What can you say about Dan Brown' DAVINCI CODE? Do you believe it?

Answer 1

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I think the story simply restates a lot of religious paranoia already being discussed. Religion is faith not science. You either have to trust your beliefs - hole-heartedly, be an agnostic, or an atheist. Those are the hard but serious choices.

If you want to read a book that actually HAD great social impact read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair - You will never eat another steak after reading this book about the brutal politics of the Chicago meat packing industry in the early 1900s.

President Theodore Roosevelt was so moved after reading an advance copy that he called upon Congress to pass a law establishing the Food and Drug Administration and, for the first time, setting up federal inspection standards for meat.

It is a great example of how fiction writers can have significant social impact.

Answer 2

Funny thing?
Davinci Code is a work of fiction based on accurate historical accounts.
For example: two years before the book was released, religious scientists found evidence that There is a direct blood line of Mary Magdalene and Jesus, dating to the present.
After Jesus's Crucifixion, Peter took over the church, but did not want the rest to know of Jesus's moments of human passion, so Mary fled Jerusalem, carrying child, and went to France.
What the scientists are working to find out is if the queen Mary, who has a daughter by the name of Sara, is indeed Jesus's immediate family.
Crazy huh? remember, every great work of fiction starts with a curnal of the truth.

Answer 3

Da Vinci Code is the Truth set against the backdrop of a fictional story and characters.

Dan Brown was not the first person to come up with the idea that Jesus has a lineage. Try reading the book called Holy Blood Holy Grail.

It only make sense that Jesus would have married and had children. The bible only depicts a short span of his life. Jesus was a practicing Jew. He would have married.

The Secret Society , Phi, the Knights Templar, these things are all real.

I loved the book, the movie I could have done without.

Answer 4

What I have been telling people since the controversy started with this novel. At the beginning of the book in the foreward it clearly states: "This is a work of fiction." For anyone who has no clue, check out the dictionary, go to the word FICTION, look up the meaning. Then you will understand the difference between FICTION and non-FICTION. All of these inane questions referring to a novel that was well-written and an enjoyable read should stay just that enjoyable. Don't pick apart books just because other people have nothing better to do than cause strife over a book that is definitely FICTION!

Answer 5

HOW MUCH OF THIS NOVEL IS TRUE?
The Da Vinci Code is a novel and therefore a work of fiction. While the book's characters and their actions are obviously not real, the artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals depicted in this novel all exist (for example, Leonardo Da Vinci's paintings, the Gnostic Gospels, Hieros Gamos, etc.). These real elements are interpreted and debated by fictional characters. While it is my belief that some of the theories discussed by these characters may have merit, each individual reader must explore these characters' viewpoints and come to his or her own interpretations. My hope in writing this novel was that the story would serve as a catalyst and a springboard for people to discuss the important topics of faith, religion, and history.

Answer 6

Nope, i think it ain't fiction, whatever is written in Da Vinci code, I've read and heard the same things in many other places, I have a strong reason to believe, that a lot of it is true,Some of the works where I found similar things was written in 1980s
I am a Hindu and proud of it, but after reading that book I've started believing in Christ, that such a person could have existed, I think religion is all about finding the divinity within one's self, not outside, our religions tell us to find it everywhere else except for within, they tell us to go to the church, to th temple, but.... what atleast I feel empty, I am 22 and I feel spiritually blank, there is this emptiness in my life that only religion can fill

I remember the morning after I finished reading Da Vinci I went for a walk early in the morning at 4.30, it was slightly cold that morning, and I remember I felt so elated and happy and I felt such a unique oneness with the universe, like you know, like I truly belong here, even the trees and dogs looked so beautiful that morning, may be I should read that book again

God I need a miracle, I feel so alone.

Answer 7

The Davinci Code is a work of fiction, it is not fact.

Answer 8

seriously how many davinci code questions a day are on this site...IT IS FICTION*


*sorry for the agressive tone but I've only been on answers a few days and that question or similar has come up several times

Answer 9

Generally speaking, I try not to “believe” in fiction novels. If it were classified under reference, or sold on a non-fiction shelf, then I would be more inclined to form an opinion on whether or not the researchers have uncovered factual evidence. But, as I bought my copy in the fiction section of Barnes and Noble, I am inclined to not worry if it is true or false, but rather to read it for its story and characters.

Answer 10

I believe it is possible. Too all that say that DaVinci Code is fiction...so is the Bible. Get real!