Comments on: Christians, Are You Ready For The Da Vinci Code?

By: The View From The Nest

The View From The Nest — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 02:33:26 +0000

The Da Vinci Code

It is amazing how many otherwise intelligent people believe this garbage is fact.

By: Amphipolis

Amphipolis — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:26:17 +0000

The Da Vinci Code relies primarily on the power of suggestion. It is not good enough to show its errors. Something has to be offered in its place.

Christian symbolism such as the blood of the lamb, Jesus’ teachings about himself, human guilt and the possibility of true forgiveness, the resurrection – these are the things we must bring into the discussion.

By: Mrs. Happy Housewife

Mrs. Happy Housewife — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 19:47:29 +0000

Disney Cartoon Proves Accuracy of “The Da Vinci Code”

Happy Belated April Fool’s Day! The post title is absolutely false. I have previously posted my opinion of The Da Vinci Code but I haven’t read the book (and I seriously doubt I will waste my time to do so). I am, however, enjoying the detaile

By: B Crandall

B Crandall — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:53:43 +0000

I found the book to be a fun read, but have to agree that the writing was rather poor. He about lost me when going off on the relationship of the “little mermaid” to the “sacred feminine.” I enjoy Europe and especially European art/history so I enjoyed the manner in which he wove those aspects into the story. But fundamentally the book is fiction and should be viewed as such.

By: PKO

PKO — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:13:33 +0000

Just as there are no new sins, there are no new heresies. I would suggest reading up on the heresies the Church has fought since the day of the Resurrection. It would also be helpful to read up on the group Opus Dei which is slammed in Brown’s book — the group is devoted to fostering a Christ centered life.

What is most surprising to me is the number of folks I have spoken with who are church goers but who still have a generally positive response to Brown’s propaganda. These are the people I worry will be influenced by Brown’s canard and its Hollywood portrayal

By: Mike Hobart

Mike Hobart — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 03:58:02 +0000

To say the “Da Vinci Code” is bad for Christianity is like saying that Arthur Hailey’s “The Moneychangers” was bad for the Federal Reserve. Novels are fictional by definition. It’s just a shame that the great mass of people know nothing about a topic until it becomes the subject of a blockbuster novel or a hit movie.

By: Nathan Hart

Nathan Hart — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 22:46:25 +0000

i made a blog entry called Duh Vinci Code talking about its major historical flaws. it’d be funny if the phrase Duh Vinci came up with searches, eh?

http://www.nathanhart.org/archive/000768.html

By: Melvin Jones

Melvin Jones — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:23:18 +0000

LaShawn

Outstanding article. I will read the book and begin a side series of articles discussing various aspects of the book.

It’s not the primary purpose of the Pulpit Pimps blog, but it still presents a way for me to impact the Christian world (and maybe even the secular while I’m at it).

Thanks again. And do well with the articles.

Melvin Jones

By: Heliotrope

Heliotrope — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:41:17 +0000

Salman Rushdie went after Islamic sensibilities in The Satanic Verses (which Hollywood has never discovered), Nikos Kazantzakis wrote The Last Temptation of Christ which Martin Scorsese glamorized for the giant screen and now Ron Howard, little Opie, is going to update Cocoon with his production of The Da Vinci Code.

I don’t mean to sidestep the core of this debate, but wouldn’t everyone be in a greater dither if Oliver Stone were driving this project? Think of the malevolent and paranoid conspiratorial tone Master Stone could unleash.

Hollywood sure hates Mel Gibson and I expect Hollywood to love Ron Howard. And Tom Hanks ought to be the perfect Hollywood foil for the movie. After all, he spent such a long in the wilderness when his UPS plane went down.

That being said, I am interested in the debate concerning this latest assault on Christianity. I wonder why there hasn’t been a movie about the Shroud of Turin. On second thought, no I don’t.

By: Mean Dean

Mean Dean — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:16:34 +0000

You’ve been blogged — well I blogged about — and fully support — your challenge:

http://www.blogs4god.com/davincicode/lashawns_challenge

By: Kevin Morrow

Kevin Morrow — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:48:45 +0000

Hey, gang,

For excellent resources on the theological issues regarding the Da Vinci Code, see the audio files of Pastor Ken Baugh’s sermon series on the DVC at http://www.frontline.to. He devoted something like 6 weeks to this a year or two ago.

Kevin

By: The Defiance, Colorado Democrat

The Defiance, Colorado Democrat — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 05:43:47 +0000

The Sacred Feminine in a World of… Men…

Now that Sony Pictures has announced a May 9, 2006 release of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, La Shawn Barber wonders how well Christians understand the fallacies and inaccuracies Brown used to weave the story of his best selling novel.

By: Travis

Travis — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 04:59:02 +0000

LaShawn,
Check out the “The DaVinci Code: Fact or Fiction” by Hank Hanegraff and Paul Meier (see http://www.equip.org/store/details.asp?SKU=B775 for more details).

On a slightly related topic, it might also be a good time for God bloggers to begin building a corpus of work in advance of “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”.

By: Travis

Travis — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 04:55:52 +0000

LaShawn,
Nice chatting with you (albeit briefly) at the Hewitt show broadcast during GBC.

Regarding TDvC, the Christian Research Institute (home of Hank Hanegraaf, the Bible Answer Man), has a book for sale called “The DaVinci Code: Fact or Fiction” the exposes many of the false claims of TDvC. Check it out at http://www.equip.org/store/details.asp?SKU=B775

On a slightly related topic, “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” will be in theaters on December 9. This could be another opportunity for God bloggers to begin publishing a corpus of work in advance of the movie, except this time to highlight how the movies Messianic imagery and Christological themes (assuming Disney does not water down the content of the book).

By: Captain's Personal Blog

Captain's Personal Blog — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 01:32:08 +0000

Once Upon a Time

The popular Dan Brown novel, The DaVinci Code, which is a work of fiction claiming Christ was married to Mary Magdalene has now spawned a motion picture. La Shawn Barber is attempting to create a blogswarm on the subject.