DVC... What else?
Just wanted to blog about it although i seriously have no idea how to go about it at all.
Been wanting to get the book since i read a few chapters of it at my cousin's house during CNY... Yes... that long ago. But never got round to it haha... So when W passed me the book and asked if i wanted to read it, i brought it home. Its a pretty short book, prob took me like half a day to finish the whole book? Of course i spread it out over a few days... really too busy at work this week.
The Book
When i was like 3/4 through the book, i was getting kinda worried about the impact that this book would bring about to the Christian world. No it wasn't about the apparent claim that Jesus had a romantic relationship with Mary Magdelene and had a child with her. Well i was a tad troubled by the book's insinuation that Jesus was merely a man VOTED to Godhood by some council.
But i was most worried about the validity of the allegation that the Roman Church had edited and made use of the popularity of the Bible to strenghten its power over the people via Christianity.
Now that i look back, it was a silly thing to worry about really. Even IF that were true, God's Words will not be hidden or twisted by the hands of man. Not by poor translation nor anything else in this world. But i suppose that faith in God would have been shaken if the foundation of our beliefs - The Bible was a farce. -..-
The Truth
I gotta thank W for passing me that leaflet when we went to catch MI:III on Tuesday night. It was really enlightening as it covered most of the points of debate in the book marvelously. It would probably explain in better terms than i could here, so go get that leaflet that Convenant is passing around i think. Or ask W for one ^ ^
A few salient points.
- The Gnostic Gospels (The set of gospels supposedly written by the OTHER disciples besides Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) have been proven by experts to be fake. Written by someone who USED their names to make it seem authentic. This is the source of information that the book drew on with regards to references to the relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdelene.
- There is no Priory of Scion. Not one that supposedly guarded a secret about the Church anyway.
- The only voting that was done with regards to Jesus was not about whether he was Divine, everyone already KNOWS that He's God. They were just trying to decide if He was created (ie. 2 Gods? One Father One Son?) or Co-Exist from the beginning (The Trinity that we have today.) It wasn't a close call. Scholars today agree that the vote was something like 60 to 2. Kinda like our own election don't u think? Haha...
Logically Thinking
Alot of people try to place themselves into Jesus' psyche and talk about how impossible it would be for somneone to maintain a lie when his life is threatened. I like to look at it from the viewpoint of His disciples. The ones who were with Him all the way and DEFINITELY knew if Jesus was really the Son of God or a liar. Even if we say Jesus was a crazy liar, if you were one of his disciples, would you continue this lie (for someone who has already died) and eventually give your own life for it? No freaking way!
DVC claims that Jesus had entrusted His Church to Mary Magdelene and that she was the foundation upon which His church would be built on and not Peter as the Gospels says. If that were the case, would someone as hot headed as Peter continue his life as he had after Jesus' death? He was eventually crucified just as Jesus had been. by the Roman authorities.
Final Words
Besides all the factual inaccuracies, it is a pretty good read, for a fiction paperback. I just wish that the author had not chosen to use Christianity as the backdrop of his book. Yea everyone loves a conspiracy and the human brain refuses to believe even in something that has managed to survive 2000 years and more.
Hey, if Jesus was a mere man. I challenge you, human being who is probably much more knowledgeable than someone from 2000 years ago, to repeat His feat. And let your legacy last as long. Who can claim to be God, attact followers and inspire billions to follow?
Thinking about it, i'm simply AWED by my God and what He has done. Had i only been alive to witness His glory and hear His words... WOW...
Been wanting to get the book since i read a few chapters of it at my cousin's house during CNY... Yes... that long ago. But never got round to it haha... So when W passed me the book and asked if i wanted to read it, i brought it home. Its a pretty short book, prob took me like half a day to finish the whole book? Of course i spread it out over a few days... really too busy at work this week.
The Book
When i was like 3/4 through the book, i was getting kinda worried about the impact that this book would bring about to the Christian world. No it wasn't about the apparent claim that Jesus had a romantic relationship with Mary Magdelene and had a child with her. Well i was a tad troubled by the book's insinuation that Jesus was merely a man VOTED to Godhood by some council.
But i was most worried about the validity of the allegation that the Roman Church had edited and made use of the popularity of the Bible to strenghten its power over the people via Christianity.
Now that i look back, it was a silly thing to worry about really. Even IF that were true, God's Words will not be hidden or twisted by the hands of man. Not by poor translation nor anything else in this world. But i suppose that faith in God would have been shaken if the foundation of our beliefs - The Bible was a farce. -..-
The Truth
I gotta thank W for passing me that leaflet when we went to catch MI:III on Tuesday night. It was really enlightening as it covered most of the points of debate in the book marvelously. It would probably explain in better terms than i could here, so go get that leaflet that Convenant is passing around i think. Or ask W for one ^ ^
A few salient points.
- The Gnostic Gospels (The set of gospels supposedly written by the OTHER disciples besides Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) have been proven by experts to be fake. Written by someone who USED their names to make it seem authentic. This is the source of information that the book drew on with regards to references to the relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdelene.
- There is no Priory of Scion. Not one that supposedly guarded a secret about the Church anyway.
- The only voting that was done with regards to Jesus was not about whether he was Divine, everyone already KNOWS that He's God. They were just trying to decide if He was created (ie. 2 Gods? One Father One Son?) or Co-Exist from the beginning (The Trinity that we have today.) It wasn't a close call. Scholars today agree that the vote was something like 60 to 2. Kinda like our own election don't u think? Haha...
Logically Thinking
Alot of people try to place themselves into Jesus' psyche and talk about how impossible it would be for somneone to maintain a lie when his life is threatened. I like to look at it from the viewpoint of His disciples. The ones who were with Him all the way and DEFINITELY knew if Jesus was really the Son of God or a liar. Even if we say Jesus was a crazy liar, if you were one of his disciples, would you continue this lie (for someone who has already died) and eventually give your own life for it? No freaking way!
DVC claims that Jesus had entrusted His Church to Mary Magdelene and that she was the foundation upon which His church would be built on and not Peter as the Gospels says. If that were the case, would someone as hot headed as Peter continue his life as he had after Jesus' death? He was eventually crucified just as Jesus had been. by the Roman authorities.
Final Words
Besides all the factual inaccuracies, it is a pretty good read, for a fiction paperback. I just wish that the author had not chosen to use Christianity as the backdrop of his book. Yea everyone loves a conspiracy and the human brain refuses to believe even in something that has managed to survive 2000 years and more.
Hey, if Jesus was a mere man. I challenge you, human being who is probably much more knowledgeable than someone from 2000 years ago, to repeat His feat. And let your legacy last as long. Who can claim to be God, attact followers and inspire billions to follow?
Thinking about it, i'm simply AWED by my God and what He has done. Had i only been alive to witness His glory and hear His words... WOW...
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