Raise your hand if you have changed your view of religion, even a bit, by reading "The DaVinci Code?"

Question

I know it's fiction, but it does travel the same path as a lot of research. I'm not asking for biblical references or arguments against, just to know how many others changed the way they thought of things.

Answer 1

yea. seeing the church's reaction to dumb crappy fiction has lead me to beleive that the church is not so strong on its faith, but rather controls people through persuasion and sheer force. there is no reason the church as a whole should have fealt threatened by some dumb book/movie. the writers, actors, director all expressed that it was a work of fiction, not meant to offend anyone. its fiction! not real. the fact that they went all out with bannings, public protests, and the fact that there was an uproar at all from teh church has elad me to beleive that they are insecure with their beleifs and have deep repressed doubts about the legitamacy of the church organization and how curropt they really are.

Answer 2

My view of religion has changed, but probably not in the way you are thinking. I have come to realize that we need to do a better job of teaching and be more deliberate about learning the history of our faith so that we can answer the types of questions raised by the DaVinci code. It should have served as a wake-up call for many Christians who didn't know anything about their own history. It is impossible to really know who you are as a Christian without knowing where we came from and how we got here.

Answer 3

I think it has changed my outlook a bit, at least indirectly. I mean, I don't believe any of the conspiracy theories laid out by Sir Teabing, but the book has inspired me to research more deeply into the beginnings of the Catholic Church and origins of the Bible. After doing so, I'll have to admit that I find them to be much more 'man-made' than godly, and that is sure to have an impact on my spirituality (a positive impact, I think). The book also inspired me to consider the role of women in Christianity (or lack thereof) over the past 1700 years. Really, there are alot of important themes in the book from which Christians (myself included) can benefit. It's a shame that most Christians only focus on the fictional aspects of the book (i.e. the conspiracy theories) and fail to even recognize what lies just beneath the surface.

Answer 4

If you changed your opinion because of the Davinci Code then your faith was not based on truth but on fiction like the book. The book was written for entertainment purposes, there is actually very little fact in it at all, so why change your view on religion on something not factual.

Answer 5

Why would it change anyone's point of view on religion? It's just a piece of fiction that no one should take seriously.

That is what the loopy lefties had to say to the religious right when they became upset about the falacies in the film , correct? So in order not to by hypocrites they would have to maintain that position.

It's just a made up story. It is not based on anything factual..

Answer 6

Nope. Still a devout Protestant.

You need to take that book with a grain of salt. It presents a lot of fiction as fact resulting in what sounds like a compelling argument against Christianity. If you dig deeper into the evidence used in the book you will see what I mean.

Answer 7

i had many of the same theories before reading it or watching the film , so all it done for me was back up some of my own beliefs , however i know the book was fiction but the little amounts of facts given held good ground and from that i was able to research more , as we cant accept all we read as fact until we have studied it in depth

Answer 8

I don't give up the truth of the Scriptures just because some nut case like Dan Brown writes a book trying to re-write history.

Anybody that has been deceived by Da Vinci Code deserves it for being so gullible!

Answer 9

It was fiction. Fiction shouldn't change anyone's beliefs. Let's get one thing strait, however. Dan Brown does not claim that the conclusions reached by the characters in his book are true. He claims that the DEPICTIONS (not interpretations) of art are accurate, and that the Opus Dei is real and a part of the Catholic Church. Other than that, it is fiction.

Answer 10

There is a part of the book that the writer talk about the perfect number, that God used to build the universe. This point is very interesting and I made researches and developed it after read the book.

Today I can see how God is also speaking with us beyond the numbers of our lives.