Vox

Why The DaVinci Code

Most of my favorite bloggers are posting one way or the other on The DaVinci Code controversy.

I already commented over at Lori's site re: why it's good that she knows it's fiction, since others believe it is fact. That doesn't mean, however, that those who are offended by it should not make it known that the subject matter is offensive. In fact, I also pointed her back to Zonitics for Anonymous Mike's take on it.

Now SAJU has posted his review of the movie - and the controversy - which finally gave me the kick I needed to post what I have been thinking for a while:

The whole premise of The DaVinci Code, and many other stories, hinges on Jesus being married (in most cases, including this one, to Mary Magdalen). As SAJU says, so what? Which is exactly why this is so offensive.

Had Jesus been married and fathered children, both actions that are encouraged by the church, it would not have changed the Christian experience/dogma at all. Therefore, why would it not have been written about, why would it have been hidden, why would it not be celebrated? The fact that Brown has chosen to suggest that the church would have secret societies, peopled with assassins no less, to protect this secret is indeed blasphemous. To hide behind the guise of "fiction" is disingenuous, as if works of fiction can not be deeply upsetting.

In a free society, Dan Brown has the right to write this book, Ron Howard has the right to make it into a movie, and Christians have a right to be offended.

Posted by Vox at May 22, 2006 03:54 PM | TrackBack | movies