How does everyone feel about the Da Vinci Code?

Question

Do you think it was completely false? Do you believe the research Dan Brown collected for the novel? Give me your opinions.

Answer 1

I think it was an interesting book, based on theories that have been around for many years. It was still a work of fiction though.

Answer 2

I found it disappointing. Dan Brown did a pretty good job of revealing the shaky and often fraudulent foundation of Christianity, though he oversimplified in some areas. But then he embraced some equally crackpot notions as if they had some veracity. By mixing the two together, he associates the legitimate investigation into the foundation of Christianity with the unsubstantiated notions of a few lunatics.

Yes I know it is fiction, but fiction can be a good way to introduce people to some facts that they normally don't encounter. Dan Brown flubbed that opportunity.

Answer 3

It's false but what it does is highlight how the bible is corrupted. That's the only good thing about it, that it brings attention to the supposed corruption and the picking and choosing of text under an emperor. This could spark another's mind and desire to go and look at these things by themselves and study the ideology and see how many hands our scriptures went through. Since you can go and look at the ideology; what existed during the first 2 centuries, what the authorities taught, the various sects that existed (Gnostic/Ebionites/etc) and the scriptures that were in circulations. its all there to be seen. The whole Mary Mag thing is false and etc, but the scriptures that they quote (taking out of context btw) are real and there for you to read through.

This is from the Phillip Gospel,

"God created man. [...] men create God. That is the way it is in the world - men make gods and worship their creation. It would be fitting for the gods to worship men!" - Real talk.

Answer 4

I enjoyed reading the book (twice) and watching the movie (twice). I have not researched the various aspects of the movie personally, however, I think many people must have, and to my knowledge, nobody has proved his assertions false. Either way, it is much more believable than the bible (what little survived to create it) and I wish Dan Brown would write another book as all of his books are great reads.

Answer 5

the tale itself is fullyyt fictional and a great study, yet he did pluck the techniques and human beings and places from someplace. some have been made up from somebody else and others have been actual yet twisted slightly to greater wholesome the tale. in case you opt for to apply it as the thank you to do a sprint diagnosis your self i'd recommend getting the e book and a notepad and start up off jotting down names and dates and methods then hit the library historic area. i like historic fictional novels for this reason.

Answer 6

It is a work of FICTION, and a VERY good one. Why can't people get that through their heads? The mark of great fiction is it take a little bit of truth (Christ lived, Mary Magdeline lived, the Knights Templar existed) and write a fictional story surrounding the characters and events. COME ON PEOPLE!!!

Answer 7

I think it is fictional it was plagiarizing a privies book he may have done some research but it is still fictional and says as much at the front.

Answer 8

The devinci code is pure fiction, however some of it is based on what really goes on in the Catholic church

Answer 9

The whole Mary Magdeline thing isn't true.

Answer 10

The perpetrators admitted (on TV!) that it was all a hoax. But so what - made good copy and loads of money.