Do you consider the Da Vinci code a blasphemy of Jesus?

Answer 1

I considered it a fiction novel and didn't bother to go and see it. Dan Brown wouldn't dare do that about Islam..I found it offensive to think that he would do that. I will never read another of his novels.
It is his personal attempt to make fun of all christians and christianity in general, and in very bad taste. If he did this personally about someone's mother making her out to be a bad person, the whole family would be up in arms. He tried to make a joke out of Christianity and all that we believe. Not funny.

Answer 2

The Da Vinci code presents an incorrect understanding of history, which is much more interesting than the Da Vinci code. The story is offensive not because it is blasphemous (although it is) but because it says being ignorant is great as long as you have a good story. This could be a great defense for racist and terrorist groups to never check their diatribes with reality. Chris Rock described really well the problem with people who think knowing nothing is 'keeping it real'. In his words, 'yeah, real dumb' Either the facts matter or they don't. That's the issue with the Da Vinci code.

In the *real* history of the church, a long time ago before there was a final consensus (but a majority understanding) on the matter, some people wanted to teach corrupt ideas of how Jesus' humanity and divinity co-existed for their own benefits, much like televangelists do today. Just at the point where Christianity's best ideas were starting to change society, there were two cults trying to twist facts for their own exploitative benefit. One was later referred to by Hitler and is the basis of the point of view from the Da Vinci Code's first speaker, making the Da Vinci Code much more sinister than the reality.

One group said, Jesus was great/powerful because of his humanity. He wasn't god, he was only the 'Adam' of a super-race, and if you just have sex with our people, and serve us, your children can be part of that super-race too (one of Hitler's so-called 'Reich's.)

Another group said, Jesus was great/powerful because he was a god zipped up in a little human suit. He was never really human at all. So his earthly presence was a charade, and his sacrifices weren't real. And so his power matters much more than his love for us.

That's when the church called every bishop together, from Lusitania to Syria, and they duked it out in a Synod and arrived at the teaching that Jesus was both human and divine. The Da Vinci Code promotes the idea of the first group and that the church somehow wanted to sweep it under the carpet. Actually the point of view of the Da Vinci Code is much more sinister and evil.

Some people say that the Da Vinci Code financially exploits people's ignorance of history in the same way that exercise machines in the 90's exploited people's ignorance of nutrition and fitness. Makin' a buck off the backs of what people don't know, and using people's worst qualities (blind hatred of the Church, laziness to avoid being physically active) to bite them in the behind. Fitting.

Answer 3

NO this book is based on theory. But Dan Brown caught every ones attention didn't he? He started making people think. Who knows if it is true or not. Something like that would be hidden if it was true to not make the son of God look bad. My mother is a devote Catholic and is very interested in this story because she feels that parts of it could be true. Like everything between Jesus and Mary Mag. But she doesn't believe anything else. People need to have a more open mind and realize this is fiction. They are not going after people who write stories about demons or anything else along those lines. Dan Brown is an amazing author and should not be shunned because people take things out of contexts.

Answer 4

As a Christian, and not just a religious Christian, I found the novel to be intriguing and a real page turner, it had no bearing on my faith, but I found it a sad book in that it had to demoralize once again what little bit of foundation that faith believing people seem to have these days. It saddened me even more that Tom Hanks and Ron Howard were a part of the movie - I respected them for some of the stances they had made in times past, but not anymore. To me the book was more demoralizing for the Catholic faith believers, but that has no bearing on me as I do not consider them to be true Christians, but religious Christians anyway - they give diety to a mere woman and no where did Christ give his mother that power in the scriptures. So, fiction novel or not, it was quite blasphemous, slanderous, and inaccurate in its "truths". An excellent source to study for countering the effects of the novel/movie is a book written by Dr. Erwin Lutzer, Pastor of the Historical Moody Bible Church in Chicago, called "The DaVinci Deception". It can be purchased online at www.moodymedia.org.

Answer 5

It is fiction. It is intended to be dramatic fiction. Oh my goodness, it was!!

The definition of fiction will not support blasphemy as if relates to the Da Vinci Code.

Answer 6

You mean "The Dumb Vinci Hoax." Yes. It's an attack on Catholic in particular but also Christianity in itself. How would you feel if someone wrote a book about you that are full of lies. Dan Brown does not even have the credentials to support his weak assumptions on the history of Christianity. He needs to wake up and smell the coffee, he's misleading a lot of souls. We need to pray for that guy.

Answer 7

There are at least 45,000 Protestant churches in the U.S.

What caused all these different beliefs if the MESSAGE is so clear?

What makes you believe that you have more than a 1 in 45,000 chance of being in the 'correct' church?

Virgin Birth - A preconceived notion?

What is the Imacculate Conception?

An Imacculate deception?

Betcha don't know.

Did Jesus give up Saturday for us?

Jesus? Christianity? .

If Jesus died, he could NOT have been God.

Gods do not die? Do they?

If Jesus 'died' on Friday and 'undied' on Sunday, what else besides Saturday was sacrificed?

If Jesus died for our sins, there should not be any more sins, else why go through with it?.

If Jesus really DIED, he should be dead, dead, dead!

Answer 8

It goes against the teachings of the bible. The da vinci code is fiction.

Answer 9

Yes, it is blasphemy. I hav'nt, and will never have, anything to do with that whole story. Any person that calls themselves a Christian should see it a blasphemy to Jesus as well. But it is America. Peace out!

Answer 10

You big bunch of sillys. lol Yes it is fiction. It has to be being the bible is fiction as well. Go see the movie and enjoy it. It is just a movie just like the bible is just a book.
Some people think WWF is real to. And that you get 75 virgans if you die while killing Americans, So believe as you will.

Answer 11

No, it's not blasphemy. But it does challenge the idea of why the importance of women was quickly written out of the Bible and church (specifically Catholic) doctrine. Women should be considered and treated as equal members of society in every aspect of the word. Church doctrine, has often subverted their importance and value by stating that they must play a lesser role in church affairs. I know a lot of women who would make fantastic, gentle, and compassionate priests. I wonder how many fewer cases of sexual abuse would occur if half of the world's priests were women?