The Da Vinci Code

[CaZ!]

Has any one read this book by Dan Brown i think its really good and has very beliaveble ideas and good outlooks on things.
Have you read it if so what did you think?

[jrgen]

It's not supposed to present believable ideas. It's a fictional story. People do not seem to understand this, and that's why they get so upset about it.

[CaZ!]

yes it does represent believable ideas about mary magdeline and the holy grail i know that the actual story is based on nothing but pure and simple fiction but there are ideas which are believable!

[jrgen]

Of course he based the story on actual and true things. Just because Lord of the Rings features water, just like in the real world, doesn't mean everything in the story is true.

[Raistlin]

It's not supposed to present believable ideas. It's a fictional story. People do not seem to understand this, and that's why they get so upset about it.

Actually, yes it is. Those "believable" ideas aren't fully recognized as fact, but there is valid evidence which supports many of those conclusions in the book.

Anyway, I used to really like the book. About a year or so ago, I stopped caring.

On a related note, apparently a movie's in the works? Yesterday there were some people on my campus with little fliers saying "reject the Da Vinci code" and they had a petition to try and stop the movie from coming out. People are so stupid, but it was pretty funny.

[Luara]

yes, people are stupid sometimes... stop the film... humphf!
The Da Vinci code its truely a great book.. I just laught when the Pope said that was againts religion, and said it that harry potter aint a good book to read too... behh..
my favourite books 'till now was the Da Vinci code; harry potter, and Eragon... sorry Popeabout the two ones!, >.<

[Zante]

I liked it, one of my fav books. I too find it quite believable.
Note:Believable doesn't necessary mean it's true.

[jrgen]

He's not presenting theories though. He's trying to sell a fictional book.

[Raistlin]

He's not presenting theories though. He's trying to sell a fictional book.

Possibly, but a little book called <i>Holy Blood, Holy Grail</i> which came out a while ago which most of the evidence in <i>The DaVinci Code</i> was based on <i>was</i> about presenting a theory backed up by evidence.

[Shoden]

People are campaigning to ban the book, now that's getting carried away.

limiting what we can and cannot read.


I'll read this book sometime.

[CaZ!]

He's not presenting theories though. He's trying to sell a fictional book.

Maybe so but unintentioanlly hes created some quite interesting theories plus the one about mary magdeline is very believable because
1) It was expected jews of the time to be married
2) If Jesus wasn't married then because of the above reason it would have deffo been in the bible

[Sasquatch]

Actually, no. He is trying to pass his book off as nonfiction, something he "found out". It's not "wouldn't this be cool if...", it's "hey, look what I found, it must be true". It is fiction, yes, but he's trying to pass it off as some new factual discovery.

[Raistlin]

Actually, no. He is trying to pass his book off as nonfiction, something he "found out". It's not "wouldn't this be cool if...", it's "hey, look what I found, it must be true". It is fiction, yes, but he's trying to pass it off as some new factual discovery.

No, the book is explicitly fiction. It's the events/practices/groups/etc portrayed in the book which he states are either factual or fact-based theories.

The ideas of <i>The DaVinci Code</i> are described in a non-fiction, scholarly format in <i>Holy Blood, Holy Grail</i> by...three people who I don't remember. I've read about a third of it, then stopped caring about the subject. But there really is a good amount of evidence for some of that stuff.

[bipper]

The whole book is synominal to Michael Moore's efforts. Make some crap up that has minimal evidence, and pass it off as fact. Dan has tried a few times to pass it off, but there are quite a few plothole in the story to belive it. For instance, when the origional parchments are "Found" in a cavet in a small alter in (cant remember the name); the altar actually is a perfect square, that has no cavets or anyhting in it.

2) If Jesus wasn't married then because of the above reason it would have deffo been in the bible

If he was married, it would have been in the bible. Not destroyed. Jesus was Jewish by faith, but he lived above Jewish law (sort of) in a lot of areas. THis crap is slightly more believeable than Sylvia Brown's Diareha spewed from her mandible though. That still leaves it on the far left of the BS specrtum.
Bipper

[Del Murder]

This book was poorly written but the subject matter is fascinating.