It's interesting; a lot of these programs and books leading up to the release of the movie version of The Da-Vinci Code are one-sided. Yeah, there are a lot of good rebuttals, but hey, I don't like talking about stuff that I already agree with. Anyway, we'll just act like the good rebuttals don't exist.
All these people on the liberal side seem to think that what's going on now is something new. They act like the Gnostic Gospels were just discovered. In reality, the Church has known about these things for many, many years; and condemned them. The Gnostics were very active in the early days of Christianity, trying to undermine its influence with a bunch of legends. Just because they wrote fiction back then too, doesn't mean that we need to accept those things as fact.
The real, true, canonical Gospels were written either by people who had extensive contact with apostles, or were apostles themselves. The remarkable unity in the story of these four (lacking in the Gnostic books) is tremendous evidence to their authenticity.
Another big lie perpetrated by liberals is that Paul and Peter were in disagreement with each other, and had “different versions of Christianity.” Yes, Paul had to rebuke Peter for being embarrassed to eat with Gentiles in front of Jews; but Peter obviously repented of that as evidenced by his later writings.
The books and “documentaries” now are just attempts by modern day Gnostics to undermine scripture and the Christian message. The Da-Vinci Code just goes under the cloak of being fiction.
Note: I saw a PBS show on early Christianity, and it was interesting that they didn't interview one evangelical or conservative. There were just people from Harvard, Yale, and Union Seminary: bedrocks of Christianity. (They don't even believe the Bible)
Saturday, April 22
The Da-Vinci Code, aka, the Big Lie
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hi althusius,
i've read the book and i'm attracted to the scientific side of the Da Vinci Code. especially PHI..
on the religious part of it, i need your opinion..pls visit this:
http://afiqsays.blogspot.com/2006/04/double-sigh.html
i'm just curious... do u see Mary Magdalene when u look at the painting of the Last Supper?
Phi is a ratio that appears everywhere. Dan Brown did not come up with it. There's some really cool stuff on it here
The religious part of the Da Vinci Code is just junk. The gospel of Judas is just another Gnostic Gospel written by someone who wanted to discredit Jesus and Christianity. Oh, and by the way Judas hanged himself, he didn't get crucified. He also stole from the poor fund. The canonical New Testament books condemn Judas. The Gospel of Judas does not fit the rest of the Bible and contradicts its message. That was the intention of the Gnostics. The Church condemned these books as soon as they came out.
Yes, afiq, there is a woman there that was probably meant by Da Vinci to be Mary Magdalene. But just because Da Vinci put that in doesn't mean that she was actually there. That's just one guy's idea, that happens to be wrong, according to how the Jews ate the Passover.
Actually, on second thought, I don't see Mary.
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