Did the Da Vinci Code succeed in influencing people?

Question

It so sad that i see many of the people nowadays (as i can see in this forum) are non-believers and very much influenced by this novel. I suppose as a writer you have to make it controversial in order to sell. Do you believe in the novel? do you agree with me?

Its sad that some people use this as reference in disecrating christinas who whith good intentions try to lead lost souls to the right way.

its christians, not christinas. typo error, sorry

Answer 1

Not at all. And, nope. I don't believe in that crap.............................

Answer 2

No I dont agree
Did the Da Vinci Code succeed in influencing people?
The answer is : YES
Influencing people to buy the book and watch the movie

Did the Da Vinci Code succeed in influencing people ( christians ) to be apostate?
The answer is : NO
As christians : we are not bound to what we can/cannot read/see. Better we read and talk about it then say so without reading. Unless you rather not have such things in your head. I have not read it, but my SIL has and she is a Christian.
God judges us by His Law not man made laws. His law is the Ten Commandments. Nothing should/could persuade us otherwise.
What unsaved people do not realize is we have no boundaries of what we can/cannot do. We have convictions that warn us of the consequences of doing what would be sinful in God's eyes.
Far as I am concerned: this book is just another way of trying to make a fool out of Christ. I don't have to read/see it to know a devil when I hear of one.
We have been warned by Godly people. Even if you do read/see it, mature Christians know the truth.
It is SAD that people will be led down the wrong path that do not yet know the truth.
New Christians may just get confused as they are still in the learning stages of growing in Christ. Better IF they see it to search for the truth as they read their Bible.
Satan is the author of confusion. So we already know who is behind it.

Answer 3

Hollywood intends to re-write history but one only needs to research for themselves the validity of the claims. For example the quality of the New Testament documents can be validated outside of the Bible through the research of Josephus Flavius, Tacitus, Caesar's Gallic Wars, Herodotus, and Thucydides. In fact there are 5366 documents discovered so far to validate that the Bible we have today is 99.5% as accurate as it was way back then. For example:

The first-century Jewish historian Josephus referred to the stoning of “James, the brother of Jesus who was called the Christ.” (The Jewish Antiquities, Josephus, Book XX, sec. 200) A direct and very favorable reference to Jesus, found in Book XVIII, sections 63, 64, has been challenged by some who claim that it must have been either added later or embellished by Christians; but it is acknowledged that the vocabulary and the style are basically those of Josephus, and the passage is found in all available manuscripts.

Tacitus, a Roman historian who lived during the latter part of the first century C.E., wrote: “Christus [Latin for “Christ”], from whom the name [Christian] had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus.”—The Complete Works of Tacitus (New York, 1942), “The Annals,” Book 15, par. 44.

With reference to early non-Christian historical references to Jesus, The New Encyclopædia Britannica states: “These independent accounts prove that in ancient times even the opponents of Christianity never doubted the historicity of Jesus, which was disputed for the first time and on inadequate grounds by several authors at the end of the 18th, during the 19th, and at the beginning of the 20th centuries.”—(1976), Macropædia, Vol. 10, p. 145.

Internal evidence is pretty clear as well. 2 Peter 3:15-16 clearly states that the canon was already in the process of being collected for what we have today in the Bible. There were gnostic books but they were not accepted because they were written by Hellenistic writers that intended to change the original message of the Greek translation to imply that Jesus was not the Son of God.

See the sources below for addition research.

Source(s):

"Exploring the Da Vinci Code"
"Breaking the Da Vinci Code"
"Is the New Testament Documents Reliable?"
"The Gospel Code"
"Hidden Gospels - How the Search for Jesus Lost the Way"

Last this is a personal favorite of mine...

"New Evidence that Demands a Verdict"

go to any book store and pick them up.

Answer 4

well the fact that you wrote this question is evidence of influence. but really everyone that picks it up knows first off that it is fiction which means no such events really took place. It does lead to some plausible conclusions and leaves believiable theories along its way. these theories werent new from this book. dan brown went to great length to research these theories in order to use them as is in his book. some are believable others are plain made up but what does it matter? its a good story. and that is what it was supposed to be nothing more or less then just a good story

Answer 5

Nope, the novel is just a fiction yah. Why take it seriously?
The Da Vinci Code is a mere portrayal of Dan Browns point of view and creativity in the hands of the characters in the novel.

Answer 6

The Da Vinci Code is convinced me that Dan Brown is a terrible author with a very good publcity engine behind him.

The interviews around the film has also convinced me that the guy who played Silas is a complete **** in real life.

Answer 7

Nah i dont think so. I'm not influenced by the Da Vinci Code. My friends are not influenced too. I think it's a bit ridiculous, and I don't believe it. Its fiction, man!

Answer 8

I believe that depends on how easily a person gets influenced by that kind of stuff, if they know its just an made up , fiction story then no I dont believe it is that influencing

Answer 9

I think anything that gets people talking about Religion is a good thing. I also thought the book was an entertaining read. I never for one second thought he was trying to claim that all the stuff in the book was Truth.

Answer 10

I have read the book. As a christian and knowing it is fiction, I like it. But. A guy I work with believes that it is truth and not fiction. He has went so far as to grilling a pastor about it. So yes, it has succeeded in that sense.

I don't believe it for one second.

Answer 11

I don't agree with you, but then again, the novel is just fiction, and I suppose some people believe in it coz they hav nothing else. But its one's choice, and others shoudn't call them "non-believers" or other harsh names. Its a personal choice, and if you believe in Christianity (or whatever it is you believe in) then you should just be satisfied with that, and stop being disgusted with other peopls choices.