The Da Vinci Code

[Pookie]

Originally posted by Cheffie
contimplate ??

Is that some kind of code?

are you questioning the code - (it means empty continental plate) sjoe you should no this stuff

[dudette]

I am busy reading Angels and Demons now and finding it just as absorbing as the Da Vinci Code.
But I am a little concerned that the facts put forward by the chief character would be taken as fact by the general readers.

http://www.danbrown.com/novels/davinci_code/faqs.html

http://www.crisismagazine.com/september2...ature1.htm

http://www.explorefaith.org/daVinci/1.html

All very interesting, but we should review everything we read before we believe it as fact.
This in no way implies that I feel that anyone here has reacted this way, but I am simply voicing a disquiet I have been feeling about the book personally.

[Icecub]

Dudette, what sort of things are bothering u about the book?

Discuss so we can all join in...

[dudette]

Hi Cubbie

Here is another website you might find interesting. I've got to go for now. Will answer later Ok?



http://www.waynecoc.org/DaVinciCode.html

[dudette]

It is now after 9 and the children are in bed, and I have a little time.
I think mainly what bothers me about the book is that the facts are presented so confidently as truth, and I'm not sure that they are in fact real. I don't have the time or energy to check out every single fact, and I think I am naturally rather suspicious of people who make statements of things so convincingly that they are believed to be true, but perhaps are not.
For example, it turns out that the Priory of Sion is not in fact one of the oldest societies, only having been around since 1956. (according to http://priory-of-sion.com/psp/id22.html )

And what does concern me most is the opening words to the effect that all the information about artworks etc is true, when in fact it is not.
Not that I deny that men in the Church are corrupt at all. Particularly in the Middle Ages, the Church had a vice-grip of power in Europe, and I would be naive at best to think this power was never abused.

The book is a wonderful work of fiction and should be enjoyed as such; the information provided is flawed and inaccurate at best.

[Cheffie]

Originally posted by dudette
It is now after 9 and the children are in bed, and I have a little time.
I think mainly what bothers me about the book is that the facts are presented so confidently as truth, and I'm not sure that they are in fact real. I don't have the time or energy to check out every single fact, and I think I am naturally rather suspicious of people who make statements of things so convincingly that they are believed to be true, but perhaps are not.
For example, it turns out that the Priory of Sion is not in fact one of the oldest societies, only having been around since 1956. (according to http://priory-of-sion.com/psp/id22.html )

And what does concern me most is the opening words to the effect that all the information about artworks etc is true, when in fact it is not.
Not that I deny that men in the Church are corrupt at all. Particularly in the Middle Ages, the Church had a vice-grip of power in Europe, and I would be naive at best to think this power was never abused.

The book is a wonderful work of fiction and should be enjoyed as such; the information provided is flawed and inaccurate at best.

Hi Dudette

The Templar Revelation - Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince. is what I'm reading at the mo... kinda a backwards follow up to the Da Vinci code.

It mentions a whole lot more facts etc.. butt as I'm only a third of the way through it.. I'll reserve judgement till later.

You might need to order it from your bookshop though.. it's dated 1997

[jewels]

right, i have bought this book
i shall let u know what i think
u all gave such good reviews

[Pampered]

Originally posted by jewels
right, i have bought this book
i shall let u know what i think
u all gave such good reviews

I am sure you will like it - it really was a good book!

[jewels]

Originally posted by Pam M
I am sure you will like it - it really was a good book!

am looking 4ward to it
am finishing The Bookseller in Kabul - which i am thoroughly enjoying
might check if a thread on that one !

[Spacegirl]

I love reading at the best of times.... friday night saw me buy the book at Tesco's and I only started it on Saturday in between doing the container gardens and other stuff... lets just say that the book caused me to do far less work than I had planned.

I am on chapter 100 with less than that number of pages left to read... I cannot wait for this day to end so I can go home and finish this book.... it is FANTASTIC 10/10