Why did Dan Brown do it?
May 16, 2006Who knows what the motive of Dan Brown is aside from the commercial aspect. Most people said that upon reading the code, it had Harrison Ford written all over it. Perhaps he is an agent of the devil sent to make us question our faith. Perhaps his was simply to make a little money. When you think about the subject of the book, Jesus Christ reduced to a human being, I mean, that was the idea wasn’t it? For God to be personified in human form. Is this human form truly human through and through or just some tough leathery covering with thoughts totally controlled by a higher being? Did he get horny? Did he feel envy and jealousy? did he question even his own purpose for being on this earth?
That part I think he did because even the bible (well the accepted gospels anyway) says that in the Garden of Gethsemane as he prayed and the apostles slept he said, ” Boss, puede ba iba nalang? Kung meron naman iban paraan baka naman puede huwag na yung ganito?”, And then on the cross as he hung dying, “Papa, bakit mo naman pinayagang magkaganito ako! God naman!!”
As with most other books, I think Dan Brown is not questioning the Christian Faith but probably as is the case for all of us, trying to humanize the Christ so that he can identify with him more. Every imaginable anti Da Vinci Code book questions the veracity of his information, when right from Page 1 Dan Browm says that the book is largely a work of fiction,althouigh INSPIRED by factual information. INSPIRED. No matter how much you turn this around and work it over nad under, when you want to buy the book go to Powerbooks where do you find it? duh . . fiction . . . the same place you find, Star Wars and Dracula and Frankenstein, tick in John Grisham, Tom Clancy amd Stephen King. Why dont they get the flack from what they write.
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