The DaVinci Code

THANKS A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where are you now? UK?

yeah and June.4 you got it.
I am especailly furious about the things government did after the incident.
You know most (99.9 percent)of the students now even do not know that! And i have just even heard that 1 year ago.
When i wanted to searched for more imformation----but never can get it on google because everytime when i click it the error occurs.

I think you must know the reason.

But as i always say:just need time.It will be finally revealed to us again one day.

I don't know if you can access this but here is the BBC report of the time
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/4/newsid_2496000/2496277.stm
If it doesn't work, I can pm you bits of it.
It is work very near my heart to tell the truth about these things - all history. My nephew was at Beijing university recently and he has published a (HKUniversity) PhD thesis on the teaching of history in China and in HK. It's very interesting.

Back to the Da Vinci Code:

Lebanese authorities ban 'Da Vinci Code'



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I always said those Lebanese had no sense of humor. And neither do the Syrians who really make the important decisions in Liban.

They should stick to really tasty cooking.

I was disappointed, since I only recently read thhis book on a plane (got it at the library), I was looking for the "page turner" aspect and got angry at how thhe author telegraaphs his plot contrivances.
hHes no master , and , as far as thhe phony historical content, its too bad that people take their lives sos seriously.

Hes no Larry McMurtry, whose "Lonesome Dove" was pure genius.

its almost like Brown had one of those computer programs that generate plotlines and dialogue.

however, having said that, Brown did show enough scholarship when it came to the Gnostic Gospels and the Nag Hammadi. wSo I assume hes some kind of passion for the banned gospels.

I sure agree with you, farmerman, on Larry McMurty in general and Lonesome Dove in particular. Just recently read Brown's Angels and Demons the book where Professor Langdon is first introduced. In many ways it's a better book than daVinci, but equally silly. In many ways, books like this (and Tom Clancy's techno-thrillers, too) are no more than novelizations of computer games. I think Brown's real talent is in making these absurdities seem almost plausible at the time of the reading. And his plot twists have the jerky quality of a Mack Sennet film clip run at the wrong speed -- so fast that the characters seem like puppets, not real people. That's reminiscent of some of the more esoteric offerings of Michael Chrichton as well.

wow, excellent points. I was gettting pissed at how Brown drug out certain things and then skipped over other areas as an old fashioned silent comedy.

Well, Chricton is another story. He starts with good science and then F***'s with it to ridiculous ends.
One Clancy book I enjoyed was SUBMARINE. It was more a documentary of modern subs. Sort of a "how to" book. Im a sucker for those.

I loved this book!!!
Ive never gasped out loud in amazed realization on reading something!!

The whole thing makes alot more sense than religious stories Ive grown up with.

Why do you think the Walt Disney references as absurd.Surely its so 'out there' that it could be seen through straight away meaning it could just as easily be true.The powers that be are hoping we wont believe it because its so absurd,can you imagine if the majority of the world believed it!The Vatican would be seriously worried.
Maybe we are so brainwashed and blinkered in our beliefs we arnt prepeared to see a very possible and all round better alternative.

material girl said, "The powers that be are hoping we wont believe it." There is nothing to indicate that author Dan Brown believes any of it himself. It's all a mind game, done with smoke and mirrors. I loved the book, too, but for entirely different reasons. Whether any of what Brown postulates is true or not, is entirely beside the point. It's the tongue-in-cheek style that makes this a rollocking read.

Is there anything to say that the Bible is real or are we just using 2000 years of being told that it is real influence us?

What do you believe?

I just think it's funny that it takes this kind of formula writing to get people all in a tizzy (strange, that's the first time i've EVER used that word). A thriller novel with a ridiculous plot doesn't seem like it should ever effect so many people and their religious beliefs. That said, The DaVinci Code is a fantastic book, and Dan Brown has to be the most page-turning author I've ever had the pleasure of reading. To contradict myself, it seems logical that people would trade in their beliefs for one far-fetched novel (the bible) for another(davinci code). So funny the way the world is. Why believe anything you read in a book, when you can see for yourself what's going on around you all the time. That said, I read at least a book a week which is strange. I'm very indecisive.

Welcome to A2K, guest.

I agree with you. What's really ironic is that so many people took a potboiler satire for a serious statement of historico-theological fact. Brown's little thriller was on the NYTimes best-seller list for a couple of years (maybe still is; I don't keep up with these lists). I've said this before, above: Brown makes it fairly plain that he's not serious, can't possiblt be. Yet people are so eager to find an alternative to the standard version of the New Testament that they're ready to buy even this description of a scavenger hunt as a viable substitute. I love this book!

Hello and Regards to u all Stalwarts out there!!!!

I bought the book after reading this thread and I have finished it in two days....

Now I m not Christian yet Convent Schooling gives me brief background so I beg of u all to tell me how far is the speculation justified....Lets not go for whether Brown is rite or rong. The theory has strong hold or not thats all.......

Waiting............

I like the bibles stories but I never believed that somebody like Jesus who is supposed to represent god(ie love)could be so untouchable(im going on tv depictions of him).When I read he was married and had a family it all made much more sense.Plus Marys bones being the holy grail and not a cup was magical.He cared about her so much that her bones are seen as holy.Soooo lovely.

If the bible is true how do you explain people living into their hundreds,how were adam and eve 'born' etc I think the bible has far fetched stories and TDVC fills in some blanks and gives and alternate idea to the stories.
True or not I dont know but better and more believable, definately.

Any speculation is justified. Brown's tongue-in-cheek speculation is certainly not totally made up out of whole cloth. The historical people and places he mentions are all real historical figures, not imaginary. But we might as well ask, how much of the Bible is true, how much the imagination of later writers. The Gospels were all written well after the fact.

My point in starting this thread, of course, was that the truth or falsity of Brown's statements is completely ireelevant to enjoyment of the book. It is a tour-de-force of fast moving scenes, absurd situations, and a general hilarity which is easy to miss if you take it as a serious work. As I said earlier, I don't for a moment think that Brown himself believes half of these speculations (none of which, btw, is original with him).

If you're reading DeVinci to gain some theological, philosophical or historical insights, you're reading the wrong book.

Got u Marry!!

Well even I njoyed the book immensely.. The question was out of curiosity.... But yes now the Mist is Clear... Thx.....

I read thins morning that Audrey Tatau is gona play Sophie.
She aint no Monica Belluci!!!Doubt Il rush to see the film.

Yeah, and Tom Hanks as Langdon doesn't sound quite right either. I like Hanks but somehow this doesn't seem to be his role.