Those who say, "It's just a story," simply do not understand that this deception is part of the book's power. The Da Vinci Outreach initiative, led by Catholic Exchange and Ascension Press, will equip Catholics and all people of good will with resources to help them respond to this movie. In May, it will appear as a major film and will acquire even more unquestioned authority among millions of historically and theologically illiterate viewers - unless Christians state the facts and help viewers recognize just how badly they've been had. "The Da Vinci Code" has sold close to 30 million copies. When that happens, very nasty genies get let out of bottles, as when the lies recorded by 19th-century czarist secret police forgers in the "Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion" became the basis for what "everybody knew" about the Jews in the terrible anti-Semitic persecutions of the 20th century. It matters greatly when it adversely affects the most sacred beliefs of a billion people, and when it levels the charge that the Catholic Church is essentially a vast "Murder Incorporated" network founded on maintaining the lie of Jesus' divinity and resurrection. If you donate just $5.00, the price of your coffee, Catholic Online School could keep thriving. We're not salespeople, but we depend on donations averaging $14.76 and fewer than 1% of readers give. If you have already donated, we sincerely thank you. Hi readers, it seems you use Catholic Online a lot that's great! It's a little awkward to ask, but we need your help.
Pseudo-knowledge doesn't matter much when the issue is the script of "Casablanca." Pseudo-knowledge is that stuff "everybody knows," such as the "fact" that Humphrey Bogart said "Play it again, Sam" - except he didn't. The longer answer is that "The Da Vinci Code" has become the source for what I call "pseudo-knowledge" about the Christian faith. This blasphemous book has become a major cultural phenomenon, largely by attacking the very person and mission of Jesus Christ. Shea: The short answer is that tens of millions of people have read "The Da Vinci Code" and many have had their faith in Christ and the Catholic Church shaken. Q: What compelled the writing of this book? Shea shared with us the main inaccuracies in the "Code" book, and why they threaten the faith of Christians.
That is why Mark Shea and Ted Sri - an apologist and theology professor, respectively - have co-authored "The Da Vinci Deception", a guide that reveals the fact and fiction behind "The Da Vinci Code."
24, 2006 (Zenit) - Millions have read "The Da Vinci Code" and many are expected to see the movie version when it is released May 19.
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