I believe the Catholic Church is withholding information. They are afraid of what would happen to the Religions of the world if the truth came out. I am a Christian, I dont have a problem with religions, I just dont believein what they stand for.

Honestly, I've looked into this somewhat and having read the Bible many times and being familiar with the prophecies and information about the Messiah (Yashua, although most today call him Jesus), it really sounds to me that this is nothing more than Da Vinci having issues with the Catholic church. Of course, it wouldn't be the first time.

Despite what some people say, the Bible is an astounding and really amazing book. It's very deep, especially when you look at prophecy fortelling the future and Bible numerics.

Here are a couple interesting links:

The Fourth Word in the Bible

"...for by your medication were all the nations deceived."

I agree .

Though I don't belong to any organized relgion-- but am just a Christian(by God's grace) going to a non-denominational church, I didnt feel at peace with the DaVinci Code movie or book.

I felt it was one man's speculation on what he deduced, but I felt he misunderstood Christ and His life as a Man - yet also God.

I do feel that as in any organization, there is corruption in the Catholic church. For example, I really feel Pope John Paul's failed assassination was an "inside job" --where various prominenant Catholic clergy in Rome probably did pay off that assasin to kill him-- but the attempt failed.

No church is perfect- because most of us humans don't really ask God to lead and direct in a church service.. Most things are done with man's good intentions and not through the Holy Spirit's leading.
That is when confusion and corruption enter the picture.

God-- in His condescension, reaches out to people in all demoninations and even uses each person's demonination to lead them to Him-- even though that church isnt perfect.

Post subject: Len Horowitz - The Real Da Vinci Code

The poster there posted some real interesting pictures relating to Dr. Horowtiz's book.

DOWNLOAD The Real Da Vinci Code PDF Download (PDF)

Just thought I would mention that the Da Vinci Code is book of fiction. A friend of mine knew the Author in college and he just came up with the idea for an interesting book. No issues with the Catholic church and not even a Art History buff. From what I gathered, he just did a lot of research before writing the book.

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De Vinci Code does have issues and the problem besides its inaccuracies is the issue of gnosticism.
From what one gathers doesn't make it a fact.
And Dan Brown's Assertions about the Council of Nicaea and Jesus's divinity is just false!
Besides other historical evidence of this belief of divinity there is the Armageddon Church the Megiddo Church.
Just in looking at all the Archaeological finds it shows that All that He conveys to us is through the prism of the Hebrew Bible and the religion and culture of that time.
Period.

This Christian structure seems to have been built in the transition between the end of the Jewish settlement
and before the established Christianity.

And they believed way back then before Christianity was estabished as a religion that He was who He claimed to be.
Before Christians they were Messianic Jews.
They believed in the Messiah based on the Hebrew Bible which were manuscripts/scrolls back then.
And then it spread to others around the world and it all started from there.

http://orbisvitae.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=44813#Post44813

Plus the Apostles did NOT believe that the Messiah who came through a divine virgin birth from Mary was just a fellow Apostle.
All the evidence there shows this that's not what they believed. They believed He was the Messiah that He was God.
Plus Mary is NOT the mother of God she is the mother of Jesus she was blessed for sure but was just fulling prophecies of the Messiah to come.

People will believe what they want to believe regardless of the truth but one has to be honest with themselves.
Are their beliefs based on Gnosticism or based on All that He conveys to us is through the prism of the Hebrew Bible and the religion and culture of that time.
Because it really matters in the face of what all of us are going to face based on these decisions in the future.

Look toward Jerusalem as that's the cup of trembling to the world based on Ancient Scriptures and is it not!
So what is truth???
mystic gnosticism/new ageism or what we see going on in this world of today in marching on to the fullfilling of more of the prophecies to come.
That's the sign of the times! Not just interesting books.
The Dead Sea Scrolls is a more of an interesting book than Dan's.
And they referred as well to the Ancient Hebrew Scriptures which refers to a coming Messiah.
Because He came according to the prophecies found in the Dead Sea Scrolls in the same Ancient Scriptures we see in what we call the Hebrew Manuscripts the Old Testament today.
All that He conveys to us: The Hebrew Yeshua vs. the Greek Jesus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9gXLTCFjvI&NR=1

Yeshua was never Greek yet He came for us all.
Our Father in Heaven hasn't morphed into something else.
And changing from one Yeshua to another Bluring religions together takes away from the fact of who Yeshua is and the Hebrew scriptures He quoted from.
Jesus Christ and John the Baptist Were Rabbis

Based on the Hebrew Scriptures.
Jesus Christ came as a Jew born Jewish.

The Church Of God Daily Bible Study

http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/20021016.htm

So I do question Dan Brown's agenda and he most likely made alot of money off of his book. But was it all factual.
I don't think so. Life is all about choices though.
I do believe in that.