I read the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown several days ago. The "controversies" he has presented in his novel really shook me to the core of my intellectual capacity. The idea of the inaccuracy of history itself as was depicted and idealized by Brown is substantially shocking and moving. The possibilities of his endless narrative on the church and its teachings , of Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalene and even the "codes" behind the canvasses of Da Vinci's portraits are revolutionary. Such is a sure shot to trigger old issues of the church and her deviants, of history itself and the perspective of man on what is truly believeable and divinely transcendental and what is just a mere creation of a finite mind.
I was asked if the book of Brown convinced me. I have thought about it and realised I never view the book as means to "convince" me of what I have otherwise grown up and faithfully believed in for a long time.
The novel entertained me. As i said, it is revolutionary but nothing I have never heard before.
I find nothing wrong if people who have read the book cast doubts and question their beliefs. Man himself should know how to seek the depth of his faith, not by mere words or graphics or heresay. His depth must come to the communion of his higher self, his spirit, his soul with his God... and not with mere pages of a fictional novel.
later.
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