct descendant of KING DAVID from his mother and father, thus being a PRINCE of the HOUSE of ISRAEL and CLAIMANT to the THRONE. His brother, James, continued in Jerusalem because he did not have a CLAIM after Jesus' death because of the children of Jesus.

I am right. Those who disagree are wrong.

[Larry Lucido]

Fiction can have errors? Isn't that like sour cream expiring?

[Ptaz]

The book is a work of fiction. It's the press and some of the history channels that are picking it apart. There are lots of these books out right now that are off-shoots to Davinci. People who are lazy may not recognize it's a work of fiction, but most intelligent, sound-minded individuals recognize it for what it is--FICTION.

[ex-Texan]

This is one film I will avoid seeing. I may rent it on DVD later. But I do not want to support the studio, the stars or the film makers. Just another anti-Christian movie to come out of Hollywood. How many demonic thrillers are emerging from the bowels of film studios every year? What is the point anymore? Who pays to watch this stuff?

[Kenny Bunkport]

Dan Brown's book is dangerous only because most people are pathetically gullible, not to mention amazing ignorant of what the Bible teaches.

[N. Theknow]

Because so many witnesses to Jesus, e.g., the apostles, were killed for testifying about what they themselves saw.

1. James the brother of John, was killed by Herod's sword.
2. James the Less was killed by a mob in Jerusalem.
3. Matthew was slain on a sword in Ethiopia.
4. Philip was hanged in Phrygia.
5. Bartholomew was flayed alive in Armenia.
6. Andrew was crucified in Achaia.
7. Thomas was run through with a lance in Eastern India.
8. Thaddeus was shot to death with arrows.
9. A cross went up in Persia for Simon the Zealot.
10. Another cross went up in Rome for Peter who was crucified upside down as he did not feel worthy to be crucified as Christ was.
11. Matthias was beheaded.
12. Only John escaped a martyr's grave.

A fair record, is it not, for eleven weaklings who once ran to hide? All over the then known world they set up their myriad of steeples to the sky; they left a church for Christ in every nook and corner of the earth, as they knew it.

From Frank S. Mead, The March of Eleven Men

Also, three things: 1. No one; the Romans, the Sanhedrin, the Pharisees, the Sadduccees; no one doubted the tomb was empty. 2. See above for how seeing the risen Christ changed his disciples. 3. The Jews, a "stiff-necked people" who change very little, changed the day of worship to Sunday to worship the resurrection of Christ.

[Eastbound]

"The Gospel of Thomas declares that a woman cannot be saved unless God first changes her into a man (the very last verse of Thomas, 114)."

All is resolved with metaphor. Consider the 'woman' to be mankind -- the church, -- the bride. The feminine spirit, rather than male/female anatomy. Everyone knows that the bride is feminine and the bridegroom is masculine. The marriage makes the two, one -- cleaving one flesh.

Adam was the Son of God. Eve (the mother of all living) was taken from his side. Another metaphor.

The crucifixion, death, resurrection and ascencion of the Son of God was real and happened on earth, an historical event. A natural event to compare with the spiritual event. A roadmap to understand the meaning of how each person re-attaches to God in a spiritual sense. But first, we die daily and follow the same path as the Savior in a spiritual way. Jesus went through the physical death for all of us, making our re-union with God a very real possibility before we die a physical death.

[MindBender26]

A brief reminder,

"Codes" It's a book, a novel, that's all.

The Bible is also a book. Not one word in the Bible was ever written by any person who ever saw, spoke with, heard or touched Jesus.

So before we slam Mr. Brown, let's not forget the origins of the Bible.

[Alex Murphy]

D James Kennedy bump

[Dog Gone]

Okay, I told myself last night. ONE MORE FREAKIN' POST DENOUNCING THIS MOVIE AND I'LL DEFINITELY GO SEE IT.

[wagglebee]

BTTT!

[wagglebee]

I'm no fan of Kennedy, but he nails it here.

[Between the Lines]

It would be easier to list the Da Vinci Code truths:

1. London is in England.

2. Paris is in France.

3. Da Vinci painted a bunch of paintings.

[ladyinred]

This book makes my blood boil!

[Rokke]

If you think the Di Vinci Code is full of errors, you ought to read his other book "Deception Point". It makes the Di Vince Code look well researched. Of course, neither of them are. They are mildly entertaining books of fiction worth just about the paper they are written on.

[Xenalyte]

SPOILER ALERT



Error: Sophie tells Robert about "playing Tarot" with her grandfather as a child, and mentions the Rose card.

Fact: There is no such card in a Tarot deck.

Error: People think this is an anti-Catholic book.

Fact: Leigh Teabing is revealed as the villain; he is indeed anti-Catholic Church, but it's okay for the bad guy to be against anything.



Let me remind everyone once again: this is a work of FICTION.