da Vinci's Can o' Worms

Actually, I finally brought it up after nobody ever said anything about it. Which, in my opinion was probably good, because that means it isn't so popular in the Christian world.

 

I don't know if I read it in the book, or in a review, but I know he referred to "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" many times. That is a "non-fiction" book that tries to "prove" the theory that Christ was not the Son of God and he married Mary Magdeline and the St. Claire's are his bloodline. The book was printed some ten years ago (or longer), but it is now back on the bookshelf, made popular by Brown's book. Holy Blood, Holy Grail, even have a picture of an older man and his grandson, who the authors claim to be direct descendants of Jesus himself. Their last name is St. Claire.

I do know in the da Vinci book, that things like the woman cop being a relative and the plot of the Opus Dia sending out a "hit man" is all fiction. The specifics of the story are fiction, but he tries real hard to base it on "what he calls" factual hypothesis of the "real" Jesus, etc.

As for Grisham. I heard he was a Christian author. In fact, in his latest book: The Last Juror, he has a lady actually tell the owner of a small-town newspaper, exactly how to accept Jesus and become a Christian. Grisham uses a few words that I don't think a Christian should use, but I have often suspected that he has been waiting until he gets big enough to start putting some "gospel" in his books.

He started a little bit in "The Testament" when he questions why a girl would prefer to live in South America on a river bank with natives, rather than inheret millions from her dad.
She was a missionary. I think this was his first attempt at getting a little Christianity in his books.

Then I WAS quite pleased to see him tell how to accept the Lord in this book. He never makes a Christian look bad either. It is always somebody that is well respected as a character.

The fact that he is a Christian is only a rumour that I heard mentioned when people were listing some Christian authors. I cannot confirm or deny it, but this book seems to indicate that he might be and is at least trying to get it across in his books. I'm not saying he is perfect, by no means.

 

Having read the da Vinci Code and parts of Holy Blood, Holy Grail PLUS:

The following Quote from John Brown's Link:

"Father John Sewell of St. John's Episcopal Church in Memphis stated it particularly eloquently in the press recently, saying: "This [novel] is not a threat. This is an opportunity. We are called to creatively engage the culture and this is what I want to do. I think Dan Brown has done me a favor. He's letting me talk about things that matter."

Bro. Dallas, I think I'm now starting to get a glimpse of your opposition to The Passion.

 

That is very interesting, I would like to know more and BOY would I love to hear one of those tapes.