is the story of da vinci code true? can it be or not. i know opus die is areal org. but wat abt the other?

Question

details. wat do you think?

Answer 1

The author even listed this book as FICTION. Its just made up.

From the lovely and wonderful wikipedia ---

The Da Vinci Code is a fictitious mystery/detective novel by American author Dan Brown, published in 2003 by Doubleday.

The novel is based on the controversial premise that there is a conspiracy within the Catholic Church to cover up the true story of Jesus. According to this premise, the Vatican knows it is living a lie but continues to do so to keep itself in power.

The novel has helped generate popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail legend and the role of Mary Magdalene in the history of Christianity. Fans have lauded the book as creative, action-packed and thought-provoking. Critics have attacked it as poorly written, inaccurate and creating confusion between speculation and fact. From a religious point of view, some critics consider it sacrilegious, and decry the many negative implications about the Catholic Church and Opus Dei.

Dan Brown's novel was a smash hit in 2003, even rivaling the sales of the highly popular Harry Potter series [1]. It spawned a number of offspring books and drew glowing reviews from the New York Times, People Magazine and the Washington Post [2]. It also re-ignited interest in the history of the Catholic Church. As well as re-invigorating interest in the church, The Da Vinci Code has also spawned numerous "knockoffs" (as they are referred to by Publishers Weekly) [3], or novels that have a striking resemblance to The Da Vinci Code, including Raymond Khoury's The Last Templar, and The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry.

It is a worldwide bestseller with more than 60.5 million copies in print (as of May 2006) and has been translated into 44 languages. It is thought to be the eighth best-selling book of all time. Combining the detective, thriller and conspiracy fiction genres, the book is part two of a trilogy that started with Brown's 2000 novel Angels and Demons, which introduced the character Robert Langdon. In November 2004, Random House published a "Special Illustrated Edition", with 160 illustrations interspersed with the text.

In 2006, a movie adaptation was released by Columbia Pictures.

Answer 2

The Da Vinci Code is a work of fiction. I forget what it was, but it was a show on National Geographic or something that stated that one of the societies mentioned in the Da Vinci Code (the one that Da vinci was said to be a member of, I forget it's name) wasn't created until like 1970 something. It also showed that a queen from the Merovingian line in France had no Middle Eastern descent.

Answer 3

My opinion I believe the Da Vinci code over the bible.
Because at one time the church had more control than any Government, over most or almost everything.
churches don't pay taxes, at one time they were the tax collectors
To me they are the oldest form of organized crime

And If you believe in something so much and supposedly had the documents to back it Why keep all of them locked up so no one other than the church can see them or translate them

All the other organizations are real, they are just a split off from the first ever

If the churches were right why did the Crusaders leave them and
form there own

Answer 4

The Bible Code, originally found and researched by many genius and notable Jewish and Christian scholars is real. However, the fictional book that was made into a movie is completely fiction, with just enough of what is being researched to make the story "plausible."

All good novelists do in depth research before they write their fiction novels. Tom Clancy, John Grisham, both great novelists who do research and add enough factual information in their writing to make the story more plausible and interesting. Brown did the same thing in his fiction novel, "The DaVinci Code".

Answer 5

About Jesus and Mary Magdalene that is up for interpretation. The "evidence" is shaky at best, it wouldn't hold up in the court of law. It could be true and just hidden or it could be a complete fabrication. Do your own research. Read Holy Blood, Holy Grail and other books for people's research into it and draw your own conclusions. Remember Dan Brown is not a historian. Even some of his art references were wrong.

Answer 6

HI manini, ihave not seen this movie but seen the coverage story about the matter on discovery i think it may be true but asthe fact mentioned in that movie if the gesus have the family then why details are not available.its my own opinion. are you also interested in mystery movies. i am shocked i thought you are serious type girl.

Answer 7

do you know when they said this movie based on real events?

that means this movie has one or two facts and the rest is fiction.

this formula(facts and fiction )makes interesting novels like the da Vince code. and should not be considered history books

Answer 8

Most of the key points of the book check out. I did a bit of research into them and it seems to be true for the most part.

Answer 9

Nope, not true. The problem with this book is that they used real objects, real paintings and real organizations and then also used real (albeit discredited) historical research as the background to tell their entirely fictitious story.

Answer 10

The book & movie are purely fictional.. people have speculated about Christ and Mary for hundreds of years so I didn't really understand all the hype about this book..