THE DA VINCI CODSWALLOP

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The Mirror
World's best-selling novel got its key facts wrong

By David Edwards


IT purports to have cracked the greatest riddles of theology, painting Jesus as a mere mortal and claiming that the Church has hushed up the fact that true Christianity is a feminist religion.

The Da Vinci Code is one of the biggest-selling novels of all time. It has sold an estimated 17 million copies, been translated into 42 languages and reportedly made author Dan Brown £140million.

Now it's set to be turned into a Hollywood blockbuster starring Tom Hanks as a Harvard professor seeking the Holy Grail. But the news has dismayed scholars who dismiss the book as "absurd rubbish".

The Da Vinci Code is a historical thriller that says Mary Magdalene married Jesus, had his children and was meant to teach Christians to worship goddesses after the Crucifixion - only to be brushed aside by chauvinistic bishops.

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[salvorhardin]

1. Whoa...

I think David Edwards takes The Davinci Code a little too seriously (or maybe personally).

[gollygee]

2. Guess he didn't notice that it's shelved under FICTION

ROFL

[emad]

3. The book may be a facile counter-intelligence number to deny

the ownership of Leonardo's four exquisite paintings of the Coronation of the Virgin, of which the Mona Lisa is a forerunner.

These are held in private ownership in the UK and were previewed to internaitonal art experts in the summer of 1994 in a secure, Fort Knox type fortified country house, owned by US/UK art collectors.

They were originally won in a lawsuit against the Austrian-born Lanckorinka family, who were instrumental in Catholic money laundering for Pope Puis XII during WW2.

I understand they are insured for approx $1 billion each.

[sybylla]

4. Yeah, sure doesn't seem to take much

to set some people off. Some members of the Borg are so touchy.

[realisticphish]

5. oooook

just a book...chill out. In related news, has anyone bought the new illustrated version? is it worth paying for?

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[BigMcLargehuge]

6. Novel - (noun)

1. A fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters.

2. The literary genre represented by novels.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Novel

Some people need a friggin life.