Did you know that the most popular de-bunking site for the Da Vinci Code is run by Sony Pictures? Read about their marketing here. I'm not sure what to make of it.
Craig Detweiler, a professor at Biola, is quoted in it. He has been published on the website, saying something fairly questionable about why Catholics are more offended than Protestants by the book's ideas (woman priesthood).
My opinion would be this: it is unfortunate that the Church is being used as an instrument against its true purpose. The Church exists to glorify God, not to make money for Sony.
I suppose the other side of the argument would be that it is the other way around, Sony is being used to bring glory to God despite itself. Ultimately, however, I think that the world would be better off without Dan Brown's book and (thus by extension) this movie. From what I've heard, the book's quality is beneath recommendation on a literary level, and its historical accuracy is certainly not well researched. What value is left?
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As Dan Brown's cash cow?
But yeah, it is definitely a dangerous work, in that it'll seriously misinform alot of people about Christianity, who have very little historical grounding.
On the other hand, what do you think about the attempts to engage readers and viewers intellectually? If it can be pulled off, I figure this could actually turn out to be a good thing.
First, people would become interested in getting to the truth behind Christian history. Second, they'll become less entranced with the word 'controversy.' Third, they'll be more critical of anti-Christian secular culture and modern revisionism.
Thus, after reading the article, Dan Brown type works seem to be opportunities to make people smarter. At any rate, I figure such a response is better than responding with boycotting or angry complaining, which just makes Christians look dumb and reactionary (as it did for the Muslims). I'm all for making the market smarter instead of trying to control it.
I think it's good to engage people and educate them about true church history. That's a situation the Church can only win with (since true Church history witnesses the work of the Holy Spirit powerfully).
Anyway, the movie is going to stink: there are reviews out and all of them are bad so far: 20% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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