Fiction vs. Fear ( Christians Cashing in on DaVinci Code )

topic posted Tue, May 2, 2006 - 8:36 PM by  Jason
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I received this in my inbox today from a close family member. I receive emails like this near daily. Let me just say first and formost I have nothing against christianity and I hold my own personal beliefs, including those of christianity... but this kind of rhetoric just infuriates me to no end...... Infact, how do you respond to something like this to a close member of your family?

*email begins*

The movie The Da Vinci Code staring Tom Hanks, directed by Ron Howard will soon be released in the first part of this year. This movie will have the potential to deceive billions of the worlds population. The story line attacks the very heart of the Gospel and attempts to destroy the very nature and character of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God.

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Why do the nations rage?
Why do the people waste their time with futile plans?

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The kings of the earth prepare for battle;
the rulers plot together
against the LORD
and against his anointed one. Psalm 2:1-2 (New Living Translation)

Satan knows his time is about up and now he will attempt to take one of his best shots by enlisting all of hell to belch out its worse deception in that of stripping Jesus Christ of His Divine nature and turning him into a mere man who secretly marries Mary Magdalene. To add insult to injury the story depicts the idea that certain shadowy Christian groups for 2,000 years have purposely and secretly hidden this so called fact behind the scenes and thus it is finally revealed in a coded message buried in Leonardo Da Vinci's painting. Even the movie trailer for this story presents it as the truth finally revealed about Jesus! (this is just what the Islamic Fascists need to give added credence to their bloody, destructive campaign of global terror!)

It is time for Christians (the Body of Christ) everywhere to rise up and expose this lie from the pit of hell that will be perpetuated on the whole world in just a couple of short months. This is no time to back down in the day of battle. It is a time to pray and fast like never before that God will raise up a standard against the enemy as he comes in like a flood. Satan always overplays his hand and once again he is about to overplay it big time because as usual he overplays it right into God's plan to present the truth to the whole world.

14 And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then, finally, the end will come. Matthew 24:14 (New Living Translation)

Oswald Chambers states in his timeless writing My Utmost For His Highest "Our calling is not primarily to be holy men and women but to be proclaimers of the Gospel of God. The one all-important thing is that the Gospel of God should be recognized as the abiding reality. Yet we have to ask ourselves today when this abiding reality comes under direct attack who will defend it? The answer can only be that those of us who have been transformed by its truth for eternity will and must defend it here and now."

Pray that Christian lay people, prayer leaders, writers, pastors, and all those in Christian media outlets will get the message out and expose this deception of hell and reveal the lie this movie will present before it ever hits the theaters.

We can only say about Tom Hanks & Ron Howard, Father forgive them for they know not what they do, but to the enemy of the cross we can only declare to him, go ahead take your best shot because your time is up and you will soon be cast into the lake of fire.

E-mail this on to everyone you know (don't delete, give it feet) and lets expose this lie for what it is because the hour is late and much later than we think.

(Also for more research on the web a good start would be at a website called The Da Vinci Code Hoax as well as other sites exposing this fraud)

This is serious....non-believers everywhere are in danger of believing a lie!

*end of email*
posted by:
Jason
SF Bay Area
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  • you can pick your friends but .....
    • I think that the number one thing people forget when talking about the DaVinci Code is that it is a work of fiction. Yes, there are books and books about the issues raised in this novel, but if your faith is so small that a work of fiction can shake it, it wasn't really faith. I find the exploration of the hidden meanings behind the words and life of Jesus to be a fascinating study and I read so much about it, that I have more respect for Jesus now then when I was a Christian.

      I think the best way to address the issue is say, 'it's a novel, I can enjoy it without thinking it is real" and leave it at that. It's a great read but not a great work of research.

      I am looking forward to the movie, in fact the whole family wants to see it. It's also a great leap off point to discuss what folks believe and why. Personally I am a little tired of the hype.

      Dian
      • I read Dan Brown's book first...and I'll admit it...it opened up some avenues of thought.

        Then I read Holy Blood, Holy Grail...the book that Dan Brown plagiarized and is now getting sued over.
        Now that book did more to test my faith.

        But way before all these books came along I was reading about the real story of the Templar Knights and the Freemasons so my view was already distorted.

        As a Greek you are born in religion. Hard to escape it. Our faith is strong. I come from a country that is 99% Christian. But over the years I slowly lost my faith.

        But I feel much closer to the teaching of Jesus...but view him as a prophet, a holy man, a rebel, a teacher...
        NOT a god! The Cathars had it right. Too bad we killed them off.
        • Hi Michael, I have read tons of books on the Templars and the Freemasons, which is how I got to Holy Blood, Holy Grail before DaVinci even came out. Have you read any of the books by Timothy Freke, like the Jesus Mysteries? I have found that some of these books really put a different perspective on how I view Jesus that is more meaningful to me, anyway.

          I agree with you though, the Cathars and many of the other gnostic groups were much closer to the truth.

          Dian
  • I think it is just a part of the advertising campaign.
    • ivan you keep saying this what do you mean? advertiseing campaign?
      • Sorry, I’ve been terribly busy all these days.

        Ahem… They advertise the Da Vinci Code, Cracking Da Vinci’s Code, Breaking the Da Vinci Code, the Truth Behind the Da Vinci Code, and so forth, and so on, and all those books about the Da Vinci Code which they have not yet written but certainly are going to write :) It seems to me that there is no real conflict concerning this theme, and Catholics and other Christians (I do not mean the majority of honest parishioners, of course) are going to gain money from it no less than atheists, agnostics and so forth, and so on :) It is a commercial issue.

        I think this way, because the book of Dan Brown… well, it is not a good literature, in my opinion, and I cannot understand so far, how such a poorly written text could enrage the whole Christian community. No offense, I am just expressing my personal opinion.

        There’s an abundance of blasphemous books. Who cares? As Paul said, Be not deceived; God is not mocked. (Galatians 6:7)

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