Blogger Stephen McCaskill suggests that bloggers interested in blogging about the book each tackle a specific section so all the important points will be covered. Great idea.
I hadn’t planned on creating a formal group of bloggers, but if there’s a section(s) in The Da Vinci Code you want to blog about, do so. The movie comes out in seven months, but the marketing campaign will be in full swing early next year, I suspect.
James White is blogging about the book in preparation for the movie, and I will link to each post. Here’s the latest. Also see First Objection: It’s Fiction, Dummy and Heads Up, Folks. It’s Coming.
Think about which chapters/sections/concepts you want to blog about and let us know. I’ll do the same. If you’re blogging this weekend, trackback to this post, and I’ll link to you.
Joy D. blogs about the “woman” in Leonardo’s rendering of The Last Supper. Dan Brown claims the person to the right of Jesus (our left) is his “wife” Mary Magdalene, not the Apostle John. (By the way, I don’t like to see images of “Jesus,” but I linked to Leonardo’s painting to explain Brown’s reference.)
Pajama Hadin discusses “tactical misrepresentations.”
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I have a post that answers the question about the woman in the painting.
I have often wondered about Christian overreaction to movies such as Harry Potter movies (a moive which I do not support, by the way) and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
That said, I just want to take a moment to thank you LaShawn for getting on this one. With the resurgence of the Gnostic Gospels and with elements Gnosticsm starting to invade certain circles of the church, this movie is only going to fuel those concerns and heighten interests of this spiritually deadly cult. Better to have a plan now, than wait. Currently, I am just getting myself familiar with the book and it appears that your average reader is far more educated than I, but please let me know if an area gets missed, and I’d be happy to fill in and blog about it.
Brad
Have you seen the book by Richard Abanes called “the truth behind the da vinci code:
a challenging response to the bestselling novel”? I could probably get him to write some on it…his site is http://www.abanes.com. Great guy…awesome book too.
Leonardo da Vinci means Leonardo from the tiny Tuscan town of Vinci. To call him da Vinci is meaningless. The person in the Last Supper that Brown identifies as Mary Magdalen is St. John. Brown is ignorant of Renaissance art.
Leonardo da Vinci means Leonardo from the tiny Tuscan town of Vinci. To call him da Vinci is meaningless.
You’re the second person on LBC to point that out. I thought it was common knowledge.
Hello LaShawn,
I definitely want to get involved in this one. I’ll think about what section, or theme in, of the book I’d like to address.
I’ll begin an intro post today.
La Shawn,
Thank you very much for mentioning my web site, New Media Ministries.org yesterday. I started my blog today at garyburger.blogspot.com and here is some of my first post:
Yesterday morning I viewed the trailer to the movie, and here is the narration:
“It is so powerful,
that men have died to protect it,
that there are those who would kill to expose it.
It is a message that has been hidden for centuries,
right before our eyes.
What if the world’s greatest works of art held a secret that could change the course of mankind forever?
Next summer,
No matter what you have read,
No matter what you believe,
The journey has just begun.”
The “No Matter what you have read, No matter what you believe” reminds me of the line at the beginning of the book that claims virtually everything mentioned in the book except for the characters are accurate non-fiction. Here we go again with the assertion that what we have read and believed is wrong and we need Dan Brown to tell us the truth.
Since most people don’t have time to read the long articles I have on my website I will be breaking off small chunks everyday or other day and putting them in the form of posts to my blog.
Thanks again,
Gary Burger
LaShawn,
Great blog…I’ve heard a lot of great things about it from Agent Tim and other bloggers I know. I have an article that’s kinda summary-ish about some of my own objections to the Da Vinci Code. Since I haven’t read it (no time, unfortunately), I really can’t help with the theme/section stuff but maybe the article is of some use to you? You can decide on that.
The article is called Is It Really Just Fiction?. Thanks!
Grace and Peace,
David Ketter
WHO CARES ABOUT THIS MOVIE?
People need to stop looking at the idol worshiping of Jesus in pictures, movies, and statues and focus on the lessons of life the man was speaking upon. To many people(Christians , Sunday-Christians,Holiday only Christians) are so concerned with proving Jesus’s death and what it meant that they are overlooking the way he LIVED.
The unrighteous are loving that people continue to gossip, yell, and fight one another about these things instead of living a life the way The Brother Jesus wanted. To in the words of Jeru the Damaja( a rap artist)”Ain’t the Devil Happy”
Peace is the absence of confusion
I read the book, almost on assignment from a friend who wanted my views on it. I found it a poorly written thriller filled with improbable themes. One of the most improbable in my mind, as one who has worked with my family genealogy, is that a family line could be traced that far back. Not only improbable but virtually impossible. I have seen people post their genealogies on line who actually think they have traced a formerly unknown line back to Biblical times. I find that ridiculous. Funny how we all seem to come from someone important back in the 900’s-1200’s.
Another great improbability is almost every chapter ending in a near killing suddenly averted. If it hadn’t had so much publicity and my friend had not wanted my opinion, I would never have slogged through the whole book.
I have also read the book… basically because bazillions of other people had made it a topic of conversation. I found it to be a rather middle-of-the-road thriller. OK, but nothing special.
Although I might be inclined to comment on the religious and theological shortcomings of the book, that has been covered by folks much more qualified than I to do so.
However, it also happens that I am a 32nd degree Mason, and the caricature of Freemasonry depicted in the book pegged the guffaw meter. If anyone is interested, I’d be happy to set them straight on the gaffes regarding Freemasonry. The book reads like one of the tinfoil-hat websites claiming that the Illuminati are running the world.
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.
The big chapters are 55 and 58. I found some whoppers in chapter 61 – check out my post.
La Shawn,
I was going to post this under the “Christians, Are You Ready For The Da Vinci Code?”, but the “Leave a comment” window is closed.
The following is my personal perspective and is directed at Christians (myself included):
Imagine a series of children’s books that would support and teach children “fictionally†that it is acceptable to rape, be homosexuals/lesbians and to premeditate murder. Wow! Those with the greatest potential could attend a special school to bring their special gifts to fruition. It would be a great and interesting way to encourage children to read and use their imaginations. Best of all it is only make believe.
Would you support or allow your children to read such books? Why? Why not?
Rape, homosexuality, and premeditated murder are each called abominations to God our Creator. So are witchcraft, soothsaying, interpreting omens, sorcery, conjurers of spells, mediums, spiritists and those who call up the dead.
Should you, as Christians allow or encourage your children to read books that “support” that which we are told in the Bible are real, yet called abominations to God? Yes/No. Why? Why not?
Hey! Simpletracks works w/AOL. That was my test run.
Thanks, La Shawn!
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