I hope you realize that my beliefs or lack thereof have no relevance to my criticisms of the book.
I discussed, much like Howstuffworks, only the undeniable aspects in the book (like GPS capabilities and abusing science in general) and I did not pick on the religious babble because:
1) the other incoherencies undermine the book's credibility enough 2) the existence of the Priory of Sion, Opus Dei's intentions, or whether Jesus established a bloodline or not, have absolutely no effect on how I lead my life.
Now that you have an inkling to my beliefs, I'm a positive atheist.
a lot of people would find that you thinking the bible is not real is a lie. It has been proven with historical records that most is actually true. Maybe your lack of belief is seeping over into your knowledge of history.
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I think it might be important to address the two very distinct differences between the Bible and Dan Brown's work:
1. The Bible (as with other religious texts) was compiled together to provide a guide in a sense towards developing one's own individual spirituality through stories and examples of Jesus (an historical figure). As many educated theologians would tell you it's not meant to be a historical text book or a Step-By-Step instruction manual. Anyone who sees it as a completely reality based, literal text is grossly mistaken.
2. Dan Brown's book is entertainment. Pure and simple. Which means it contains inaccuracies and wouldn't necessarily have to be credible. I would be hard-pressed as well to believe that it would ever win a Nobel prize. Anyone who believes it is more is again, grossly mistaken.
If one actually studies the Bible for its content they would discover it never actually attempts to integrate reality. It uses elements of reality to relate on the individual level.
One of the great advantages of being a human and capable of communication is our ability to extract reality from fiction. Perhaps Dan Brown simply tapped into a very common inquiry that we all share, the need to explain the seemingly unexplainable. But either way, is there really even a point to the book?
What makes any work great is not just its content, but its purpose. And to me the "Da Vinci Code" has no purpose. As for the science behind the book I'd like to see someone take the time to criticize the James Bond films. Those are filled with perverted and abused science.
By the way, when you compare the Bible (a religious text) to the "Da Vinci Code" (a work of fiction) you are brining your personal beliefs (or lack thereof) into your criticism of the book.
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I discussed, much like Howstuffworks, only the undeniable aspects in the book (like GPS capabilities and abusing science in general) and I did not pick on the religious babble because:
1) the other incoherencies undermine the book's credibility enough
2) the existence of the Priory of Sion, Opus Dei's intentions, or whether Jesus established a bloodline or not, have absolutely no effect on how I lead my life.
Now that you have an inkling to my beliefs, I'm a positive atheist.
1. The Bible (as with other religious texts) was compiled together to provide a guide in a sense towards developing one's own individual spirituality through stories and examples of Jesus (an historical figure). As many educated theologians would tell you it's not meant to be a historical text book or a Step-By-Step instruction manual. Anyone who sees it as a completely reality based, literal text is grossly mistaken.
2. Dan Brown's book is entertainment. Pure and simple. Which means it contains inaccuracies and wouldn't necessarily have to be credible. I would be hard-pressed as well to believe that it would ever win a Nobel prize. Anyone who believes it is more is again, grossly mistaken.
If one actually studies the Bible for its content they would discover it never actually attempts to integrate reality. It uses elements of reality to relate on the individual level.
One of the great advantages of being a human and capable of communication is our ability to extract reality from fiction. Perhaps Dan Brown simply tapped into a very common inquiry that we all share, the need to explain the seemingly unexplainable. But either way, is there really even a point to the book?
What makes any work great is not just its content, but its purpose. And to me the "Da Vinci Code" has no purpose. As for the science behind the book I'd like to see someone take the time to criticize the James Bond films. Those are filled with perverted and abused science.
By the way, when you compare the Bible (a religious text) to the "Da Vinci Code" (a work of fiction) you are brining your personal beliefs (or lack thereof) into your criticism of the book.