Da Vinci Code - Its FICTION!!!!

[off_again]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4350625.stm

BBC News Site said:

Church fights Da Vinci Code novel The Vatican has spoken out against what it says are "shameful and unfounded lies" in the best-selling but highly controversial novel The Da Vinci Code. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Archbishop of Genoa, has broken the Catholic Church's official silence on the book. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Archbishop of Genoa, has broken the Catholic Church's official silence on the book. Its story about the Church suppressing the "truth" that Jesus had a child with Mary Magdalene has convinced many fans. The cardinal told an Italian newspaper: "It astonishes and worries me that so many people believe these lies." Cardinal Bertone told Il Giornale: "The book is everywhere. There is a very real risk that many people who read it will believe that the fables it contains are true."

WTF? If a book is to be found in the "fiction" section of the shop, it means its NOT REAL.... why do these people think that it is...???

[vetteheadracer]

Bible is mostly FICTION so how come this Cardinal is getting so upset?

[gifdy]

Surely the Bible should be in the Fiction section ?

[lotuslad]

IIRC the preface mentions that the historical and religious details contained within the book are true.

[Plotloss]

lotuslad said:

IIRC the preface mentions that the historical and religious details contained within the book are true.

Bearing in mind he ripped the story off from 3 people who made it up as a ruse I cant see it myself...

[diddyman]

Wot? It's not true? Surely shum mishtake?

[off_again]

lotuslad said:

IIRC the preface mentions that the historical and religious details contained within the book are true.

And how many other fiction books use the same method to lull the reader into a false sense of security....

..and films...? Fargo (remember that one) states clearly at the beginning that its "a true story". When in fact its completely made up..... when pushed the director admitted, but since it is fiction, it doesnt matter that he lied....

So many other things are - why believe this particular one?

Bloody public.... world would be a nicer place without them....

[Eric Mc]

The Catholic Church was just as likely to ban a fictional book as a factual one in earlier times.

[agent006]

lotuslad said:

IIRC the preface mentions that the historical and religious details contained within the book are true.

But does the preface count as fiction too?

[Incorrigible]

I wonder if they'll still be talking about it in 2000 years

[Eric Mc]

Calvi was his name, if I remember correctly. He was a senior official with Banco Ambrosiano, the Vatican's official bankers.

[Fer]

Incorrigible said:

I wonder if they'll still be talking about it in 2000 years

I say we should nail Dan Brown to a tree!

[egoboss]

los angeles said:

Eric Mc said: Calvi was his name, if I remember correctly. He was a senior official with Banco Ambrosiano, the Vatican's official bankers. "Nuns" the word.

i rather liked the perverse logic in the rather underrated billy connolly film, "the man who sued god" ... made sense to me.

[funkihamsta]

Yes the plot of the story was fictional. The issues it brought up were not.

l guess if you automatically assume the Christian religion was made up from selective truths and sought to remove the influence of women in religion then DaVinci says nothing new.

[nel]

The french have been astonished by the number of "Da Vinci Code" tourists, visiting the various monuments used in scenes in the book and trying to find the clues/hidden artifacts, etc. Mostly yanks I understand, but every nation has it's proportion of gullible fruitcakes I guess...

At this rate PH will probably spawn a number of "Oxo Tower" tourists, visiting London in the hope of entering its hallowed portals....

[Fer]

You mean the Oxo Tower does not exist? And I was hoping to take SHMBO up it as a treat!

[lotuslad]

It exists alright, but beware - you'll be expected to give a hefty tip!

[simpo two]

I don't see the big deal. One load of mumbo-jumbo meets another load of mumbo-jumbo. Nobody will ever know for sure what happened 2,000 years ago, so people with vested interests just quote the bits that suit them. The silly fighting over gays and women priests illustrates this perfectly.

Next!

[apache]

It's a true story based on fiction. Perhaps the lack of reference to Paedophilia is bothering them

>> Edited by apache on Tuesday 15th March 15:15

[iaint]

gifdy said:

Surely the Bible should be in the Fiction section ?

It's in the 'Religion' section which amounts to the same thing