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Line 188: − − − ==='''Conclusion'''=== − ---- − This section appears to violate Commandment #6. − − [Do not post personal opinion on an encyclopedia entry. Opinions can be posted on Talk:pages or on debate or discussion pages.] − ---- − Dan Brown is responsible for feeding millions of readers a pack of lies cleverly wrapped up as a historically accurate novel. Critics have sung its praises since its publication in 2001, extolling its artistic virtues as well as its historical ones. − <blockquote> − ''Calling Dan Brown's latest novel, The Da Vinci Code, simply a "smart suspense novel" is like referring to Harvard as simply a pretty good university. Incorporating massive amounts of historical and academic information is no easy task, but Brown does it in such a seamless fashion that it is almost invisible within the story's natural narrative.''</blockquote> (The Mystery Reader) − − In addition to the critics, audiences are also profoundly impacted by the book’s “historical” content, as Archbishop George H. Niederauer, D.D., Ph.D describes in an article: − <blockquote> − ''A young friend of mine met a classmate from Catholic high school who told him that she was seriously thinking of giving up her faith after reading “The Da Vinci Code”. My friend said, “You’d give up your faith because of a novel?” She answered, “Oh, but it’s all true!''(How Dark the Con of Man)</blockquote> Oh, but it’s not true! And therein lays the tragedy: millions have been presented with a tangled, inaccurate and dishonest representation of history, of Christianity and of Jesus Christ. Dan Brown is fond of Leonardo Da Vinci’s quote, “how dark the con of man.” I must agree with Brown on this one point. How dark the con of man indeed. Every component of the “Da Vinci myth” has crumbled and fallen to pieces upon close scrutiny and examination. But the damage caused by the book is not undone…in fact, far from it. As [[Mark Twain]] said, − <blockquote>''A lie is half way round the world while the truth is still putting its boots on.'' </blockquote> If nothing else, The Da Vinci Code teaches a lesson on how susceptible people are to believing an attractively-packaged lie, and how vitally important it is that the truth is broadcasted earnestly by those who know it.
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Apparently, Dan Brown believes there are no solid truths—that Christian doctrine is malleable and can be tailored to each person’s desires. However, he is gravely mistaken; faith is not a continuum. Christianity does not involve shaky, grey areas of doubt and confusion, but is based upon a solid foundation—the rock that is Jesus Christ. Christians do not rely on their "own paths of enlightenment", instead looking to the Bible and the Holy Spirit for truth and revelation. As Martin Lloyd-Jones describes it, Christianity “is to be the acceptance of certain truths, and the working out of a reasoned, logical argument on the basis of those truths. It is not to be something vague, and general, and intangible, which varies with one’s moods and feelings.” (Why Does God Allow War?) For Christians, the “spiritual quest” simply means following Jesus Christ and seeking to know him more deeply. Perhaps the biggest myth in The Da Vinci Code is the misrepresentation of Jesus Christ.
Apparently, Dan Brown believes there are no solid truths—that Christian doctrine is malleable and can be tailored to each person’s desires. However, he is gravely mistaken; faith is not a continuum. Christianity does not involve shaky, grey areas of doubt and confusion, but is based upon a solid foundation—the rock that is Jesus Christ. Christians do not rely on their "own paths of enlightenment", instead looking to the Bible and the Holy Spirit for truth and revelation. As Martin Lloyd-Jones describes it, Christianity “is to be the acceptance of certain truths, and the working out of a reasoned, logical argument on the basis of those truths. It is not to be something vague, and general, and intangible, which varies with one’s moods and feelings.” (Why Does God Allow War?) For Christians, the “spiritual quest” simply means following Jesus Christ and seeking to know him more deeply. Perhaps the biggest myth in The Da Vinci Code is the misrepresentation of Jesus Christ.
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