da Vinci's Can o' Worms

Never heard anything about it.

Bro. Dallas

 

http://movies.go.com/movies/D/davincicode_2004/

 

I don't know much about it. I did see the author on Good Morning America the day it was released. It sounded like an anti christian book. Is that so?

 

Someone gave me a copy of the book so I read it.

I did not think it was a very good book. As far as the controversy, the book did have quite a few things that I would not agree with. Whether it was anti-Christian, I think that is hard to say. It certainly is a different view. To me, the worst thing was how he mixed in truths, half-truths, and flat out made up stuff. If it was all made up, it would not have been so bad because you could just accept it as the work of fiction it is. But instead, the waters are awfully muddy which could confuse many people.

 

But instead, the waters are awfully muddy which could confuse many people.
Be careful brother, thems fightn' words round 'ere

Bro. Dallas

 

Oh, this must have circuited its way through the United Methodist. This is what my wife's family attend. Our sons spent the weekend with her grandparents and they came home talking about how Jesus had a girlfriend and it was Mary Magdalene, you know what this frog did...don't ya?

Been gigged but not yet jigged.

I still haven't heard of this, I will have to read the link you provide, but tomorrow, ok?

God Bless
Bro. Dallas

 

Ok, I know you said we would agree on this topic, but I must confess to you I do have an ivestigative nature. If it is ok with you. Your statements are beginning to look like mine concerning the Passion, that doesn't bother me, but I do really want to read something about this.

Is there any link online? Would the book be in libraries yet?

See, brother, I am not just being harsh on the Passion film, the way you feel about this book is exactly what I feel when I see the things related to that film.

Hope you can understand that is why I have appeared to be so 'hard' against that movie.

God Bless

Bro. Dallas

 

Bro. Dallas!

You can buy the book at Wally-World--I picked it up off the shelf, read a few pages, then put it back! I should have "stashed" it somewhere(so noone else could read it), I just didn't think about it at the time.

The book is about as useless as a New York City phone book distributed to the residents of Tokyo!

Your brother,
David

 

Wow. Didn't realize I'd get blasted so for taking a position only halfway against the book. And yes, it was the right book.

The reason I was ambiguous about whether it really was anti-Christian was a matter of intent. There is no doubt that what the characters have to say in the book goes against what we believe. The most damning thing I can remember is something about the early church being unsure of the deity of Christ until they could vote on it a few centuries later. I find that much worse than the Mary Magdeline part everyone focuses on. But intent. I am not sure that I personally found there to be malice on the part of the writer. If he was really being anti-Christian, I would have expected that. So that is why I was ambiguous on the matter. There certainly is enough there that you could make the case that he was, and I would not argue against you. But it is a level I am not going to advocate myself. Of course, it just may be that he is not a good enough writer for me to discern what he was realy going after. It is a fairly poorly written book.

 

A page turner, yes. Very much like a Grisham book in that regard. Of course after a few Grishams, I decided I had had enough. Tried to read another a few years later and could not stomach it. But that's my opinion. Millions love his books. But I think the average Grisham book is much better written than this thing was. Again, just my opinion. Millions love a page turner. Many would likely think the things I read are no good.

Closer to topic, as I said, I can see how you have your opinion. And I think there is enough information available to support your position and so I will not argue against it. You are not stretching anything. I am personally fence sitting when it comes to whether it was meant to be anti-Christian. There are many things that go against what we believe. There is definately an undercurrent against a specific conservative wing of the Catholic Church. But it also a work of fiction and does not pretend to be anything else. From what I remember, at the front of the book was a note that the ceremonies and art work were accurately described and that Opus Dei was real. He specifically makes those claims at the beginning but I do not remember him taking the opportunity to claim that the rest was real. Maybe I do not remember correctly. Since he put that page in at the beginning, I would feel a lot more confident of his intent if he had claimed the other was true, also. As is, to have taken the time to claim that part was true but to have not made the claim for the controversial part, I'll take it at face value as a work of fiction. But I see clearly why it bothers you.

 

I was trying to locate some common ground between us. You are comparing apples and oranges and I'll go ahead and open a new topic for that. Let's leave this one for discussion of the da Vinci Code alone. </font>[/QUOTE]yes, of course. I only posted this to let you know that I cannot comment upon it without having some knowledge of the source itself. And I only referenced the other as I believe it pertained to an earlier post which stated since I had not seen the other, I could not comment upon it in either regard. (I don't know if that post was yours or not).

Just making it clear that I do know a little about apples and oranges, if you want to discuss those items But I desire a little more knowledge of this book.

I am already viewed in a low opinion regarding the other topic perhaps by some, and I do not wish to add salt to that opinion by offering a negative reveiw of this book without any knowledge of it.

I am not saying your assessment and posts concerning are wrong, you obviously have researched this topic, I have not, since this is true, I reserve myself from being so outspoken against it.

I promise, I will research this topic. I will also say that without doing that, though I could not know as much as you, I do have confidence in the statements you have made regarding this book.

Now, about those apples/oranges....

God Bless

Bro. Dallas