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No fear, no vote.I read The Da Vinci Code a while ago, and I want to have a poll of it. The idea about the Holy Grail and Mary Magdalene is shocking to most Christians I'm sure. However, do you believe in that theory? This poll is only for those who read the book.
I read The Da Vinci Code a while ago, and I want to have a poll of it. The idea about the Holy Grail and Mary Magdalene is shocking to most Christians I'm sure. However, do you believe in that theory? This poll is only for those who read the book.
I feel that this is impossible...Actually, if you look closely at the introduction, every facts except the plot is said to have been researched and be true. That includes the Priory of Sion
I think that a better book on the subject is Holy Blood, Holy Grail.
Do I think that Mary Magdalene had Jesus Christ's child? Not unlikely. The historical Jesus was a Jew, and he would have been unlikely to be unmarried at age 33. In fact, I think that the Biblical account of Jesus Christ as a man who never married, never had children, etc., is almost certainly inaccurate.
He's spot on. I recently read just over half of a similar cod-historical "non-fiction" book, 1421 by Gavin Menzies purporting to show that the Chinese explored the Americas and Australasia way before Columbus or Tasman. Again, assumptions, assertions and no tangible evidence to substantiate ridiculous claims.
Some of it is possible. Jesus could have married Mary and had a child, sure. (Assuming you believe they even existed.)
But do I believe it? No. Just because something is possible doesn't mean you should believe it.
I considered it fiction, but allowed for the possiblity that it was truth.
Of course, I did the same with all the sci-fi movies I've watched...
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I really have no idea, but the fact that Mary M. was indeed apart of Jesus's entourage, as it were, may lead one to see the possibility. Also there are the gospels that were left out of the bible, such as Mary's that many feel was suggestive of a close relationship between Jesus and Mary.
Actually, if you look closely at the introduction, every facts except the plot is said to have been researched and be true. That includes the Priory of Sion
He's spot on. I recently read just over half of a similar cod-historical "non-fiction" book, 1421 by Gavin Menzies purporting to show that the Chinese explored the Americas and Australasia way before Columbus or Tasman. Again, assumptions, assertions and no tangible evidence to substantiate ridiculous claims.
And they were left out of the Holy Scriptures because they were seen as not being the true story of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Or rather they were, in whole or in part, too controversial in the political context of the late-Mediaeval church. Some of those books do have some status, and were not excluded because their were 'debunked'. For most of Christian history many of the books of the Apocrypha enjoyed equal status to the rest of the Old Testament. It was principally the Council of Trent in the mid-16th century that changed that status. many of them still appear fully integrated into the Orthodox OT.
Now, I'm guessing you are referring to other books, Ludahai, that deal with NT themes. Which specifically?
I read The Da Vinci Code a while ago, and I want to have a poll of it. The idea about the Holy Grail and Mary Magdalene is shocking to most Christians I'm sure. However, do you believe in that theory? This poll is only for those who read the book.
I think this theory regarding religion is just as valid as most other theories regarding religions.
A theory based on lies and fabrications is valid? Really?
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