The best example of this would be Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln. If you look at Brown’s sources, you can see a great many authors and books that most scholars – both Christian and non-Christian – give no credibility. The issue seems to be that people are taking his fiction and embracing it with faith that it does not demand. Again, assuming he was simply attempting to write a fictional novel, then there should be no problem here. Premise three: Brown’s research is suspect. I understand that it is politically acceptable to ascribe all sorts of moral horrors to Christian leaders, but I urge readers to remember that judging others so harshly can have bad implications for our souls. He describes the leaders of the Catholic Church – and Opus Dei as well, he seems to have a special hatred for them – as corrupt, misogynistic and violent. The hierarchy seems to bear the brunt of Brown’s rage. He preaches as if he has a kind of authority that he despises in the church. every faith in the world is based on fabrication,” and in his book “Angels and Demons,” Brown explains at great length how he believes “Third-century laws cannot be applied to the modern followers of Christ.” To be clear, even fans of this book comment on its “preachiness.” No opportunity to let the reader know his opinions is passed up by Brown. In one section of the book, a character explains that “. Premise two: The author is clearly no fan of organized religion, particularly Catholicism. That is an essential premise to keep in mind. By putting his book in the fiction section, Brown absolves himself of any need to be realistic or truthful, despite his claims of veracity in the beginning of the book.
In order to find it, you need to go to the Fiction section. Premise one: The book The Da Vinci Code can be purchased in just about any local bookstore.
For the rest of you, let’s establish some key ideas: I’ll try to give you some references to help you do research on your own. You can find it at With that, I want to state that some of what I am going to write in this article comes from Sandra Miesel’s article, and the rest comes from my own research. When I read The Da Vinci Code, I never anticipated that the book would cause such a firestorm.įirst of all, let me start off by saying that an absolute must for anyone who has read this book is to read the article Dismantling The Da Vinci Code by Sandra Miesel. To date, I have read every book written by Dan Brown, and enjoyed most of them. I hope that this article is the beginning of a restoration of your faith.
I have gotten more inquiries about this book than most other topics.
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