Debs

Debs · 11-05-2006, 07:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kui

Yes it is an overhyped book. The question is to ask why? Part of it is marketing. The other part of it is that we as people are still looking out there for certain truths that perhaps was not found in places we hoped it would be. Perhaps this can be a wake up call for not only the Catholic Church but for all churches out there. What must we as a faith organization do to improve the empty void that so many people have in their lives? If we fail to improve on that, many will seek the truth out there somewhere else and accept Dan Brown's or any others' assertions as truth and we will have failed.

Frankly, I think there has been alot of OVER-reaction to what The DaVinci Code, work of FICTION, actually proposes. And frankly that ends up making me wonder what people are afraid of and how much of the truth has actually been hinted at or scratched by the book. You know the old "me thinkst the man doth protesteth too much...", or at least that's what pops into my head when I see "The Church" protesting and carrying on about a work of FICTION. Just tell me what people are afraid of!

And can we possibly explain what fiction is, at least in this case? Yes, Brown did some research, found out certain things and then wrote a novel loosely based on the stuff he researched. Alot of people do that, so to this point no one has been able to explain to me why this particular title has drawn such ire. I'm not Catholic, I don't have to trust what "The Church" tells its followers or forces its followers to believe, so maybe that's why I so enjoyed (and am currently re-enjoying) this title. Then there's Opus Dei demanding some sort of disclaimer...and a report I saw on TV showing us what Opus Dei members do. Over-reaction, I'm sorry.

And may I ask, why is it an absurd theory that Jesus was in fact a real man, and a jewish man, and was married? BTW, anyother question I've long held, where in the Bible does it say priests have to be celibate? that's something about "The Church" that I've always wondered about.