The Da Vinci Code…

OK, so I didn’t let much time pass between “has anyone read this book” and being finished with this book. Sue me.

This book is a must-read if you enjoy a good consipiricy theory or have always had nagging questions about the viability of what the Catholic Church teaches. All-in-all I really enjoyed this one, even though it bordered on fantastical at times. I’ve found that much of my own research on how the Catholic Church approaches things have been echoed in this text, along with the notion that priests pass information as “don’t look over there, look over here, ya know, the same shlock we’ve been selling for 2000 years, really, we know what we’re doing.”

I will not ruin this book with spoilers, but suffice it to say that most of what is written in this text is at least on some level feasable, which makes it a very engrossing read. Very intellegently, the author has elected to take the information he researched on progression of the Christian faiths and place it in a fictional subtext. This allows for some variance from actual religious theory to fill in the gaps for his own storyline. Unsurprisingly, all of the critics of this book have chosen to focus on these admitted areas of variance when forming their theoretical arguments.

There were several times throughout the course of this storyline when I flashed to late-night conversations I’d had with Boyle or my cousins about all of this stuff. For me, that’s what made this book fun. The fact that it lays bare all of the standard lines of questioning on the life of Christ and treats them in a way that makes you want to explore more. For me, the priests of my Church have been preaching lately that it is proper to seek the truth in your own faith, and I view controversial books such as The Da Vinci Code as a nice outlet to at least being theological conversations, which usually lead to some matter of personal truth.

So get the book, read it, you’ll probably enjoy it. If you’re easily offended by someone rattling your religious cage, I wouldn’t recommend you read this unless you’re prepared to be a little irritated. If that describes you, lighten up for God’s sake.