The Da Vinci Deception
Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code has sold over 25 million copies in 44 languages. Amazon lists it (as this is written) as #17 on their sales list. It is, (according to Brown), a fictional story set against a background that leads the reader to assume is real. In fact, the background is story is poorly researched and highly inaccurate. There is a tiny, tiny bit of truth there and this is awash in a mountain of lies and untruths. Dan Brown himself should be aware of the errors in his book, leaving you to guess as to his own motives and purpose.
The basic premises of Brown’s story are that:
- Jesus was not divine and married Mary Magdalene. A child resulted.
- There are people alive today who descend from that marriage.
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This secret was carried by a Priory of Sion through the centuries in hidden documents.
- The church suppressed knowledge about the marriage that, if known, would destroy Christianity.
At the time the book opens, the last four men carrying this secret are murdered. One of the four leaves a clue at his death that is followed, much like a scavenger hunt, through the book.
This same book is now being made into a movie to be released next year. Directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks with an international cast, those producing the movie are already aware of the errors and are trying to downplay the religious themes in the book. The scriptwriter for the movie is Akiva Goldsman (“A Beautiful Mind”, “Cinderella Man”).
The Apostle John writes of the Bible in Revelation:
For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Rev 22:18-19 NKJV
It is important for those who are Christians to understand these errors and to understand what Dan Brown was trying to do when writing this novel.
Let’s take a scholarly look at the errors in this book.:
See
http://www.creatingnewworlds.org/davinci.htm