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the DaVinci Code.

It's a harback special ed.
No.

Dan brown likes lots of short chapters, it's only 3-4 pages long.
One could read it while standing next to a bookshelf in a bookstore.
 
*wracks brain trying to think what was in chapter 55*....
it was like last summer or something...!!
BG, just give us the bloody synopsis and tell us what YOU think!
Then we can fight about it!
:D
 
Blindgroping said:
Gimme some truth here.
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Some examples? Ok:

1. The authors of the canon Gospels didn't conspire to minimize or cover up the concept of the "Sacred Feminine." In fact, anyone who reads the Gospels without an agenda will discover that the male disciples come off as dull clods while the women involved with Jesus (no pun intended) seem to get what He's saying. I'd also like to point out who was the first to deliver the good news (gospel) of Christ's ressurrection. Don't know? Read and find out.

2. Was Jesus married? Yeah, probably. Who the fuck cares. First century Jewish male in First century Judea got introduced to his wife at the tender age of 15. Theologians, or at least protestant ones, who argue against TDC seem to favor the idea that Jesus was an Essene. According to Flavius Josephus, the Essenes practiced celibacy, but in truth we're not too sure about that now. There's no real evidence that Jesus was an Essene other than a sharing of certain theological concepts. I have conclusive proof that Jesus was, in fact, married, but that's another line of discussion.

3. Did Jesus have kids? I rank this one right up with "did we really go to the moon?" If we didn't go to the moon, don't you think the Russians would have said something about it, since they had their telescopes trained on the Apollo 11 flight? Likewise, were there descendants of Jesus, the early Gospel writers would have made some mention of it. Remember, we find examples of the Gospels dating back to the 1st century and the reading almost identical to what you probably have on your bookshelf or coffee table...too early in time to suffer editing by later church fathers. Lastly, descendants of Christ would have been a source of dissension concerning church leadership...not proven historically.

4. The Priory of Sion is a figment of the diseased yet colorful imagination of one Pierre Plantard. See www.priory-of-sion.com for further details. Be prepared to read for a while...it's a goldmine of information.

5. Christians met on Sunday mornings even during biblical times because that's when Christ was ressurected. Constantine didn't change this.

I can go on, but that's a good start.

I'm particularly pissed at Brown for asserting the Priory of Sion is fact. He's a hack, pure and simple.
 
The portrayal of the reasonings behind Constantines motives and the Council of Nicea are seriously skewed and in places just complete bullshit. It is the way that Brown portrays these ideas as some truth that the he is sharting in his fictional tale. The way he diverts with Teabings explanation into a historical re-telling makes the reader feel in the loop and learning some great untold truth. This is a clever and cheap trick on Browns part. Coyote spelled some of the other numerous fallacies out above me as well. To think that the Mary Magdelene theory has enver been told before is laughable as well. It's how Brown sells it as though he is the one who is shedding light on these themes for the first time.

In some places he willfully abuses history in favor of sensationlism and plot. In other parts he makes rookie mistakes. the whole Priory of Scion thing is a joke as well. I've allready gone into that in other threads extensivley.

All in all The DaVinci code is a light read. A summer thriller/mystery. I enjoyed it, it was nothing special though. I actually find it hard to believe that it has done so well. It's not that good a book. It's entertaining as the light thriller it is but nothing more, it certainly doesn't require or warrant the attention it has recieved.
 
On the other side of the coin, this is the sort of crap you have to watch out for:

"Christ never married. ... Our Lord as the perfect God and man, without sin, did not have human urges and passions," the church's statement said.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195411,00.html

Actually, yes...He did have passions, and anyone who can read for comprehension knows that. He got pissed off at the moneychangers in the temple and beat them, He cried over Lazurus' death, and He felt abandoned on the cross. That's three passions I can think of off the top of my head.
 
CoyoteUgly said:
On the other side of the coin, this is the sort of crap you have to watch out for:



http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195411,00.html

Actually, yes...He did have passions, and anyone who can read for comprehension knows that. He got pissed off at the moneychangers in the temple and beat them, He cried over Lazurus' death, and He felt abandoned on the cross. That's three passions I can think of off the top of my head.
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Even in Genisis (i think) it says Jesus lived for 600 more years and begot ...a lot, hundreds, of children.
 
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