Da Vinci Code

yes but the idea was a good one.i liked the movie moor than the book.dont know why

The book was quiet interesting but i dint like the way Dan Brown has ended all the mystery. I mean all thru the book you get a feeling that something very great is going to happen in the end which will end the mystery. But nothing like this happens.

I mean all the enthusiasm which was built up al thru the nook is lost somewhere suspesiously in the end. The movie is boring more than the book. He could have made it more interesting. Now whether its fictional or real is out of questions as both sides dont have any justified proof. Let eave that aside because both sides have their points so npbody can win clearly.

Many of the points raised in the book are valid, but the conclusions Dan Brown draws are purely false. The concept of the Merovingian marriage to Jesus' daughter has been discussed at length in both historical and theological circles, and generally dismissed. The re-writing of the Bible in the 5/6thcenturies to sideline women is perfectly true.
The Knights Templar DID exist, and were purged by the Roamn CAtholic church in the Middle Ages. Today, the Freemasons claim to be the descendants of the holy order, though the masons are generally corrupt and incompetent, unlike the Templars. The Templars protected non-Catholic christians, including the Cathars during the Albigensian Crusades, and the gypsies. I've never seen an English Mason help a Romany Gypsy!
Jesus's sexual relationship with MAry Magdalene is well documented in the Gnostic Gospels, written at the time of Jesus's death. St Peter also claimed that Jesus did not suffer during his crucifiction, and though regarded as the first Pope, his Gospel was excluded from the original Bible. In the 2nd century the church did not believe that Judas was a betrayer, that, too, was added in the 6th century.
You are completely correct in believing that no living relative of Jesus exists, though their may be some very watered down lineage, but this is very unlikely. Then again, Jesus never claimed to be the sin of God, the Jews invented that. Jesus thought that ALL humans were partly divine (including you and me) and that because of that, we are all Gods children.
The book is fiction, but at least it has got people talking about the true roots of Christianity.

whoa i like the story.. that's so controversial n it's quite fun to think about it again... like if all DanBrown 's story was a truth... what will happen next?
i like the book, the movie isn't too specific,... i can't understand the story. but nice to see Hanks play that moveee, cool act:)

I've not read the book but I've loved the movie.Just that it's like you said too fictional.And make you ask yourself question about this religion made from 2000 years now.I myself still asking myself those questions???why people are not killed like before in the name of religion (inquisition time) have African choose to become Christians or have they been forced and wash brained??? OMG the we just need to know the truth! as it's the supposed DEMOCRACY's time.

No one said it was other hing than a fiction novel, but it was inspired on actual scientific research, mainly the in the archeological discovering of the Nag Hammedi Library in 1945. This doesn't mean the facts that appear in these books are historic, but this books reflect some ideas of the early christian community, so it has a big historical worth. More information in http://gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl.html .

No one said it was other hing than a fiction novel, but it was inspired on actual scientific research, mainly the in the archeological discovering of the Nag Hammedi Library in 1945. This doesn't mean the facts that appear in these books are historic, but this books reflect some ideas of the early christian community, so it has a big historical worth. More information in http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl.html .

I find the book more thrilling than the movie. Maybe just because the book has more details. Dan Brown was really a genius writer! Have you heard about Angels and Demons? It's the prequel. Very interesting too!

I like the book better than the movie too. And it really paved way to a lot of controversy pertaining to Catholicism and its origin and practices. But yes, I think people who wanted to read it should have an open mind since it is a work of fiction though there are some points in the book that was actually true. There is also a similar book I've read by Steve Berry, it's called The Templar Legacy. It's as thrilling as Da Vinci Code but I actually like the ending of The Templar Legacy better.=)

I haven't read the book but i've watched the film twice. why? because at first, i was intrigued at the reasonings of the priests here in the Philippines that it will changed your beliefs. My second time, I want to hear and see again their explanation of the chalice... its nice, I appreciated the technology they used.Come to think of it, the movie's effect did not even change my belief to God.