An interesting phenomenon indeed. Society has never had better access to more information than it has today. In light of this, are we becoming a more discerning society with more rigorous criteria for differentiating between fact and fiction? You might think we’d be less tolerant of fabrications and misrepresentations of the truth. But there is reason to believe that we are, in fact, becoming more tolerant.

James Frey’s biography “A Million Little Pieces” shot up to the best-seller list after Oprah Winfrey gave her endorsement. When Mr. Frey later admitted to fabricating significant chunks of his biography,  including his imprisonment, which was connected to a girlfriend’s suicide, Oprah initially said she “would continue to recommend it, despite Mr. Frey’s admission that he made up significant aspects of his story of addiction and recovery.” (1) Since then, she has publicly rebuked him for his fabrications.

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Even more startling is the impact Dan Brown’s book “The Da Vinci Code” is having. People are taking his book and running with it – some whom we thought might have had better judgment and more robust and critical thought processes. People are being shaken and swayed by Dan Brown’s book.

Who is Dan Brown anyway? Answer: A thriller fiction writer who is becoming rich and famous rather quickly.

Among the startling claims in The Da Vinci Code about Jesus and Christianity are these:

  • Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene.
  • Mary Magdalene and Jesus produced children who became a royal bloodline in France.
  • Jesus was a mere man until a church meeting long after his death narrowly voted Him in as God.
  • The Christian church has worked aggressively to suppress various ‘gospels’ in order to cover up the above facts.

I looked at the opening pages of his book and read these words: All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents and secret rituals in this novel are accurate.” Again, in the very opening of his book, there is a large title which reads: FACT: Then it goes on to confirm the existence of the Priory of Sion and the recent exposure of secret documents which prove the existence of a bloodline descending from Jesus and Mary Magdalene through the Kings of France. The existence of these secret documents, he states at the commencement of his novel, is a ‘fact’.

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This so-called ‘fact’ is a key pillar of his successful novel. Brown does NOT tell his readers that the writer of these secret documents, Pierre Plantard confessed in a French Court of Law back in 1993 that he had fabricated ALL the documents. Plantard completely fabricated the so-called secret document about Leonard Da Vinci (after whom the book is named) and Isaac Newton being members of the Priory of Sion.

Brown masterfully but deceitfully took pieces of history and distorted the historical facts, and then wrapped his fiction around it. No one will deny that offences, excesses, and wrongs have occurred over the centuries under religious banners of all kinds. But Dan Brown obscures the real facts by presenting half-truths immersed in full fiction and complete fabrications packaged as reliable facts.

One more example: The Holy Grail is prominent in the book. One of the plot lines is to expose the truth behind the Holy Grail. But who cares about the Holy Grail anyway? The term hadn’t even been coined during the first 1000 years after Christ’s death. It had never been an issue until a medieval legend surfaced in 1170AD about the cup that Jesus used at the Last Supper. Dan Brown takes what is well-known as a legend (not a fact) and spins it as if he is exposing a very significant and massive religious cover-up.

Brown enlightens the readers with new evidence from those secret documents fabricated in France: The Holy Grail is not the Cup but is, in fact, Mary Magdalene who carried the bloodline of Jesus Christ by having His Child. This is blasphemy and false.

I’ve heard some readers say: “Aha! Someone finally has the courage to rip off the lid and expose all the dirt that’s been covered up for years. Brown proves that much of what Christians believe is built upon a very shaky and dubious foundation!” But, is Dan Brown an authority on these matters – or is he a thriller fiction writer?

We are not attacking his abilities as a fiction writer – in fact, hats off to him for being able to hold people spellbound as they read. Few can do that. But we do take issue with the way he has confused facts and fables.

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(1) http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/books/12frey.html?ex=1137733200&en=113b88f284b78ec8&ei=5070

(2) http://www.rbc.org/ds/q1117/

(3) https://heaven4sure.com/MeandGodQuestions/FreeOffers/tabid/63/Default.aspx

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