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Catholicism & Da Vinci Code

Catholicism & Da Vinci Code

What do most Catholics think about the Da Vinci Code?

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For my own opinion, I'd say Dan Brown is a lackluster and clumsy writer, who hit a goldmine with a religious conspiracy theory when all his other conspiracy theory novels failed to hit the bestseller lists.

What people forget mainly about the book (and subsequent movie) is this: it is above all, a work of fiction. His "facts" are as dubious as the existence of the tooth fairy.

For other people's opinions on the so-called facts contained in his novel, please see the following links:

• https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1217_041217_tv_davinci_code.html

• https://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=6491

• https://www.debunkingdavinci.com/

Please note that none of these are "Catholic" websites, they are specifically dealing with the facts (or lack thereof) contained in Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code".

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I think most Catholics don't really think too much about the book at all. If they read it, like I did, I believe most find it entertaining. The only thing that stirs the members of the church is when people take the book for fact. Mr Brown did a nice job of taking small individual truths and weaving them into a fictional tale.

It is a fun piece of fiction. However, as a critic of Mr Brown's, don't go reading many of his other offerings as you will see he definitely has a formula that he uses. Angels and Demons was very similar to the Di Vinci Code.