Does the Di Vinci Code insult God?

[Skipperdee offline]

Just to you people know I have been doin research on several religons and how to witness to them, Mormonism was created by a 14 yr. olds imagination, the Da vinci code is insulting God it shares several aspects with other releigons that are christian. And I am not discussing this movie anymore. And how could you say the Da vinci code doesn't contradict the Bible its ;there I have said it.

Take it easy there! No need to get all worked up, we are just discussing opinions. While the Da Vinci Code does blatantly contradict the Christian religion, the intent of the book/movie was not to insult God. It's just a book, a novel, a work of fiction.

Mormonism wasn't the work of a fourteen year old, it was founded in the US in 1830 following the publishing of what is believed to be an account of ancient American civilizations.

I don't know why Mormonism was brought up, but while we're on the subject, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith who is believed to be a prophet by followers of this faith. When he was 14, he had a vision of Christ, and he asked Christ which Christian denomination he should be a part of- the "right" denomination, or the true denomination, or however you'd like to put it. Christ told Smith not to join any of the existing denominations in this first vision and after further conversations, Smith founded the LDS church in 1830 to restore what the Christian church was supposed to be. The more "correct" term for Mormonism is Restorationism, as Restorationists are trying to return to Christianity, believing the Roman Catholic Church changed a lot of what Jesus Christ and the Apostles taught.

While I don't know if this is all true, and, as I'm not a Mormon, don't happen to believe it, I wouldn't say that Joseph Smith just had a wild imagination run amok.

My best friend is Mormon and she says it's really sad how many misconceptions there are about the Mormon faith, especially about polygamy- which isn't supported by the church.

Anyway... The Da Vinci Code...I haven't read it, so I won't get into that discussion other than to say it is for entertainment purposes only. That's all it is. As Ransomed Heart mentioned, it's just a book. It's not a replacement for the Bible, and I don't think Dan Brown was trying to make it one, so just... calm down, I guess.

[lyokowarriorteen20010 offline]

I don't know which one is correct, but Mormons freak me out. A couple came to my house once to try to get me to buy one of their Bibles. Both of them stared at me the whole time like they were brainwashed. It was really freaky.

You said it!

[The BB of C offline]

Wow, you were gone pretty long there

[Skiiran Lord offline]

Jeebus. (no offense)

Alright, yes it does contradict the mainstream Bible. I won't deny that. To say that the book insults God, however, is just silly. It's complete fiction, as both the Catholic church and nonreligious folks at the History channel have proved!

Besides, if my understanding was correct, I thought God was above emotions.

[TB3]

Well there's the thing, people try to act as if God is above emotion yet the Bible is full of instances of God's blinding rage and wholesome love - it's confusing.

Hmm, regarding Jesus however, many fundamentalists get uncomfortable when the suggestion of Christ doing human things i.e. imagine Jesus taking a crap.

The Catholic Church even ignores the Bible where it says Mary subsequently had more sons with Joseph, preferring to stick with the dogma that she died a virgin.

Re. the DaVinci Code, it's just a novel, a work of fiction - yes many of the grail myths exist and there's been a lot of research into it, but many other things are supposition i.e. The Priory of Zion, a major plot element in the book, only ever existed as a hoax.

Other parts are semi-factual. For example although the depection of the Opus Dei sect is somewhat skewed, it is correct in how worrying some of the sect's practices are, and the life they encourage people to lead - women for example under the sect's rules and principles must remain housewives and mothers - as in the book, Opus Dei also encourages self punishment through fasting, denying oneself simple pleasures, sleeping on wooden planks, and use of 'Corporal Mortification' by tying a Cilice of sharp metal barbs round the upper thigh. That said, the book also neglects to mention the hope that the sect has brought to many people, as well as their many admirable charitable works.

The book is also good entertainment, and judging from box office returns so is the film - however things sometimes go silly - check out the IMDB forums for the movie if you don't believe me - people take things way too seriously and then things end up getting out of hand.

Or getting very, very amusing

In the end I think that before you renounce or praise Dan Brown's masterpiece, it's best to learn for yourself how much of the book is fact or fiction, and then judge for yourself.

[DeadViolet offline]

I don't know which one is correct, but Mormons freak me out. A couple came to my house once to try to get me to buy one of their Bibles. Both of them stared at me the whole time like they were brainwashed. It was really freaky.

Me, too. My mom says She'll let me see the movie. I don't think I'll read the book, though. I'ts too big.

[The BB of C offline]

Books aren't as cool as movies anyway

[Zaeryth offline]

It doesn't insult religion, it just contridicts the bible. "The DaVinci Code" is nothing but a flawed story from someone's distorted interpritation of the bible.

Not only that, but the author doesn't even describe the places they visit correctly.

I am an avid reader, and I think the Da Vinci Code would be a good book. Of course, I don't believe any of it. I'm just planning on reading it for the entertainment (and for laughing at Dan Brown for every time he makes a mistake).

[The BB of C offline]

There's a fun sounding plan

[Skiiran Lord offline]

Well, yeah, that'd work. Except it's fiction.

[TL.]

I really enjoyed this movie. I travelled 200 miles to see it (I met up with TB3 in Birmingham today to see it)

If people can accept it that DVC is a work of fiction, there should be no reason for all this controversy

I simply don't understand why some countries have banned it, demanded disclaimers at both the beginning and the end of the film and even cutting off the last few minutes to leave the code fully unresolved. Some extremists even offered money for the murder of Dan Brown. These people see it as an offence to the Christian faith. I'm a Christian. I see no reason to persecute this film.

It is fiction. Enjoy fiction. Take pleasure in seeing different ways of thinking. Go with the flow. I knew little of the plot and took great pleasure in watching it unfold.

Enjoy. Seek The Truth. Decide for yourself..

[TB3]

Hehe - nicely said.

One other thing I enjoyed about the movie was the Parisen setting, for obvious reasons - two little bits come to mind;

1. The mention of 'Boulonge' on a Police radio
2. A shot of Notre-Dame Cathedral, because CL is recorded about an eight of a mile behind where the camera was set up.

Childish grins en-masse

[The BB of C offline]

I really enjoyed this movie. I travelled 200 miles to see it (I met up with TB3 in Birmingham today to see it)

If people can accept it that DVC is a work of fiction, there should be no reason for all this controversy

I simply don't understand why some countries have banned it, demanded disclaimers at both the beginning and the end of the film and even cutting off the last few minutes to leave the code fully unresolved. Some extremists even offered money for the murder of Dan Brown. These people see it as an offence to the Christian faith. I'm a Christian. I see no reason to persecute this film.

It is fiction. Enjoy fiction. Take pleasure in seeing different ways of thinking. Go with the flow. I knew little of the plot and took great pleasure in watching it unfold.

Enjoy. Seek The Truth. Decide for yourself..

People like this should not be allowed to breed.

[TB3]

People like this should not be allowed to breed.

Umm, when you say that do you mean TL? lol

[Jeshibo offline]

Dudes, what's the big deal? so it's a movie and a book. It's FICTION. It's just a creative piece of literature. So it was okay, so what? And so it may have some suggestive elements. Dont all movies? i dont get what the big fuss is over such a minor thing.

[PocketFire offline]

I dont think the movie should really be ofending. Morman marry a lot of people, Satenests love saten. The group in the DaVinchi code just believes the bible is wrong. It's nothing to be ofended about.

[Ghost Guest offline]

I believe that The Da Vinci Code (the movie) wouldn't have been such a controversial topic if the Catholic Church hadn't tried to ban it from showing in the theaters around the world. People love "forbidden" things. The Church just gave them another motivation to go watch the movie. If instead they had limited themselves to advise their followers to take the movie purely as a work of fiction, it wouldn't have become such a big scandal. What about free will anyway?

I guess the Catholic Church was afraid of losing (even more) followers. I'm not trying to be disrespectful in any way but, how can a priest (and I've heard many saying this) tell the people not to read the book because it's full of lies and hatred towards Christianity while admitting that they haven't even read A SINGLE PAGE of the book?

I can't comment about the movie because I haven't watched it and probably never will (I'm just not interested). But I've read all of Dan Brown's books. And I can say this; once you've read one of his books, you've read them all. They all share the same formula. Just as an example, the characters of his novels always consist of beautiful young women, smart good looking men and people (mostly the villians) with physical discapacities. I enyojed reading The Da Vinci Code because to me it was something new. But now I realize that the characters are flat and the story doesn't really go anywhere. So Dan Brown knows how to keep you hooked to a book (at least the first time) but other than that, his stories are boring.

Does The Da Vinci Code insult God? It depends on your mood, I guess. Besides, it may be in the spotlight today, but as every scandal, this will eventually fade away in people's memories. Until a new one appears of course.

[Rail Runner offline]

Its a work of fiction...regardless of what is inside...just enjoy it for what it is and dont worry about other peoples opinions......