My Two Cents on The Da Vinci Code
Higher Love or Basement Sex
Called “The Morning Star of the Reformation,� John Wycliffe preceded Leonardo Da Vinci by 100 years, and Martin Luther by nearly 200 years. Gaining prominence and notoriety while teaching at Oxford University, Wycliffe used his position to challenge papal authority. Eventually expelled from Oxford, he lived his remaining years translating an English Bible from the Latin Vulgate – the first European translation accomplished in over 1,000 years. His influence so infuriated Rome, that forty-four years after Wycliffe died, the Pope ordered his bones exhumed and burned.
With such heinous evil exercised by the established church over a man and his subsequent movement (The Protestant Reformation), it is no wonder that many people consider the claims of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code plausible. Unfortunately, the abuses of the historical Catholic Church have not helped the spread the true message of love and liberation in Christ. Because the early Catholic Church practiced such egregious errors in theology, it is wise to ask, “Isn’t there something more to this Christian faith?�
And the answer is a resounding “Yes�! Real Christian theology esteems the “truth� setting people free. Real Christian theology and practice esteems women. Real Christian theology endorses sacrificial love. Yet, the Church hasn’t always recognized this.
Consider the alternatives promoted by the Da Vinci code – secret meetings and societies, goddess worship, and bizarre sex rituals.
Hmmmmm. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather believe in a God that teaches me to love one another with a giving love than worship a secret goddess that tells me I need to wear a mask and meet in basements to practice bizarre sex.
Goddess worship isn’t necessary when God says to women, “I made you in my image.� Goddess worship isn’t necessary when Jesus befriends the adulterous woman and says, “You are forgiven.� Goddess worship isn’t really needed at all in light of true religion as practiced in the Bible. Unfortunately, the early Catholic Church (and secret societies) somehow hid or twisted Scripture for their own unholy goals.
Let’s say the Priory of Sion is right. Why hide any information if it’s true? Let it stand up to scrutiny in light of actual historical truth. Truth will set people free, even if it’s contrary to what is normally accept. I don’t believe Jesus had a sexual relationship with Mary Magdeline and produced offspring, but even if he did, would that diminish the positive, beneficial words and influence he gave to the world through His word as we know it? The transforming, redeeming power of Christ can stand up to the challenges presented to Him.
The early Catholic church may have had a nefarious agenda, but don’t think the Priory of Sion, Illuminata, Masons and other secret societies are pure as the driven snow. All abusers and secret keepers have their junk. Only the light of Christ exposes darkness in the heart of men, and burns that darkness away. Only Christ can heal and restore broken hearts to wholeness. (What? You think goddess worship will set you free?)
If The Da Vinci Code causes people of faith to inquire more deeply into the actual early history of the Christian faith, I say “great.� Talk with art teachers, historians, theologians. Ask them questions. Seek out the truth. Don’t let the claims of The Da Vinci Code merely frustrate you and pull you away from the faith. A book that challenges you to “love you neighbor as yourself’ and “Love God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength� should not be dismissed merely because a fiction writer creates a “plausible� alternative explanation for the life and meaning of Christ.
Remember, would you rather worship a knowable, loving God that serves creation, or worship an unknown goddess that seems to promote selfish, sexual pleasure? We Christian worship a big God with a big heart, who has enough forgiveness and love in His heart to accept, redeem and heal all. Love your friends who buy into The Da Vinci Code. Give them some slack as they seek out the truth. And, if you are one who is checking out its claims, realize that Dan Brown wrote a book of fiction.
Leonardo Da Vinci and the early Catholic Church, I’m sure, muddled with the truth. You have the benefit of access to all history. You also have access to God. God was there at the beginning and He witnessed the church during its dark times. He saw it all. Seek Him to know the truth, but don’t be surprised if He merely says, “Peace. I love you my child. Don’t fret over what you don’t know. Seek me. Worship me. And, I’ll take care of you.� Sounds a lot more comforting and true than bizarre sex in a basement, don’t you think?
Called “The Morning Star of the Reformation,� John Wycliffe preceded Leonardo Da Vinci by 100 years, and Martin Luther by nearly 200 years. Gaining prominence and notoriety while teaching at Oxford University, Wycliffe used his position to challenge papal authority. Eventually expelled from Oxford, he lived his remaining years translating an English Bible from the Latin Vulgate – the first European translation accomplished in over 1,000 years. His influence so infuriated Rome, that forty-four years after Wycliffe died, the Pope ordered his bones exhumed and burned.
With such heinous evil exercised by the established church over a man and his subsequent movement (The Protestant Reformation), it is no wonder that many people consider the claims of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code plausible. Unfortunately, the abuses of the historical Catholic Church have not helped the spread the true message of love and liberation in Christ. Because the early Catholic Church practiced such egregious errors in theology, it is wise to ask, “Isn’t there something more to this Christian faith?�
And the answer is a resounding “Yes�! Real Christian theology esteems the “truth� setting people free. Real Christian theology and practice esteems women. Real Christian theology endorses sacrificial love. Yet, the Church hasn’t always recognized this.
Consider the alternatives promoted by the Da Vinci code – secret meetings and societies, goddess worship, and bizarre sex rituals.
Hmmmmm. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather believe in a God that teaches me to love one another with a giving love than worship a secret goddess that tells me I need to wear a mask and meet in basements to practice bizarre sex.
Goddess worship isn’t necessary when God says to women, “I made you in my image.� Goddess worship isn’t necessary when Jesus befriends the adulterous woman and says, “You are forgiven.� Goddess worship isn’t really needed at all in light of true religion as practiced in the Bible. Unfortunately, the early Catholic Church (and secret societies) somehow hid or twisted Scripture for their own unholy goals.
Let’s say the Priory of Sion is right. Why hide any information if it’s true? Let it stand up to scrutiny in light of actual historical truth. Truth will set people free, even if it’s contrary to what is normally accept. I don’t believe Jesus had a sexual relationship with Mary Magdeline and produced offspring, but even if he did, would that diminish the positive, beneficial words and influence he gave to the world through His word as we know it? The transforming, redeeming power of Christ can stand up to the challenges presented to Him.
The early Catholic church may have had a nefarious agenda, but don’t think the Priory of Sion, Illuminata, Masons and other secret societies are pure as the driven snow. All abusers and secret keepers have their junk. Only the light of Christ exposes darkness in the heart of men, and burns that darkness away. Only Christ can heal and restore broken hearts to wholeness. (What? You think goddess worship will set you free?)
If The Da Vinci Code causes people of faith to inquire more deeply into the actual early history of the Christian faith, I say “great.� Talk with art teachers, historians, theologians. Ask them questions. Seek out the truth. Don’t let the claims of The Da Vinci Code merely frustrate you and pull you away from the faith. A book that challenges you to “love you neighbor as yourself’ and “Love God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength� should not be dismissed merely because a fiction writer creates a “plausible� alternative explanation for the life and meaning of Christ.
Remember, would you rather worship a knowable, loving God that serves creation, or worship an unknown goddess that seems to promote selfish, sexual pleasure? We Christian worship a big God with a big heart, who has enough forgiveness and love in His heart to accept, redeem and heal all. Love your friends who buy into The Da Vinci Code. Give them some slack as they seek out the truth. And, if you are one who is checking out its claims, realize that Dan Brown wrote a book of fiction.
Leonardo Da Vinci and the early Catholic Church, I’m sure, muddled with the truth. You have the benefit of access to all history. You also have access to God. God was there at the beginning and He witnessed the church during its dark times. He saw it all. Seek Him to know the truth, but don’t be surprised if He merely says, “Peace. I love you my child. Don’t fret over what you don’t know. Seek me. Worship me. And, I’ll take care of you.� Sounds a lot more comforting and true than bizarre sex in a basement, don’t you think?
2 Comments:
No, there are no such conspiracies in the historical church, rather, the conspiracies against the true God are evident in the media, entertainment, and science. The waste of taxpayers' money in financing scientists for their efforts of putting together riduculous theories have one agenda: The propagation of a big lie that God does not exist.
The Gospel of Judas and the Da Vinci Code are carefully crafted to deceive Christians. Hollywood have always created scenes and stories whose sub-liminal effects are contrary to Christian ideals. It may not be a coincidence that American media and movie industry are controlled by Jews who are non-Christians in the first place. Every person who comments on the excesses of present day Jews are readily tagged as anti-semitic even if you are just making an honest comment which has nothing to do with Bin Laden.
Dan Brown twisted the facts in such a manner that he fits the description in the Gospels concerning a false prophet and son of the devil.
Go read the Bible and discover that Dan Brown's soul is clearly black.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Beware of anyone who in one breath condemns one powerful group while telling you how great their powerful group is.
No really give us total power, we're much better than the Catholics, honest!
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