Sunday, April 30, 2006

da vinci code? true or false?

honestly i like da vinci code,
it s a good book i can say,
n i acc waiting for the screening of the movie on 18th may,
nice to read,but cannot blif the content~
it s all FALSE~
i ve did some research bout the book,
wat s priory of sion? opus dei?
is jesus married or even hav children?
Did Constantine erase the so called "gospel" when compiling the Bible?
(i min the gospel of mary magdalene n the gospel of philip)

PRIORY OF SION
It is the most influential secret society in western history. It was used by a guy called Pierre Plantard,claim to being a legitimate pretender to the throne of France.So,Pierre Plantard,Philippe de Cherisey and Gerard de Sede were engaging in an out-and-out confidence trick, describing schemes on how to combat criticisms of their various allegations and how they would make-up new allegations to try and keep the whole thing going.They made out documents--Secret Dossiers,to prove that it s related to the Priory of Sion. After a few attemps, finally they admitted that it s all hoax and they 'created' all forged documents.
(for more info go check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priory_of_sion)

IS JESUS MARRIED?
No. Mary Magdalene was certainly close to Jesus. She wept at Jesus' tomb (John 20). Jesus even entrusted her to return and tell the disciples about his resurrection. But we have no reason to believe they were married. Brown says that Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper reveals the secret. He writes that the figure to Jesus' right, traditionally known as the apostle John, is actually Mary. Not true. Artists often gave characters feminine features to portray youth. John was the youngest of the disciples.
Brown correctly observes that few Jewish men of Jesus' day did not marry. But why, then, did the apostle Paul, himself celibate, not mention Jesus and Mary when he argued that apostles could marry (1 Cor. 9:5--Don't we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas)?


WHAT ABOUT THESE ALTERNATIVE GOSPELS THAT AREN'T IN THE NEW TESTAMENT?
The New Testament canon in its current form was first formally attested in 367. And The New Testament we read now,is actually being authorised by the Church in Synod of Carhtage in 397, which is after 72 years after Constantine died. Nevertheless, church leaders applied important standards when compiling the Bible. Authors of accepted writings needed to have walked and talked with Jesus, or at least with his leading disciples. Their teaching could not contradict what other apostles had written, and their documents must have been accepted by the entire church, from Jerusalem to Rome. Church leaders considered earlier letters and reports more credible than later documents. Finally, they prayed and trusted the Holy Spirit to guide their decisions.
The so-called Gnostic gospels, many discovered just last century, did not meet these criteria. Many appeared much later than the Bible and were dubiously attributed to major Christian leaders. Their teachings contrasted with what apostles like Paul had written. For example, many Gnostic writings argued that Jesus did not appear in the flesh, because flesh is evil, or they rejected the Old Testament.
(for more info pls go check on http://www.christianitytoday.com/biblestudies/areas/biblestudies/articles/060426b.html)

U noe wat? i reli think tat it s a big joke to all the readers when we noe the "truth" bout the 'da vinci code'. it acc mislead many christians.i dono wat s Brown's purpose to write this book, fame? money? but "We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. (2 Pet 1:16)"

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