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Salaams! Just finished up reading The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown. OK, so there's been a lot of controversy about the book, and it's generated about 5 different Christian "response" books, as well as a number of other ones about Opus Dei and the "other" gospels--which are NOT gospels. I was wondering what all the hub-bub was about, and so decided that I needed to read the "source" and get the facts.
It was a good read--very engaging and well-written. It's a mystery, a thriller. Most important to note of all, though, is that it is A NOVEL...FICTION. I liked the story and enjoyed it overall. Yes, it has some ridiculous things relating to things that the Roman Catholic Church have allegedly sought to keep hidden/secret. There were some things that were just so far out there--like Jesus' marriage to guess who and that they had a child whose descendants had survived down to the present time...yeah, the stuff of fiction. The search for the "Holy Grail" the main characters in the novel are pursuing--and which isn't just a legendary Last Supper Cup--leads to a rather unclimactic ending.
Da Vinci and some of the other greats down through the centuries were some weird birds on some things. The fact that the Masons have survived down to the present age is witness to this...and to the mumbo-jumbo whacko stuff that is still considered by those who love conspiracy theories about Jesus and the Gospels. There's nothing new about this stuff that has swirled around the supposed "historical search" for Jesus.
It's just that NONE of it RINGS TRUE...it's so hollow. But the book was a good read.! And Ron Howard is making a movie of it now that I think will be interesting.
All for now--wes
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"If you're not standing on the edge,
you're taking up too much room."
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