I think Da Vinci Code is about the corruptability of the power
holders, about the Catholic Church trying to safeguard their power
and individual greed (Teabing, and even the Opus Dei bishop).
People make mistakes (Silas was a murderer!) but at the end of the
day, love and forgiveness triumphed above everything else.
At the end of the day, it is not above Jesus or the Church. Jesus
can be married, the Bible can be compiled by humans, the Church can
be evil, but God still loves you! Notice how in all the prayers
very seldom or never was Jesus ever mentioned?
It is about realizing we are all not perfect. The bishop certainly
was not. But he repented with a contrite heart, same for
Silas!
If the Bible is not divinely-inspired, then how on earth can
anyone, with any certainty, know the mercy of God? How would we
know that God loves us, if not for the inerrant truth of the
Bible?
Would we not then have to trust the account of a charlatan like Dan
Brown? And how reliable would that be, given that he had gone on
public television to make claims about the historical accuracy of
the things he had written, all of which had been panned by history
scholars?
Please, spare me the peachy faith which only remembers God's mercy
but forgets that He also gave us the Commandments to follow, and
which often neglects to use the gift of the intellect to think
clearly.
regards,
siginah
