ABOUT THE LOST TOMB OF JESUS WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE DA VINCI CODE? IS THE MOVIE AS BAD AS THE BOOK?

HOW DARK THE CON OF MAN: SOME RESPONSES TO THE DA VINCI CODE WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A DA VINCI CODE BELIEVER?

WHAT'S MISSING FROM THE DA VINCI CODE? WHAT'S THE SECRET? THE WITCH KILLING FRENZIES

THE ORIGIN OF THE "HOLY GRAIL" THE SACRED FEMININE

Father John Wauck

What's Wrong with The Da Vinci Code?

By Father John Wauck

As is to be expected, many people have protested against the way in which Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalene, the Catholic Church, and Opus Dei are portrayed in Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code. He has been accused of blasphemy, dishonesty and anti-Catholicism. I suspect, however, that the real problem with his novel lies elsewhere.

Certainly, the half-baked notions tossed around in The Da Vinci Code about Jesus and Mary Magdalene should not be terribly shocking to anyone. When Dan Brown's fictional characters say that Jesus is not the immortal Son of God but merely a good man, they are only saying what most of the non-fictional people on the planet - Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Unitarians, and non-Christians of all stripes - have always believed. In short, if Dan Brown's characters are blaspheming on this point, then so is most of the world. In the end, The Da Vinci Code "charges" Jesus, on laughably flimsy grounds, with nothing more nefarious than getting married and not being God - which may be falsehoods, but they are not deliberate distortions of demonstrable historical facts.

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