Over the next few posts, I will be putting out some more thoughts about the Da Vinci Code. This time, I will comment on and take some excerpts from an article entitled "20 Big Lies in the Da Vinci Code" by James A. Beverly, who writes from the evangelical Christian perspective.
Within a short timeframe of three years, Dan Brown's novel became one of the best sellers of all time. It has also come under fire by many people within Christiandom because of some of its radical claims. "But its just a work of fiction right?" is the refrain from many who have read the book. The only problem with that statement lies in page 1 of the novel where the author asserts that "all descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents and secret rituals in this novel are accurate."
Many critics, however, have noted its inaccuracy and mistakes in many areas or subjects it addressed in the story. Thus, it would be important that people get to hear another perspective of the ongoing argument; that of the critics of the novel's historical inaccuracy. We will examine these inaccuracies over the next 20 articles.
Stay tuned !
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