If yes or no, please share examples from the book.
2006-07-17 04:44:25 · 22 answers · asked by Kurious 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Why would it? Even the author admits that it is a work of fiction.
2006-07-17 04:47:34 · answer #1 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Never read the book or seen the movie. The Da Vinci Code is just one of God's many tests.
2006-07-17 11:51:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it did. It made me change my ideas about church mostly. Why should I believe that their version is the right one? The bible is the result of a compilation of texts carefully chosen by the church to corroborate their version of the story... Other scriptures have been found but not accepted by the church... why? Cause they would show that things may have not happened the way we are led to believed they did.
I do believe Jesus existed, and that he was a son of God in the way that we all are (isn't that what the church says: that we are brothers because we are all sons of God?). And I'm inclined to believe that he was married, cause that was the normal situation for a man his age, in those days. To whom he was married and if he had or not a child, I guess we'll never know...
And yes, I know the book is fiction, but it made me read more about the subject, including non-fictional material, and just for that I think he deserves credit.
2006-07-17 12:11:59 · answer #3 · answered by landslide 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, yes. Brown's book had some interesting ideas. I am not Christian, but I can accept Jesus more as a human being that was a good leader and a loving husband of Mary Magdeline and also as father to her children than I can as him being the son of God. I can accept the possibility that Jesus's bloodline is still continued today, but of course not one of them being the female main character in Brown's book since she was pure fiction.
2006-07-17 12:00:33 · answer #4 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, after all the book is a work of fiction, not a valid historical document. Of course, by the same token, the Bible is a work of fiction, not a valid historical document. Christianity is just another irrational belief system with a long history of terror and violence against non-believers.
2006-07-17 11:51:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it hasn't changed any beliefs of mine about Christianity. It's a fictional book that explores possibilities and that's ok cause no one knows for sure what happened during or just after the life of Christ.
2006-07-17 16:40:46 · answer #6 · answered by Girasol 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*amused* I wonder what all the fuss is about... Do idiots out there actually think this work of fiction is real? Do they also think Harry Potter is real? Do they try to find The Leaky Couldren in London?
Besides, only Mormons believe that Jesus got married... but they also believe that when they die, men get a planet to rule and have harems to populate their planet.... So I don't put any stock in that poppycock version of events.
2006-07-17 16:17:11 · answer #7 · answered by koros 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe by making me think about the circumstances a little. I had never heard the theory about Jesus and Mary Magdalene before, and it could be a possibility, but it doesn't change the message of the New Testament. Jesus was supposed to also be the Son of Man.
2006-07-17 13:14:14 · answer #8 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Davinci Code is fiction. I haven't read it but if I did, why would a fictional book change my beliefs over actual scripture?
2006-07-17 11:49:02 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. Hendricks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it was a work of fiction and all, but, you know, I thought he made a convincing arguement for a conspiracy in words and deeds to suppress women's worth and role in both the church and society.
2006-07-17 12:01:48 · answer #10 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋