Debunking the Da Vinci Code
It always amuses me to see these programmes that profess to reveal the truth behind the Da Vinci code. More often than not, they debunk the Da Vinci Code theory with as much fanfare and congratulatory backslapping that one would expect from just having defeated a dragon. It would seem a Herculean task as any akin to proving that Star Wars has no place in our origins1 or that Lord of the Rings was in fact a work of fiction. Okay, so the claim at the beginning of the book might be questionable but let’s face it, that’s the only claim they make to be true.
What I find amazing is that the hardcore Christians out there are trying very hard to destroy the Da Vinci code as if it was reality. One wonders at how much wealth the Vatican has to draw upon to fund TV shows painting the book in a questionable light, flood the market with enough Templar books to debase the currency of the thought, or even fund a second-rate performance by Tom Hanks in a blockbuster epic that fell flat on its face2.
So let me get this straight. The idea of a Jewish man at the time being married and having children is preposterous while virgin births and walking on water are taken as common sense?
Magical fancies aside from the Church, I think that the book has been powerful to open people’s mind to a truth different from St. Augustine’s universal faith. May the struggle continue towards understanding.
