Do you think the Da Vinci Code is fact or fiction?

Answer 1

daVinci had nothing to do with this book. He is a famous Renaissance artist and inventor/engineer. So he got dragged into this because the author of this book used his name and fame in this work of fiction. As to the underlying premise, well, the author of "The Da Vinci Code" stole it from other guys, who wrote a couple of books on the subject, one of which is "Holy Blood, Holy Grail."

Their books are much more credibly written and make the deal sound much more plausible. How "real" their claims are is anybody's preference. Baigent et al, the authors, claim that this Jesus was married, probably to Mary Magdelene, was slipped off the cross while still alive, recovered, and he and his family escaped to what would become France.

Well, Baigent and his coauthors do in fact raise some very good questions about the whole traditional story of the lives of Jesus and his crowd. Things there are not the neat and tidy package that traditional Christians like to think, so to speak.

Answer 2

it is not only fiction, but blasphemy. It is disrespectful to Christian beliefs. Having said that, it seems to be a driving force in the theatres, and very appealing to today's audience. The end is coming soon.

"3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men."

2 Peter 3: 3-7

Answer 3

The DaVinci Code is 100% fiction. The author even says it at the beginning of the book. As for his "theory", it holds no water whatsoever. The Gnostic Gospels to which he refers and takes his arguments were written hundreds of years after Christ's death under pseudonyms, and today they are literally so full of holes (both literally and figuratively) that they make no sense. As for the famous painting, it was DaVinci's interpretation of the event, and scholars agree that the apostle John was a young man (maybe even in his teens) and traditionally in Leonardo's time young men were painted more effeminitely to show the difference between them and older men (the other apostles). Also, remember that John was the most beloved of Christ's apostles, thus he would be sitting next to Jesus, and even if it was "Mary" in the painting, John would be missing, hence making no sense because if there should be any apostle in the painting it would be John. Granted, the Catholic Church did make some things up (like Mary Magdeline being a prostitute... she wasn't, but she did have 7 demons cast out of her), but Dan Brown's arguments hold no water. The gnostic gospels he uses for evidence actually are more suppressive of women than just about anything else, blatantly saying in many passages how inferior women are, and portrays Christ doing things that make no sense (like coming out of the tomb a giant and talking to the cross). The DaVinci Code might make interesting fiction, but it is merely that. For more information on the facts behind the Code, go to www.liquidchurch.com and listen in... you may be surprised.

Answer 4

BOTH! I believe that there is a lot of truth in the story, however because it is a best-selling work of fiction, there are many elements of the story which are fiction. Some elements of the story are also fact mixed with fiction.

Answer 5

Fiction. Need proof of that? There was a big story on '60 Minutes' a month or so ago about how the whole story is a hoax.

Answer 6

Even the author of the book and the producers of the movie all say it's fiction.

Answer 7

It's fiction, the author states plainly that its fiction, it's just fiction thats suppose to make you think about different possibilities by showing you a theoretical possibility.

Answer 8

The book is an obvious work of fiction based on some ideas that may or may not be true.

Answer 9

It is fiction. Even the things he presents as "facts" are fiction.

Answer 10

I think the book/movie is fiction, but I still think it is possible that there are clues that could lead to the holy grail or some other answer to a mystery.