I read the book and enjoyed it, and found many of the concepts that it presented as disturbing from my Christian viewpoint but they did seem as if they could be true. However, I read a book last Wednesday that picks this book apart with factual data, and the book is riddled with inaccurate statements. Here are a few important points that I recall:
1) Dan Brown is a conspiracy theorist and his previous books are about covered-up conspiracies. 2) There is no "Priory of Sion" as stated in the book. This is a group that came about in the 1950s that does not have anything to do with the bloodline of Jesus Christ. And think about it - how likely it is that this group would contain legendary figures such Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, Botticelli, and Leonardo da Vinci. Why/how would this group of people be members? 3) The Gnostic Gospels contain no reference to Mary Magdalene as the wife of Jesus. Anyway, there's a ton of stuff on the internet and published which debunk most of the book. There are SOME facts that he writes about, but most of the ideas he presents as fact in the book are unverifiable, and many can be disproven by well-documented historical artifacts. Matthew Small Web Developer American City Business Journals 704-973-1045 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 11:48 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Anybody Read The DaVinci Code? > Jason wrote: > I haven't done any research as to what, if anything, was presented as a new idea in > the book, or how seriously any of it is intended to be taken Well, here's the high points that I like: 1.) The Bible is a book of man, the content of which was decided upon and closed by an arbitrary group of humans. This is called "canonization" and was done in the 400s if I remember right. There are many other Biblical chapters called the Apocrypha and then even more than that. 2.) Jesus was a human that was married to Mary Magdalane and his works and the reincarnation stuff was meant as a metaphor. Both he and Mary possibly came from royal blood (King David, Solomon, etc) 3.) Much of the Catholic religion's rituals have been inspired more by politics than by divine command. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:160471 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
