Some religious issues are just wrong, not a heressy. His portrayal of the Opus Dei monk shows a total lack of knowledge of what we call in Spain "la Obra". They have no monks and most of the priests and nuns dress as "civilians"; there is one in the Opus Residence in the buiding that faces my own home that wears the "robe" (?), though. And Brown's knowledge of Spanish Geography is nil. He puts Andorra -- a small Pirineos country, half Spanish half French -- near Marseilles. And I can tell you the only water you see over there is the Valira River and the Engolasters lakes. It's as if he had adapted to Andorra -- where, by the way, there isn't a jail as the one Brown depicts -- to the reason for which Santillana del Mar is called the village of the 3 lies: because it is not holy, it is not flat and there is no sea. Well the sea -- Cant�brico -- is not really that far. Alicia
Courtney Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You're correct. In the intro to the book, he lists that the locations, art, and architecture are accurate, however, he doesn't say the religious notions are true. Courtney >From: Tabatha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [BookCrossing] Patience with books and some other stuff >Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:51:44 -0800 (PST) > >I don't understand, when did Mr Brown claim it was fact? He did say that >the locations, art, and architecture involved are accurately described. >His reading of the symbolism involved is just that, his reading. You can >believe it if you want, but I didn't hear him making any bones about the >story being fiction. >I'm just asking because I've seen this pop up twice in this discussion so >far that Mr. Brown put this story out there as the truth, but I must have >missed that. > >-tabby90 > >"Jenn S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >A lot of Christians I know refuse to even give the >book a try because of Mr. Brown's claims that much of >it is 'fact'. They think it's heresy, so they won't >read it. > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pkgkPB/SOnJAA/Zx0JAA/wnIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
