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  Mart De Haan stated that The Da Vinci Code casts doubt on the reliability of the Bible: “When I first read The Da Vinci Code, I could see immediately why it had been on the New York Times’ bestselling fiction list for some time. It’s a gripping suspense-filled murder mystery, and it’s controversial: it claims a basis in fact that, if believed as presented, would contradict the story line of the Bible and give us a radically different Jesus. One of the main characters, a fictional Harvard professor, lends an upscale air of credibility to [Dan Brown’s] claims that the real truth about the Bible’s origin has been a carefully guarded secret of the church.” Why would those who have not looked into its historical development readily accept allegations against the Bible? What would be a more truthful and appropriate response to these anti-Bible claims?

  Posted by info on 02/23/2021 at 13:57

  Gail Bradley replied 5 months ago 23 Members · 22 Replies

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  Gail Bradley

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  09/21/2024 at 12:31

  First off, we must learn to take fiction for what it is. Anyone can write it, it does not have to be justified, and no one is really checking for the truth because there is no truth. I have my own suspicion about the Catholic Church and why it is not called the Universal Christian Church of God. Christianity has always been under the umbrella of the Catholic Church along with Christendom, a knock off version of Christianity. Maybe a business investment was the fact behind the fiction, but nevertheless the Bible is from the true God in Heaven, He alone inspired every word for me and you, so that we could be saved through the one He sent that died on the cross.

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  Daryl Byrd

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  08/01/2024 at 09:13

  The Bible is God breathed not just some history book. It is a booked with many authors pointing to one savior. Each individual author points to one truth one savior one God. This faith, truth, and story has continues for centuries.

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  Ang Eng hieang

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  06/27/2024 at 05:52

  The Bible is more than a history book. The Word is God and God is the Word. If one truly spend time reading and meditating upon God’s Word, the Bible comes alive and brings us into the presence of our Lord. No doubt there are still many questions one might have on certain aspects of the Bible, but in the main, it is like having a close relationship with someone. it is a journey of discovery based on proven truths and trusts.

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  Graciela Ramirez lugo

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  06/25/2024 at 23:45

  Mr. Dan Brown made it fit historic names with a prefabricated conception of Jesus to trap the reader in a confusion of events and dates with real names, to give the secrecy he needed to support his work. He manipulated the facts in order to fit “perfectly”, unless the reader knows the truth of each one of them. Becoming only a fiction novel! If we are believers, and you find out yourself in a moment of confusion, we have in the Bible ways to test, what others say against it. We can research, not only accept what a book says because is well written or sounds good!

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  Tanya Terry

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  06/05/2024 at 00:10

  Part of the problem is that Dan Brown claims that the novel is based on factual history. However, it is unclear what parts of his novel are fiction and what parts are historical. It is historical in that DaVinci, Newton, Jesus, Constantine, the Knights Templar, etc. are all real historical people and organizations. So the reader is left, if they even think to try to separate fact and fiction, deciphering what Dan Brown intended to be part of his entertaining novel and which part it in fact truth. Additionally, if people are told something is true, they tend to believe it. Especially if it is something the fits into their worldview. For non-Christians, “truth” that the bible was put together by a human emperor, deleting manuscripts that claim Jesus was just a man, adds support to their reasons for not believing in the truth of Jesus Christ as God.

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  Richard Abanes said, “First and foremost, The Da Vinci Code is a historical fiction book. It’s primarily for entertainment. ‘It’s a ripping good story’ as one reviewer said, and so people are primarily being entertained by good characters, fast action. But what makes it historical fiction is the story, which is supposedly set against the backdrop of real history, true things that happened. And this is partly why I think it has become so popular. People believe that what the book is talking about actually took place in space and time.” Why is it difficult to separate fact from fiction in a novel that claims to be based on history? What would someone need to do to test the truth claims of a historical novel?

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  Gail Bradley replied 5 months ago 11 Members · 10 Replies

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  Gail Bradley

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  09/21/2024 at 12:35

  The book has categorized itself as fiction. There is no truth to it. The author wanted people to buy his product. He wanted to make lots of money, so he included fact (Bible) with fiction.

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  Irena Sokol

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  02/03/2023 at 16:07

  A person would actually have to be familiar with the Bible and the history I’m order to evaluate what claims are true and which ones are fiction. It seems that Brown had to modify some historical events along with the rest of his fiction writing in order to entertain his audience.

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  Annemarie Long

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  07/05/2022 at 16:06

  I think that people find it so easy to believe fiction as fact if the story has other elements that may be true. I also think that people have a natural tendency to doubt things and anything that could sound logical, is plausible. In order to test the truth claims of a historical novel, one would need to do more research, to either back up the claims or refute the claims.

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  Joyce Whitney-davies

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  06/13/2022 at 21:13

  Fiction is not truth even if based on historical facts. It is easier to accept truth without doing the work to discern.

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  Monica Moody

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  05/15/2022 at 17:07

  It is difficult to separate fact from fiction in a novel that claims to be based on history because its expression is entertainment through out the book. Someone who tests the truth claims of a historical novel is to do research on the computer, check out some books at a library based on the Da Vinci Code book.

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