They chronicled Mary's life, and even catalogued her descendants. In The Da Vinci Code, we also learn that Mary Magdalene's story would have been lost forever had it not been for her protectors. Then, by recasting Mary "as a whore in order to erase evidence of her powerful family ties," male church leaders were able to begin "the greatest cover-up in human history." These religious villains also changed the originally pagan, goddess-worshiping church into a Jesus-worshiping, power-crazed den of evildoers who perverted Christ's teachings to further their own political agenda. Virtually everyone knew this "truth" during Christianity's earliest years, says Brown's book. There, so the story goes, Christ's lineage intermarried with French royalty, thereby creating the Merovingian bloodline of kings. So she fled in fear of her life to France, where she raised Christ's daughter.
This plan, however, fell through afterĬhrist's death because the other apostles, especially Peter, were enraged about Mary being Christ's successor. Moreover, he was married, and his wife was none other than Mary Magdalene, who not only bore his child, but who also was handpicked by him to lead the church. 235).Īccording to The Da Vinci Code, true Christianity was started by a Jesus Christ whom others viewed as just another prophet. As one book reviewer put it, The Da Vinci Code promotes "the gleefully heretical notion that the entirety of Judeo-Christian culture is founded on a misogynist lie." Or as the novel itself reads, "Almost everything our fathers taught us about Christ is false" (p. It basically condemns the entire faith as nothing less than a wicked fraud. Unfortunately, the saga boldly attacks Christian beliefs relating to the reliability of Scripture, the deity of Christ, the organization of the early church, and the activities of church leaders during Christianity's formative years. It has entertained millions of fiction fans and will probably continue to do so thanks to director Ron Howard's motion picture adaptation of it starring Tom Hanks.
LutzerĪ biblical response The Truth, Dan Brown, and The Da Vinci Code By Richard AbanesĪuthor of The Truth Behind the Da Vinci CodeĬBN.com The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is one of the most intriguing, yet disturbing, books to ever hitīestseller lists. The Truth Behind the Da Vinci Codeby Richard Abanes Related article: The Truth Behind The Da Vinci Code
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