This question is for anyone who is not a follower of Christ because I already know their opinion. I want to know other opinions of the Da Vinci Code from a non Christian view. Please don't limit to just Atheists.
What do you think about the idea of Christ having a bloodline?
What do you think about the proposed idea of a secret society hiding cet bloodline?
What difference would a bloodline of Christ mean to you?
...and any other tid bits you migh want to throw in.
2006-07-15 17:09:02 · 8 answers · asked by sick_of_att 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
If I talked about all of this, it would fire up a heated debate between some people and probability of being reported would be high, so I'm not even going there.
2006-07-15 17:14:09 · answer #1 · answered by JennaJennaBoBenna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The honest answer is who cares? Honestly, if you don't believe Christ was the savior or the son of God or any of the rest of the Christian tenets of belief, then Jesus is just a guy, one of many over human history who have managed to get people to follow him and convinced some that he was divine.
And for anyone who doesn't consider him to be divine or particularly special, why would it matter whether he died a virgin or sired thousands of children with hundreds of different wives.
The fact is, the question can only be of significant interest to those who believe or want to that Jesus was everything the New Testament says he was. Other than that, it's like asking "What difference would a bloodline for Attilla the Hun mean to you?". A historical figure, knowing about his family might be interesting, but it changes nothing about is place in history.
Now, as to the idea of a secret society hiding the bloodline, that'd be kind of interesting, in so far as human nature has never been very good at keeping any conspiracy involving more than a handful of people secret. So the idea that for over 2000 years, a group of people could keep this secret, that'd be interesting. It still wouldn't prove anything about Christ, per se. It'd be more interesting from a psychological point of view: What good does it do them to hide it? And why don't they consider their religion to be strong enough to handle the honest truth about their savior.
It's an interesting story, but if you're not invested in any of the characters, it's never going to be anything more than an interesting story to you.
2006-07-15 17:19:52 · answer #2 · answered by Liam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christ of the New Testament did not exist. The true Christ might have been a preacher whose ideas caught hold. He could have been a family man. When Christianity became powerful the society that was talking about the bloodline were suppressed and threatened with harm because the Church of the times ( and even now) wanted Christ to be known as a God-like figure who couldn't have sex with a earthly person. The bloodline of Christ makes no difference to me as I do not believe in any religion or prophets or anything like that.
2006-07-15 17:19:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I'm concerned this is just a made-up story-line for a movie/book. Maybe it's based on some theories but really what difference does it make. Why do you ask "what difference would a bloodline of Christ mean to you?" if you only want to hear from non-Christians. Obviously it wouldn't mean anything to non-Christians.
2006-07-15 17:29:11 · answer #4 · answered by Dellajoy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you look at the time period from a historical perspective, it would not have been unusual for a teacher of Jesus's stature to have been married. I twould have been unusual for him NOT to.
I do not pretend to be a scholar, and I am not a practicing Christian. In my opinion, the message Jesus brought as a teacher of the spirit is not affected not lost if he was not celibate. Who cares? The Bible was written by men, not gods, and even if the men were translating the word of God a lot gets lost in the translation as personal bias and views get in the way of what is being put on paper. Add that to the fact that translations are vague, and that votes were held as to which passges to delete, and which to retain, it is tough to say what is absolute truth, and what is allegory or stretched truth.
I am leery of anyone, from any following, who claims to have THE TRUTH. Spirit will alwasy manifest itself differently for each person. That is why we are individuals with free choice
In Kahlil Gibran's words, "Once a year, every year, Jesus of Nazareth meets Jesus of the Chrisitians on a mountantop. Each year, Jesus of Nazareth walks away, shaking his head, and saying, 'my friend, I am afraid we will never, ever, agree'"
2006-07-15 19:01:20 · answer #5 · answered by Hauntedfox 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ideas and history put forth in the Da Vinci Code are completely plausible and more realistic to me than what the Bible and all those political and controlling men of the time put forth. Christianity is man's invention, not God's.
2006-07-28 06:22:43 · answer #6 · answered by isemellia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that Mary M. and Joesph of Aramethia took Christ body to France and they may have some society keeping the secret. But what difference does it make . You either have faith or you don't.
2006-07-16 03:40:10 · answer #7 · answered by moecat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-19 23:15:22 · answer #8 · answered by wisam z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋