[kj] OT: Da Vinci Code

[fatpotanga]

I must admit I really enjoyed the Da Vinci Code but I just took it as a
thriller, and enjoyed a bit of nonsense.
But maybe that¹s just me being typical of the council house generation
expecting everything, including fiction, to be handed to me on a plate.
=;¬)


On 4/2/05 2:05 pm, "Phillipps Marc" wrote:

>> >who would you believe ? a church that declares JC as the Son of God circa
>> >325 a.d. and his mam as a virgin even later or anybody else who takes a
>> >stab at the truth ?
> 
> A bit of A, a bit of B ..
> 
> A lot of rubbish & conspiracy has been written over the years, a lot of it
> emanating from the church itself . . historical fact is sometimes hard to
> find. 
> 
> The fact that Dan Brown read a few books and wrote a (not very good*) novel
> claiming a lot of what he'd read is true seems to be beyond doubt though.
> 
> 
> Marc. 
> 
> *C'mon, it's like Janet & John do Forcaults Pendulum :o)
> 
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> who would you believe ? a church that declares JC as the Son of God circa
> 325 a.d. and his mam as a virgin even later or anybody else who takes a
> stab at the truth ?
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> Good program, 
> 
> 
> I think the whole Mary Magdalene thing needs closer examination, it is
> quite evident (looking at the Gnostic scriptures) that she was quite
> comprehensively written out of the bible in the early drafts (disciple envy
> I would guess) 
> 
> 
> The rest of the program made Dan Brown (and Michael Baigent) look like a
> bit of a fool . . which is no bad thing :)
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> 
> I am amazed Laurence Gardner didn't manage to get a look in though
> 
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> Marc. 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:   nicholas fitzpatrick [SMTP:gasw30 at hotmail.com]
> Sent:   Friday, February 04, 2005 1:24 PM
> To:     gathering at misera.net
> Subject:        [kj] OT: Da Vinci Code
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> 
> There was two hour documentary on British telly last night completely
> debunking the basic thesis of the Dan Brown Da Vinci Code. I only mention
> this as Jaz obviously has a sympathy with the idea that Mary Magdeline
> (sp??) was the wife of Christ and came to Europe with their child, Sarah
> (and also because I've a bit of an interest in all that esoteric stuff
> myself). 
> 
> 
> A small French town down in "Grail Land" (SW France) celebrates the arrival
> 
> of these historical figures every year, but the locals say they don't
> believe them to have been Mary plus daughter Sarah. Instead it was a few
> other non-Bible related travellers from the Middle East with a servant
> called Sarah. 
> 
> 
> Everything else about the Grail story was ripped to shreds too (such as the
> 
> Priory of Sion, which was apparently an elaborate surrealist hoax), making
> Dan Brown look like a prick when, during some library footage of an
> interview with him, he argued enthusiastically for the validity of the
> whole 
> thing. 
> 
> 
> Anyway, I'm not too bothered either way, just mentioning it for its vague
> KJ 
> relevance. Jaz's opera was about this subject and I'm sure there are some
> references to Magdeline on KJ 2003, although I've not really analysed the
> lyrics. "Blessed Mother come to meee..." might be one though. And of course
> 
> his partnership with that fantacist bloke Garnier, which was all about the
> Grail bloodline. Interesting theory while it lasted though.
> 
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