20-05-2004, 08:34 PM
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.
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.