Jason Silver

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

The Da Vinci Code

I finished the Da Vinci Code today. It was palpably bad. I read it for our upcoming series at church, after Easter, "Da Vinci vs. The Real Jesus."

I could go on and on about all of it's inaccuracies, but I don't want to get caught up in that too much-- this is fiction, after all; and people keep reminding us all of that.

Yeah, but is anyone listening? I've got some friends who are conspiracy theorists. They're suckers for this stuff. They love a juicy cover-up to bite into-- and that's fine, I guess. It's their life. If they want to put their head in the sand, I guess that's their choice.

Libelous? I guess freedom of speech allows each of us to say whatever we want about organizations like the church... and freedom of speech is great-- don't get me wrong. But I would hate to think people form serious opinions about Jesus and his church based on some trashy pulp fiction.

It wouldn't have been so bad if he'd stuck to a story. But the characters kept soliloquizing into preachy sermons -- it was like listening to my conspiracy friends rattle on for hours. BOOOORRRRIIINNNNNG.

I read it in Microsoft Reader, and kept Wikipedia open. Every time it made some historical claim, or mentioned some group I never heard of, I did a quick google. Dan Brown is almost never telling the truth in this book. Take nothing at face value.

Or just leave this book on the bookshelf.

~Jason

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