The Da Vinci Code

[Roto13]

(SPOILER)P.S. Mary Magdalene was the wife of Jesus, they had children, and the descendants of those children should be the ones controlling the Catholic Church, not the apostolic succession of popes. This means that Catholic doctrine is all wrong and has to be reworked in aggreement with the bloodline descendants of Jesus Christ (because blood descendants take precedence over apostolic succession...duh). This is fact and cannot be argued.

I really hope you're joking.

Anyway, yes, put Harrison Ford in it. Instant win.

[~SapphireStar~]

No, the spoiler has sent the Catholic church crazy. Im a Catholic and I found it to be an interesting theory.

[Roto13]

Just because the church freaked out, it doesn't mean it's true. They freak out over everything. They're conservatives.

[~SapphireStar~]

Just because the church freaked out, it doesn't mean it's true.

Seriously, why should they totally freak out unless they are worried about Catholics rejecting their faith and believing that. They could have said what a load of rubbish and just claim it as blashemy. But instead they tried to ban it, making more people, including Catholics, want to read it more. If they have gotten so hot and bothered about the subject, why not ban "Holy Grail, Holy Blood" which gave the idea to DB in the first place?

[Lychon]

Maybe you should have spoiler tagged that Lychon. Not everyones read the book remember.

You're right, sorry about that. One of the mods already put spoiler wraps around that part, so thank you to whoever did it.

-LYCHON

[ZeZipster]

I'm looking forward to seeing it. I haven't read the book.

[Roto13]

Just because the church freaked out, it doesn't mean it's true.

Seriously, why should they totally freak out unless they are worried about Catholics rejecting their faith and believing that. They could have said what a load of rubbish and just claim it as blashemy. But instead they tried to ban it, making more people, including Catholics, want to read it more. If they have gotten so hot and bothered about the subject, why not ban "Holy Grail, Holy Blood" which gave the idea to DB in the first place?

They ban lots of things. Like Harry Potter. That's obviously not true. And "Holy Grail, Holy Blood" isn't popular enough to get banned.

[ZeZipster]

The Pope went from sending millions to die for penance during the crusades to arguing about children's books. I don't quite get why people still listen to him.

[Lychon]

Just because the church freaked out, it doesn't mean it's true.

Seriously, why should they totally freak out unless they are worried about Catholics rejecting their faith and believing that. They could have said what a load of rubbish and just claim it as blashemy. But instead they tried to ban it, making more people, including Catholics, want to read it more. If they have gotten so hot and bothered about the subject, why not ban "Holy Grail, Holy Blood" which gave the idea to DB in the first place?

They ban lots of things. Like Harry Potter. That's obviously not true. And "Holy Grail, Holy Blood" isn't popular enough to get banned.

Holy Blood, Holy Grail may not be that popular now, but it created quite a stir when it was published in the early 1980s. As I recall, some church officials (particularly Catholic) openly lambasted and debased the book in their local parishes and in television interviews. I'm not sure if it was banned from anywhere, however. I'll have to check that out...

-LYCHON

[~SapphireStar~]

They ban lots of things. Like Harry Potter.

Which hasnt happened, thank God. And thanks for correcting me Lychon

[Lychon]

They ban lots of things. Like Harry Potter.

Which hasnt happened, thank God. And thanks for correcting me Lychon

No problem. (As far as I am concerned, you were correct in your post- I just wanted to add some extra info to it. )

-LYCHON

[Captain Maxx Power]

Though I find the subject matter intensely interesting (and have been reading about all sides of it), I couldnt believe just how awfully the book was written. Really, it reminded me of a Goosebumps book, especially the constant cliff-hangers at the end of chapters.

That's probably the best description of the book I've heard so far. Dan Brown is terrible, and I mean terrible at prose. Honestly it's abysmal attempting to read it. Most of it does feel, as said, like it's written for children. As for the movie I'm indifferent until I see it, though I will shout "This is smurf!" as loud as possible when the credits roll if I don't like it.

[Hawkeye]

Just a heads up to all you religious fanatics out there (after reading articles from MSN.com) that the Da Vinci Code is, to put in the simplest terms possible, fiction. That is all.

[Dixie]

I loved the book. My friends hated it. I can't wait to see the movie! ^_^

[escobert]

Who the hell is Da Vinci?

OMG!! OMG!! OMG!!! You're kiddin', right!?
He was a pacifist yet invented advanced weapons (for the time), painted the Mona Lisa (among others), developed the basis for the helicopter and was an accomplished scientist and inventor.

I haven't seen the film or read the book but anything that challenges the church is of interest to me. (Absolutely no insult is meant by this.)
I definately want to see the film.

Nope, I'm pretty sure that was Leonardo, who had no surname. Da Vinci is not a last name. Anybody who has done any research on him knows that. Da Vinci means "of Vinci." That's like calling Jesus "of Nazareth."

For once you're wrong KB