I'm not trying to start a fight or anything, I just want to know people's opinions on the subject. Please don't yell at me or anybody else, though. Also, if you are going to state your opinion, would you mind to please state your reasons why or why not you feel that way?
2006-06-11 00:50:59 · 35 answers · asked by dozerina 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Dude, I'm JUST asking for opinions!
2006-06-11 00:55:07 · update #1
Also, I've still got, like, a few chapters to go, so don't spoil the end for me if you have read it.
2006-06-11 01:00:24 · update #2
Of course there's a significant element of truth to it. Why do you think the Catholic Church is so wound up about it ? Why haven't scholars been allowed to translate the Dead Sea Scrolls in the public arena ? Catholicism has manipulated the truth for it's own ends .... it's used threats over the centuries to ensure there is no debate. The end is nigh .... if there's nothing to hide they'd happily open their vaults & show the full spectrum of religeous texts .... not just the ones they'd like us to see. Now the truth is becoming available with or without their consent - Truth Lives once more.
2006-06-11 01:03:09 · answer #1 · answered by deep.blue62 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I don't think it's a question of whether you agree with it and more about whether you believe what it suggests.
Being an Athiest, and partially anti-christian, I think it's brilliant for a new theory about Christianity to come forward that goes against all previous ideas. However, this book is fiction and, though it gives a perfect oppertunity to undermine almost everything the bible teaches people, it's hard to believe something that isn't true or hasn't yet been proved.
I agree that the Holy Grail isn't a cup and that Da Vinci's work shows there is more to Christianity; the book has proved that much. But that is about as far as I do agree. Any else, aside from the facts about the Priory and Opus Dei, is made up and cannot be believed to be true because it is just an idea from Dan Brown's mind.
2006-06-11 01:14:06 · answer #2 · answered by Mige Manson 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know about the Da Vinci Code, but as yet I haven't read the book, but I plan to. There are alot of fores and against, but most of the evidence is circumstantial with no real foundation to back it up. There is no reason why Jesus wouldn't have had a wife or partner and had a child with them, I mean although he was the son of God he was a man and would have had the same wants and desires as a man (he probably would have had more control over them though). As for his wife/partner being the real Holy Grail, not so sure about that, but him having a child is no so unbelievable. The jury is out for me until I've read the book I think.
2006-06-11 00:57:39 · answer #3 · answered by pinkruth1976 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The priory didn't exist until the 1950's so Davinnci was never a part of it. The Rose Line is in the wrong place. All the stuff about Opus Dei is wrong. The guy didn't even get the geography right. If he didn't want to do accurate research then why write such a book?
2006-06-11 01:11:57 · answer #4 · answered by angelpockets 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure I agree with it. It's quite a good novel and I agree that Dan Brown should have published it because I have nothing against people earning a good living!
I think it's a very dangerous sign when people get so worked up about a story and begin to think it's real. It shows that they haven't got a proper grip on reality - basically they have started on the road to insanity! People have said that the increase in violent crimes is not due to more violence being shown on television. I think that there is a link.
2006-06-11 01:00:37 · answer #5 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The book is clearly a fictional story based on SOME historical fact SOME historical hypothesis SOME geographical fact and SOFT geographical inaccuracy.
The main issue is that there is no clear evidence ON EITHER SIDE for/against the central hypothesis.
I can't believe people get so bent out of shape and rubbish the book based on it not agreeing with the hypothesis.
Peace out
2006-06-11 00:56:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think his ideas are any less likely or any more preposterous than the 'official' version that's approved by the Catholic church.
Think about it. People who believe that Jesus was the son of God are forced to accept some pretty preposterous notions. Jonah, Noah, Lot's wife, their stories are too fantstic to be believed but they're accepted as truth unquestioningly by believers because they've been told it's true by people they trusted.
Knowing what we do about human nature, why would it be so unbelievaqble for Jesus to have hooked up with Mary and had a kid?
2006-06-11 00:55:38 · answer #7 · answered by ratboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a page turner, and makes people think, but I don't believe it.
Apart from anything else, it is a novel and even the author says that the ideas are there to make people question stuff rather than as actual theories.
If it makes people use there brain when talking about religion then I am all for it, but I do find it irritating when people talk about it as if it is true!
2006-06-11 05:47:54 · answer #8 · answered by guest 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with quiet a bit of bit, maybe I see it differently because I'm Jewish. It's funny how the real Opus Dei started a big cover up campaign though, I think Dan Brown opened a can of worms there.
Have you read Holy Blood, Holy Grail?
2006-06-11 02:53:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think about it this way...
Would not the world be better if it was true and no more sexisim or repression?
Plus whats wrong with sex, couples and having kids? The fact theat the relgious hate the Da Vinchi code as it says Jesus was like your dad and did the same stuff teenagers do...
Shows how nasty christianity is
2006-06-11 04:31:35 · answer #10 · answered by Joey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋