Da Vinci Code

[axel]

If I am wrong about the roles of women in the Bible then please do correct me by presenting another example which will shred this theory to pieces.

Esther?

women played stock characters which served only to expand the family tree
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He was plucking both chickens as if they were just machines
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the greatest and the only achievement of a good woman is to be the freaking "incubator"

You have a rather low opinion of motherhood Isn't giving birth the most beautiful thing in the life of a woman?

1 Corinthians 11

7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
8 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man.
9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

[Anonymouse]

Esther?



You have a rather low opinion of motherhood Isn't giving birth the most beautiful thing in the life of a woman?

1 Corinthians 11

7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
8 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man.
9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

I concur .

[Anonymouse]

I suppose Brown's haranguing of the Christianity is justified, since, after all, the pleasure-hating, sex-hating, woman-hating Church suppressed goddess worship and eliminated the divine feminine.

[gevo]

Well, the book is narrated and boosted for mystery and entertainment, but it claims what it gives as far as information on the main topics it considers is true to the poitn,... which.. is not.. and simply becuase it is perfectly fixed and what may in any way falsify the claim is not mentioned nor is it answered..

[MeesterFly]

Gevo,
The information i posted above is based on a documentary program i saw on either TLC or the History Channel, i do not remember. It was a while ago, but it was most interesting to watch the different sides of the story and what they concluded about what role Mary Magdalen played in history and what she was to Jesus.

[Anonymouse]

What I do like about this book is that it brings to the fore certain elements that have long been associated with conspiratorial writing, such as the priory of scion, or the Knights Templars, and he did do a nice job of writing the story since after all Brown was an English teacher. I hope this does open the door to more interest in conspiracy.

[dusken]

Give the book a break. It is fiction. Who cares about anything else? I did not come away from it actually thinking that there is a "Holy Grail" somewhere and that it actually contained Mary M.'s bones. You read an adventure...you move on. He is a pretty good writer. That is all that matters.

[gevo]

Give the book a break. It is fiction. Who cares about anything else? I did not come away from it actually thinking that there is a "Holy Grail" somewhere and that it actually contained Mary M.'s bones. You read an adventure...you move on. He is a pretty good writer. That is all that matters.

You see.. i dont think you have read any of this thread so far.. thats the whole point i am trying to make.. it is filed and sold as non-fiction.. if it were fiction.. it would not have any affect.. thus they make it non-fiction which is incorrect, because there are to many conspiracies and theories talked about.

[dusken]

You see.. i dont think you have read any of this thread so far.. thats the whole point i am trying to make.. it is filed and sold as non-fiction.. if it were fiction.. it would not have any affect.. thus they make it non-fiction which is incorrect, because there are to many conspiracies and theories talked about.

I read the thread, boy.

Point 1: It does not matter how it is filed. It is a book of fiction. It was the authors intent to write fiction.

Point 2: I purchased this book from Borders from the "New Fiction" section and I purchased "Angels and Demons" from the fiction section.

Point 3: It still does not matter. It is a novel that can be enjoyable if you accept it as a novel.

[Anonymouse]

I do admit his writing style does reflect a former English teacher, which is what he was.