Da Vinci and Satan
Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code has rocked the Christian community. Whether you're phased by the take on Jesus' life, or you just don't care ... you have to admit that the book was a remarkable piece of writing. Most people I know who have read it finished it in a matter of days.
And now the movie is due for worldwide release on 19.05.06. You'd notice from previous posts that I'm interested in how movies based on books compare to the books themselves. After seeing the trailer for Da Vinci code (see it here, Quicktime and Broadband needed) I'm looking forward to a comparison in the Narnia range.
Oh, out of interest: the majority of people who condemn the book have not even read it. This was true at an evening we had last year where Tom Smith enlightened us about the book, as well as in Mike's July 2005 post. The reaction was also true of Salman Rushdie's(1988) Satanic Verses when in 1989 Islamic states wasted no time in bannig the book.
Aside: how do we make a stance against an issue if we have not experienced the issue firt hand? Some issues to think about: homosexuality, drugs, rape, murder, etc.
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The main reason that I'm completely unphased by the Da Vinci Code as a threat to my faith is that Brown's research seems a bit sloppy.
I don't know an awful lot about the history of the early church,establishment of the canon etc. but I do know a fair bit about geometry, art history and architecture. In those areas, Brown's claims in the novel are pretty far off the mark. Just as an example: numerous references are made to the Golden Ratio- unfortunately most of them are regurgitations of previous writings about the Golden Ratio in art that have been shown to be dubious at best. Here is a PDF that talks about misconceptions about the Golden Ratio. If he's so far off the mark in something as simple as an artistic principle
(bearing in mind how strongly art features in the book) then how solid ca nwe expect his speculations about Jesus to be?
Having said that, I thought the book was great, read it in 1 session. I will probably see the movie, I just won't base my theology on it.
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Peter le Roux, at 1/23/2006 08:17:00 am
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