Is the Da Vinci Code right?!?

Question

Is there really 666 window type things in the big glassy periamid sculpture thing in the French musium?!?

(lyk totaly sp?!?)

=| You people need to accually the read the question! I knew people would respond like this! >=(

Answer 1

From Wikipedia:

It has been claimed by some that the glass panes in the Louvre Pyramid number exactly 666, "the number of the beast", often associated with Satan. Various conspiracy theorists have ascribed some deeper, sinister meaning to this supposed fact. For instance, Dominique Stezepfandt's book François Mitterrand, Grand Architecte de l'Univers declares that "the pyramid is dedicated to a power described as the Beast in the Book of Revelation (...) The entire structure is based on the number 6."

The story of the "666 panes" originated in the 1980s, when the official brochure published during construction did indeed cite this number (even twice, though a few pages earlier the total number of panes was given as 672 instead). The number 666 was also mentioned in various newspapers. The Louvre museum however states that the finished pyramid contains 673 glass panes (603 rhombi and 70 triangles).[1] A higher figure was obtained by David A. Shugarts, who reports that according to the offices of I.M. Pei, the pyramid contains 698 pieces of glass (Secrets of the Code, edited by Dan Burstein, p. 259). Various attempts to actually count the panes in the pyramid have produced slightly discrepant results, but there are definitely more than 666.

And most of you need to read the damn question. This has nothing to do with Jesus.

Answer 2

I don't know about the sculpture or any other works of art per se. I know that there are a number of references to God in American monuments that go unmentioned. Da Vinci code is a well researched, overly hyped work of fiction, though. Even Brown (author) says that he's writing a fictional story about people, some of whom were real people. The character references about Jesus do not match what is found in the Bible texts of either Old or New Testaments. There was no conspiracy to hide a marriage or relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. That's the fiction part. If you search, you can probably see photographs of the french museum online, though.

Answer 3

The Da Vinci Code is not right. The book is written as fiction. One uses his /her imagination to write fiction, it is amazing how many people believe that it is true, or do they just not understand what fiction means?

Answer 4

The Da Vinci Code is a book, in this case, a work of FICTION.

Answer 5

Yeah, there was a whole set of shows talking about the fictionality of the da vinci code on the history and discovery channel. It takes sparse facts and scripture to back up "conspiracy theories" created by the author. I believe his motivation was more along the lines of money because he knew many millions would read it.

Answer 6

It's a fictional movie. It doesn't even claim to be true. Believing in the Da Vinci Code is like believing in Spiderman. It's just a movie.

Answer 7

It was a novel. It's not real. Dammit, read the disclaimer at the beginning of the book. Even the "factual" events and secret societies in the book were fake.
And Jesus wants you to use the spell check.

Answer 8

Supposedly he researched everything in the book extensively and the geographic and building specs are correct. I've never seen anyone dispute them when they've talked about the book's accuracy.

(Window type things is close enough... panes is the word you're looking for! :)

Answer 9

It is just entertaining fiction. Is Star Wars right - or is it entertaining fiction too?

Answer 10

Like the rest of the book that is based on flawed research and is wrong