2006-07-14 10:34:47 · 27 answers · asked by centreofclassicrock 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I think that people need to keep in mind the fact that The Da Vinci Code is a fictional book. Like any really good book, The Da Vinci Code has enough fact in it to make it seem real, but that doesn't make it true. I think there's a book by Lee Strobel about the Da Vinci Code that addresses this. I love the DaVinci Code because it is a fantastic book, and I am a Christian. Reading the DaVinci Code didn't weaken my faith in the slightest bit, because afterward, I researched all of the claims and what I found only strengthened my faith.
2006-07-14 10:39:10 · answer #1 · answered by Chlo Bell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it's good free publicity, and the controversy really didn't start with the Da Vinci Code, there are many pre-DVC publications that propose the same things. However, I do enjoy the debates that the controversy has caused. Although, it is blown out of proportion a bit, but ignorance is hard to cure, and it's usually the ignorant that have the hardest heads, so it results in overreactions such as those associated with The Da Vinci Code.
2006-07-14 22:19:10 · answer #2 · answered by secrets_in_mind3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought the ideas expressed in the book were fascinating. However interesting and true are completely different things. I'm not a Christian by any stretch of the imagination, but I can see where weak Christians could be upset by the book. I mean, yes, the book is fictional. It's billed as fiction, clearly-stated as fiction, but the thing that makes it so controversial is that it seems plausible. It COULD have happened. It just depends on where you put your faith: Do you put your trust in a book written by Dan Brown that's stated to be fiction or in a book that was compiled hundreds of years ago claiming to be words of god? Or you could be like me and put your faith in something other than words...I think that's the best idea.
2006-07-14 18:34:23 · answer #3 · answered by lc_frosh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Such controversy as there is largely results from claims at the start of the book that the Priory of Sion, and, by implication, their purported proof of the later life of Jesus, were factual. Several years back the Priory was revealed as a hoax, a darned good hoax, granted, but still a hoax. That being the case, lighten up everybody and enjoy a good story well told, that is what fiction is for.
2006-07-14 17:47:08 · answer #4 · answered by rich k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A book about secret societies and the secrets they keep. It is no gamble to realize that the book will be controversial. Considering that the more the professionals say that the contents of the book are well made fluff, the more people will tend to believe in the book. Go figure... :P
2006-07-14 17:41:51 · answer #5 · answered by Lucas Brown 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it should matter if Jesus were married or not. He was both the son of God and the son of Man--why shouldn't He adopt the traditions of men at the time, such as having a wife and family? It wouldn't change His message! Even the early popes were married! As for believing what's in the Bible, it doesn't say one way or the other. It refers to several people just by name, including Mary Magdalene, as if they are assuming the people they are writing to know their relationship to Jesus.
2006-07-17 09:56:31 · answer #6 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there's any controversy at all. If christians are getting angry over a work of FICTION and are worried that it threatens their beliefs, then maybe their beliefs are fiction.
Scientists didn't get angry when Jurassic Park came out because it wasn't completely scientifically accurate. Historians didn't get pissed when Treasure Island came out because Long John Silver wasn't a real pirate. They need to cool down and stop trying to censor EVERYTHING that the rest of us reads, watches and listens to.
2006-07-14 17:43:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is stupid. People who react to it are lemmings. If anyone who has just one or even a half of one whit and they read the forward of the book, they will see that the author says plainly that 'this book is a book of fiction'. Now anyone who knows the difference of fiction and non-fiction should be able to just go with the flow. However, there are many religious 'people' out there who believe everything some other moron tells them..
2006-07-14 23:01:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in a christian family (which I am not christian though) and they were fine with it. I think its just some people that are against it. Its not really a big thing to get all worked up about. Its a movie which when I saw it, most of the information made sense.
2006-07-14 17:39:00 · answer #9 · answered by Vampira 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe what the Bible says. I read the Da Vinci Code. It is FICTION and is advertised as FICTION so you have the choice to read it or not. There is FICTION in all of our lives.
2006-07-14 17:38:26 · answer #10 · answered by curiositycat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋