finally read The Da Vinci Code..
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Originally Posted by no_really,Mar 28 2005, 07:26 PM
the page you are referring to mentions the existence of Priory of Sion, "les Dossiers Secrets", and Opus Dei. That's it. The Priory of Sion dissolved in 1617, absorbed by the Jesuits. The Dossier is a well-known French hoax perpetrated by a French political/religious group organized around/after WW2, and registered with the French gov't. in 1956 (as "Priori de Sion"). The document exists, but it is not a historical document, but a relatively recent fabrication for anti-Semitic and anti-Masonic propaganda purposes. The real Opus Dei bears little resemblance to the group mentioned in the book.
That page also mentions that all descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals are "accurate." It makes no claims that all descriptions are of actual objects, or that all documents or items mentioned actually exist. One wonders how one claims "descriptions" of "secret" rituals are "accurate," unless one is merely stating that they witnessed people performing said rituals, and documented them. There is no guarantee that the descriptions of rituals dating back to the time of Christ are accurate, or that rituals practiced today by some people are true to rituals practiced by their predecessors. That said, the book doesn't spend a whole lot of time describing rituals, anyway.
That page also mentions that all descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals are "accurate." It makes no claims that all descriptions are of actual objects, or that all documents or items mentioned actually exist. One wonders how one claims "descriptions" of "secret" rituals are "accurate," unless one is merely stating that they witnessed people performing said rituals, and documented them. There is no guarantee that the descriptions of rituals dating back to the time of Christ are accurate, or that rituals practiced today by some people are true to rituals practiced by their predecessors. That said, the book doesn't spend a whole lot of time describing rituals, anyway.
You just blew my mind.
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Originally Posted by The Hoth,Mar 29 2005, 10:57 AM
I don't get it. It is a fictional novel right. Why people take it so seriously? You know it is not based on facts.
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Originally Posted by ProV1,Mar 29 2005, 09:31 PM
funny, unless proven otherwise I believe the Bible is a fictional novel as well, and ppl seem to take httpERY seriously..
Many of the people and events in the "Bible" actually existed, and there is volumes of corroborating evidence for many of the events and personalities. And unless you are willing to clarify, book by book, and by specific version, such as King James translation or some other, your statement is meaningless. There are books in the Christian Bible that are simply poetry, while others are histories, while still others are collections of letters. It is the height of ignorance to suggest that something as varied and with as many individual authors as the "Bible" is one big "novel." It is apparent you have spent no time actually studying the books of the New and Old Testament before forming your opinion. If your beliefs are all as informed as the ones relating to your nebulous "Bible," one suspects your tinfoil hat gets warm in the summer months.
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