Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:11 pm
I read the book first and like the first Harry Potter book it was a ripping good yarn. It (DVC) was a real page turner that I finished very quickly. The movie was ok but having read the book the suspense aspect was totally lost to me.
As to the question of the 'slanders' of the christian faith, I think Dan Brown has used this work of fiction to make several reasonable points that tend to be forgotten. The question about the authority of the council of naecea is perhaps the best one.
Since we (mostly) stopped burning people at the stake for religious reason there have been others who have tried to raise these matters in public. What I like about the approach that DB has chosen is that we are encouraged to to do our own thinking about these questions..
I am reminded of the saying:-
Guard your thoughts for they become your words
Guard your words for they become your actions
Guard your actions for they become your life.
Guard your life 'cause no one else will..
or someting like that,
As to the question of the 'slanders' of the christian faith, I think Dan Brown has used this work of fiction to make several reasonable points that tend to be forgotten. The question about the authority of the council of naecea is perhaps the best one.
Since we (mostly) stopped burning people at the stake for religious reason there have been others who have tried to raise these matters in public. What I like about the approach that DB has chosen is that we are encouraged to to do our own thinking about these questions..
I am reminded of the saying:-
Guard your thoughts for they become your words
Guard your words for they become your actions
Guard your actions for they become your life.
Guard your life 'cause no one else will..
or someting like that,