Why is Christianity so threatened by the Sacred Feminine?

Question

The Da Vinci Code is pure fiction, but why were so many people threatened by it? I mean, many theories abound as to Christianity and its origins. Why is this one about Mary Magdalene so hard to digest?

Answer 1

Christians feel threatened by anything that is not clearly spelled out for them in the Bible or taught by ministers on Sunday. It's also one of the only religions in the world that has a solely male deity. Christianity is also oppressive toward women due to its creator Paul who was well-known for being very anti all things feminine.

Answer 2

As a Christian, I am not threatened by the "Sacred Feminine", nor do I know any Christian who is. The only "threat" would be in misleading people, but deceit is a threat to all, not to just Christians. Same with "Da Vinci Code."

As to your last question, the one about Mary Magdalene being so hard to digest, well I suppose it is because it is "out of nowhere," no evidence, just something someone threw out in a fiction novel for no apparent reason. It does not bother me, but I cannot accept it without evidence.

If there was evidence, why would I mind if Jesus was married? Personally I doubt that Jesus was married for many very good reasons. For starters, Jesus knew that He was going to die on the cross. On the cross, when He died, His only responsibility that He needed to take care of was apparently His mother. Surely if He had a wife, He would have asked someone to take care of her too. Well that list is endless, but why bother without some evidence?

The only other objection to Mary Magdalene would be that she was not of the line of David. But I suppose that the author of the Da Vinci code picked Mary Magdalene because she had been the one possessed of seven devils (and who was diseased) and he just wanted to link Jesus to the nastiest person he could find. However, she accepted Jesus as her Lord, and He forgave her, so her sins in this area are gone, and therefore irrelevant (also she was cured of her diseases). So no matter how one looks at the Da Vinci code, it has no punch to it.

Answer 3

It wasn't that the concept was hard to digest - it was that Dan Brown demonized the Roman Catholic Church, butchered Christian history, presented fabricated history and hoaxes as fact, and projected modern ideas on the sacred feminine as ancient concepts. And all of that worldn't have mattered, except that the world is full of gullible folks who refuse to fact-check.

If the Da Vinci Code presented a theory of Christian origins that was even remotely plausible, it might be treated as an alternative explanation (see, for example, the Jesus Seminar, Documentary Hypothesis, etc.). Certainly more controversial theories have actually been treated in detail by Christian theologians. But Brown's hypothesis is complete and utter nonsense from start to finish. If the Da Vinci Code says that the sky is blue, you had better go outside and check, just to make sure.

Even the authors of Holy Blood Holy Grail (where the Magdalene theory originally appeared) spoke out against Brown's shoddy scholarship and presentation of fiction as fact.

Answer 4

One reason is that so many airheads believe Mr Brown's cage liner is a study of history, and that the Church is a mechanism of evil out to enslave all womankind. And as far as the 'sacred feminine' goes... there is no legitimate archaeology to support it existing before 'Davinci Code' or the book it shamelessly 'borrowed' from. However it might start people thinking for themselves, instead of gulping down the shovels of dogma supplied by Rome. If the people think they will see the masses of contradictions in the Bible. The idea of a celebate clergy (HAH yeah right) was taken from the assumption that Jesus died a virgin. But if Magdalene was proven to be a wife and mother...centuries of well honed controls would be at risk. Imagine the straight clergymen would want to marry, as would the nuns. Women could hold high office in the church. Policies on sexual conduct would be called into question. The membership would see that they had been deceived and controlled like small children. Manipulated by sermon and ceremony.
The story was decent, but hardly worth the bruhah that it stirred up. But the consipacy cooks have a new chew toy, and a fictional book has made much ado about nothing, and a boat full of money.

Answer 5

The original religion in history was the worship of the Goddess, you will see that with the statues of the pregnant woman. You then see pagan religions that believe in MOTHER nature and how feminine things are. Greek and Roman religions had females and males. Egyptian religions had Females and Males. The christian religion has a "MALE" deity and most of the higher power members are male. The book talks mostly about men, aside from Eve being bad, Mary having a child of GOD'S. and more bad women for the most part. Pagan religions don't have that. Christians were the ones that burned the witches, again mostly women, in Salem MA, there was one guy killed, Cotton Mather, but that was a different reason then him being a witch, his wife was to be a witch and he was supposed to tell all he knew and he died. I digress sorry, okay back to your question. Mary Magdalene was used as another example of how women can pretend to be good but all in all she was a prostitute and an evil woman. Will anyone really know NO, have they found other Gospels that most christians don't read yes, like the dead sea scrolls.

Answer 6

The Da Vinci Code is fiction. It's a neat book, but that's about it.

Mary Magdalene was not a Goddess or the daughter of God like Jesus was the son of God. The daughter, Sarah, would've been the granddaughter of God.

I'm not saying this because I'm a Christian, because I'm not. I just study history and theology...

I don't think it's totally out of the question for them to have had a relationship, or even had a daughter. Most Jewish men were married by his age anyways. But, to say they were special, or that there was some holy blood line, it wouldn't've made much difference. The holy blood would've waned in a few generations anyways, so it would've just been a title after a while...

Answer 7

Christianity is not anti-feminine. Women are central to the gospels and the roles of females are not ignored but honored. One thing that Christianity IS threatened by is a bunch of people turning many of its core beliefs upside down 2,000 years after the fact just because they read a book. It is threatening to claim that the Bible, central to the beliefs of all Christians, is wrong based on some theories or even fiction. There is nothing against Feminism in Christianity but changing the story of the gospels would not make sense.

Answer 8

It's a common misconception among Catholics to think that other non-Catholic Christians have a hatred or disrespect for Mary herself. But that is not generally the case though. The controversy lies in RC Church's doctrine pertaining to MARIAN DEVOTION much more so than to God. This becomes quite obvious and self-evident when the faithful say the Rosary, and they pray TO Mary 53 times [!], but TO God the Father only once at the very beginning of it. And also once to the Trinity. Why do it so many times? And why pray repeatedly?? The discussion lengthens when the Catholic faithful insist --as they have been indoctrinated-- that Mary "intercedes" on behalf of the person praying when, in fact, the Bible states that one can pray DIRECTLY to God rather than through anyone else. And it even gets worse when other people ["saints"] are being prayed to as well! So goes the endless --oftentimes heated-- debate between the two sides of this issue... ad nauseum. Peace be with you.

Answer 9

I know that the book is fiction but... maybe the idea behind it is not. Maybe Jesus was only human. Even though the bible claims that he was the son of god we do know that(if he really did exist) he was a direct desendant of King David. He would have been a threat to the Roman rulers at the time. And so if indeed they killed him because of this threat would they not also seek to kill his offspring for the same reason. I personally would love to believe that The Da Vinci Code is real. It would reveal the great deception of the god status of Jesus.

Answer 10

Because it is a Sept of Judaism which is now a Patriarchal society which puts women in an inferior position to males. The older Jewish society was Matriarchal. So therefore all things came from the feminine. Including the names of the Creator.Fact not fiction.
If females regained their previous status or were allowed equal status then the Jewish and Christian Religions would have to rewrite the Bible again.