Reading the Da Vinci Code.

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Sad. The book can be torn down by a 20 minute Google search, yet people
have lost faith over this.

I mean, I like the story. It is a thrilling mystery novel. I like the
characters, I like the plot, and the pacing gets your heart beating. I
am about 3/4th of the way through it and I can't wait to see how they
get out away from the French Police. I would also like to see what those
letters in Sophie's drawer have to say.

But the supposed history is just plain stupid.

A prime example would be the assertion that the Dead Sea Scrolls and the
Nag Hammadi documents were the earliest Christian Documents. This is
ridiculous as the Gnostic Gospels are Significantly younger than the
Canonical Gospels, and The Dead Sea Scrolls were buried by a Jewish
Sect, and only contained Old Testament Works.

The Canonical Gospels were all written before 100 A. D. Wheras the
Gnostic Gospels are much younger.

Also, the picture the Gnostics paint of Christ are fantastic. The book
claims that orthodox Christianity downplays Christ's Humanity. However
it is the Gnostic Gospels which portray him as a non-physical spirit. I
also don't remember the canonical orthodox Gospels mentioning a Talking
Cross.

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> (38) Then, seeing this, these soldiers woke up the centurions and
> elders, for they themselves were all there to keep watch. (39) And
> while they were describing what they had seen, again they saw three
> men coming out from the tomb, two supporting the other and a cross
> following them. (40) The heads of the two reached up to the heavens
> and the head of the one they were leading by the hand went beyond the
> heavens. (41) And they heard a voice from heaven saying, "Did you
> preach to those who sleep?"
> (42) Obediently, there was heard from the cross, "Yes."
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Another contradiction to the theme of the "Sacred Feminine being
destroyed by the Church" is this little ditty from the "Gospel" of Thomas.

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> /*For every woman who makes herself male will enter into the kingdom
> of heaven. - Thomas 114*/

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Wow.