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Line 190: − 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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This is a great book. It is based on truth, and should be read in church. It has renewed millions with faith, that jesus had a child.
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