Mon 11 Dec 2006
My last Da Vinci Code post ever! (Probably!)
Posted by Darren under Apologetics , Christians , Da Vinci Code , Faith , Movies
Okay, after writing for the Discuss Da Vinci Blog (a dozen or so posts plus several dozen replies in the comments, some of them to some real … uh, “characters” …) I’ve had pretty much enough of Dan “it’s true, absolutely all of it, errr, except when it’s proven wrong or inconvenient for me” Brown’s novel.
However, I had to post this. An excellent documentary called The Real Da Vinci Code (hosted by Tony Robinson and originally broadcast a year or so ago) is now available on DVD. I highly encourage anyone who’s interested in the issues raised by the book to watch this documentary. It’s both scholarly and entertaining. Buy it from Amazon.com ($13.99US) or from your local DVD store.
The entire thing is also available to watch online for free here: The Real Da Vinci Code on Google Video (1 hour 41 minutes). Of course, since they are now (finally) selling a legit DVD version, you should really buy the DVD in addition to watching it online. Besides, it loses something watching it on the blurry Google Video box, especially when they are showing the documents, beautiful architecture, etc.
Further reading:
- TheLife.com’s Da Vinci Code site - Many useful articles.
- Criticisms of the Da Vinci Code - Some of the criticisms of the book & movie (Wikipedia entry).
- Glad you asked that: A Da Vinci Code primer - Answers to common questions.
December 13th, 2006 at 11:57 pm
Although I’ve had numerous challenges to my faith recently, fortunately the DaVinci Code hasn’t been one of them. I saw a video that exposed the poor scholarship and outright made-up bunk that is passed off in this book as though it were documented fact. This is one battle I haven’t had to fight, though there have been others (e.g., people like Bart Ehrman have given me a scare, but that is being balanced out by people like Daniel B. Wallace in my reading — Ironically, Ehrman, though an unbeliever who has his own set of problems, also blasts the DaVinci for its shoddy scholarship).