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Not profanity , just stupidity. The dumbass author places a small 'All the events in this book are true' disclaimer at the front and suddenly Everyone is making a huge fuss.
Jesus christ in a napkin basket when will the tools give it a break.....
The Da Vinci Code is a LIE it is fictional in it's entirety . All it takes is a decent imagination (although thats debatable considering how many people 'claim' to have come up with the idea) and a few hours on wikipedia. BAM. You have yourself a book which garners negative criticism from the religious community , which (while no one aside from themselves gives a damn) causes attention.
Nah, the author doesn't say it's the truth. He's the first to admit certain aspects are fabricated.
People just need to realize it's fiction. Every movie insults someone ...but apparently only the religious groups are allowed to get upset about it. They really need to get over themselves and be above that sort of pointless squabbling.
The Da Vinci Code is not a history or research book. It is a novel and should be treated as such. As Dan Brown states on his website; the documents, rituals, organization, artwork, and architecture in the novel all exist. These real elements are interpreted and debated by fictional characters. Each individual reader must explore these characters' viewpoints and come to his or her own interpretations. A reader does not have to agree with every word in the novel to use the book as a positive catalyst for introspection and exploration of our faith.
A religion which cannot be questioned or reconsidered is not a religion which merits devotion.
So it was strange for someone to not be married around Jesus age in those times. Maybe Jesus was married to a hooker and even had sex with her. Jesus was just a man and he's nice like that to save the soul of a prostitute.
Sounds like pure logic to me, nothing profanity about it.
But that movie is retarded, I don't want to see a Tom Hanks movie ever again after that retard movie he did with the "I like chocolates" line.
I read that the popular image of Mary comes from confusion between her and two other women: Martha’ s sister Mary and an unnamed sinner in Luke’ s gospel. Both of these women wash Jesus’ feet with their hair. Pope Gregory the Great declared that all three women were the same person and it wouldn' t have been until 1969 that the Catholic Church reversed course.
Originally posted by Lugia's_Trainer
vote please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, I agree with Storm. DVC is reviewed as if it were a history book. Although it is pretty stupid of Dan Brown to claim that it's a fact that Newton, Da Vinci, etc. were members of the Priory of Sion (Specially since that claim is based on Les Dossiers Secrets) the book is none the less, fiction.
Well it says "...(Priory of Sion) is a real organization. In 1975 Paris's Bibliotheque Nationale discovered parchments known as Les Dossiers Secrets, identifying numerous members of the Priory of Sion, including Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo and Leonardo Da Vinci."
It's a fact the documents are false, that shouldn't even be there, or at least Dan Brown should aknowledge the fact the documents are not real.
Pretty much the whole part about the Priory of Sion was false (and pretty blatantly stolen from an older nonfiction book called Holy Blood, Holy Grail). Two organizations with the name PoS have existed—one was a minor political party in France in the 1940's, the other was a group of monks in the middle ages. The guy who forged the documents about the "grand masters" came forward some years ago.
That said, I think it's unfair for movie reviewers (read: self-proclaimed theologians) to be going off about how completely, utterly ridiculous it is and how you'd have to be stupid to believe any of it. It's not. A little far-fetched at times, maybe, but there are definitely parts of the story that are plausible.
Besides, I've always felt that the point of the book was merely to remind us to look at long-held beliefs with a little more caution, perhaps a little more imagination. You don't have to be any more stupid to believe the Da Vinci Code word-for-word than to believe the Bible in the same way. Both state everything as fact, if you're gullible like that. Both have questionable origins.
Oh, and another thing: the pentacle has never been a symbol of the "sacred feminine". 🙂
Originally posted by EisDan Brown is a moron.
I don't think there are enough choices. 😐Anyway, I agree with Storm. DVC is reviewed as if it were a history book. Although it is pretty stupid of Dan Brown to claim that it's a fact that Newton, Da Vinci, etc. were members of the Priory of Sion (Specially since that claim is based on Les Dossiers Secrets) the book is none the less, fiction.
I'm only 13 but i have read the da vinci code and angels and demons but what i think is interesting is if you look at the last supper it does resemble a womans face and body more than john the baptist. i didn't believe it at first until after i read it a bunch of my friends started to say that their pastor told them that the davinci code was a satanic non-christian book. and if this book was considered a fiction why did the church attempt to cover the book up? it will make you think. and another thing if the priory of sion is in-fact a real group than if this wasn't true than what would be their purpose? and what of the relationship in the words made from sangreal? san greal meaning holy
grail and sang real meaning royal blood. i may be 13 but i believe that the church is afraid of this book.
Originally posted by AllianceYep, yep.........the church really is the evil, though many have never read about the manipulations of it for power, and YES, it had/has a large role in the suppression of women. Even today how they make them dress and don't the not speaking in church, or for god sakes have a view on anything important!!
The church is afraid of free speech and free thought in general. They ahvesuppresed it throught history, they will continue to do so.The book is FICTION, but it does raise some interesting points. Imo, especially in the relationship between the church and women.
No wonder I'm a heretic.
Originally posted by grey fox
Not profanity , just stupidity. The dumbass author places a small 'All the events in this book are true' disclaimer at the front and suddenly Everyone is making a huge fuss.Jesus christ in a napkin basket when will the tools give it a break.....
The Da Vinci Code is a LIE it is fictional in it's entirety . All it takes is a decent imagination (although thats debatable considering how many people 'claim' to have come up with the idea) and a few hours on wikipedia. BAM. You have yourself a book which garners negative criticism from the religious community , which (while no one aside from themselves gives a damn) causes attention.
Read it again. It does not say "Everything in this book is real", it says "All descriptions of art, architecture, spiritual rituals, and documents in this book are acurate." If what you said was true, it would say something along the lines of "Everything in this book, including the characters, events, storyline, and dialogue are accurate."
Seriously. People who whine about the book are making an ass of themselves; if you don't like it, put down the book and read something else. It's that simple...