OT - Finished "The DaVinci Code"

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Faith is a belief in something which is not seen, which is true.

[Black_Knyght]

I've read this book - VERY, VERY GOOD !!!

Afterwards it inspired me to do some online research of my own, just out of the sake of curiousity. I was actually surprised by the number of REAL, CREDITABLE scientific endeavors to prove these connections, and the number of solid historically accurate links they connected because of that research. And interestingly enough, the number of attempts to not dispute, but block or stop, these efforts by both the Vatican and the Opus Dei. Opus Dei was actually ordered OUT of Morocco because of their actions.

Kind makes you wonder.....

[rdouglass]

Black_Knyght said:
...I was actually surprised by the number of REAL, CREDITABLE scientific endeavors to prove these connections, and the number of solid historically accurate links they connected because of that research...

I'd be interested in your results if you still have them. I have heard that the book only contains 3 things that are accurate:

1. Paris is in France.
2. London is in England
3. Jesus Christ walked this earth.

I'm sure that's the extreme view either way but I would be interested in your findings nonetheless.

[Hunpecked]

Some of the objections to the "history" in the book and movie are covered here:

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/ar.../22davinci.htm

Personally I doubt the movie has any more historical fact than the Indiana Jones movies, but as pure entertainment it may well be worth a Netflix slot.

[Captain Kwok]

Perhaps not unexpected, but the early ratings on rottentomatoes.com show the movie as 0 for 7 thus far.

[Black_Knyght]

I think that one of the most fundemental points here, despite all the controversy, is getting lost.

This is, and has been billed as, a work of FICTION. A work of fiction based on researched, documented, debated, and disputed facts. The church stands of one side, swearing it's all lies. Some scholars and scientists have stood on the other and defended their findings.

And, through it all, Dan Brown and Ron Howard have made no bones about this being anything other than a work of fiction.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

What, exactly, are they *claiming?

* Calling it fiction sounds like a convenient excuse so they don't have to defend their claims, to me.