the da vinchi code

[Spoken4byChrist]

i have an athiest friend that thinks its a good book, and apparently alot of you guys know your history and the like, so if you could help me out any, that'd be great.
i don't really want to read it, and i dont think i would even be able to so...

[Lil Red]

[url="http://www.carl-olson.com/abouttdvc.html"]http://www.carl-olson.com/abouttdvc.html[/url]

That is a good place to start

[phatcatholic]

these should be of help to you:

[i][u]Dan Brown's [b]The Da Vinci Code[/b][/u][/i]
--[url="http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=5342"]Dismantling [i]The Da Vinci Code[/i][/url]
--[url="http://catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=36&art_id=19562"]Book Review: [i]The Da Vinci Code[/i][/url]
--[url="http://catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=20640"]Gnostics Are Back[/url]
--[url="http://catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=20912"][i]Resurrection[/i] vs. [i]DaVinci[/i][/url]
--[url="http://catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=21119"]Lies with Wings[/url]
--[url="http://catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=6&art_id=21198"]Inventing a Religion of Intolerance[/url]
--[url="http://catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=66&art_id=22091"]Explaining the Gullibility of [i]The Da Vinci Code[/i][/url]
--[url="http://catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=22996"]Pain: [i]The Da Vinci Code[/i] vs. [i]The Passion[/i][/url]
--[url="http://ewtn.com/library/ISSUES/ZDAVINCI.HTM"]Debunking [i]The Da Vinci Code[/i][/url]
--[url="http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=50581"]The Truth Behind [i]The Da Vinci Code[/i]: Carl Olson Analyzes the Controversial, Confusing Best Seller[/url]
--[url="http://catholic.net/us_catholic_news/template_article.phtml?article_id=1004&channel_id=1"]The Cardinal and the [i]Code[/i][/url]
--[url="http://www.carl-olson.com/articles/tdvc_abc_ncreg1.html"]Carl Olson on a Prime Time Fiasco: ABC Takes On Jesus, Mary, and Da Vinci[/url]
--Cracking the Anti-Catholic Code: Parts [url="http://www.envoymagazine.com/planetenvoy/Review-DaVinci-Part1.htm"][b]One[/b][/url] and [url="http://www.envoymagazine.com/PlanetEnvoy/Review-DaVinci-part2-Full.htm"][b]Two[/b][/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?art_id=23630"]Dan Brown and His Books of Renown[/url]
--[url="http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/DaVinciCode.htm"]The [i]Da Vinci Code[/i] Fraud: Cracked by the Critics[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholic.com/library/cracking_da_vinci_code.asp"]Cracking [i]The Da Vinci Code[/i][/url]
--[url="http://catholic.net/us_catholic_news/template_article.phtml?article_id=1766&channel_id=1"]Debunking [i]The Da Vinci Code[/i]: An Interview with Carl Olson and Sandra Miesel[/url]
--[url="http://www.archden.org/dcr/news.php?e=79&s=3&a=1920"]Dealing with [i]Da Vinci[/i][/url]
--[url="http://www.carl-olson.com/articles/tca_tdvc_apr04.html"]A [i]Da Vinci[/i] De-Coder[/url]
--[url="http://catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=23629"]Seeing (Code) Red: Answering [i]The Da Vinci Code[/i] Bullies[/url]
--[url="http://www.carl-olson.com/articles/anticatholic_passions_ncr.html"]Anti-Catholic Passions[/url]
--[url="http://www.carl-olson.com/articles/la_envoy73_tdvc.html"]Fiction Isn't Just Fiction Anymore[/url]
--[url="http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/olson200405040843.asp"]Relative Revelations: Dan Brown's Code Should be Left Behind[/url]


when in doubt, check the reference section (this, under the anti-catholicism entry)

pax christi,
phatcatholic

[Lil Red]

[url="http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/davinci.htm"]http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/davinci.htm[/url]

[url="http://www.leaderu.com/focus/davincicode.html"]http://www.leaderu.com/focus/davincicode.html[/url]

[popestpiusx]

I think base ridecule works pretty well.

[Benedict]

If I ever met someone who quoted it in real life, I would use my patented teaching tool: a slap upside the head.

Spare not the rod . . .

[popestpiusx]

Obnoxious laughter would probably work as well.

[phatcatholic]

i prefer to scoff

[Lil Red]

i prefer the sarcastic snort

[Benedict]

Nope.

Nothing satisfies the thirsty mind like a firm and loving application of force to the temple with an open palm.

[Lil Red]

well, of course, if all else fails, then i resort to the open palm...but i usually try all other methods first...

[Benedict]

Cannonballs work wonders on mosquitoes.

[phatcatholic]

"time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana" [i]--Groucho Marx[/i]

ponder that one :thinking:

[EcceNovaFacioOmni]

A simple "You're a(n) idiot/clown/fool." works for me.

[Spoken4byChrist]

hahaha, thanks! you guys are great!lol

[Fiat_Voluntas_Tua]

(Honestly)

Reassure them that this book is a Fiction. And in order to Refute it you would like to take facts and not fiction. So ask them to give you the facts (Historicaly accurate) and you will give them the refutation. (period)

Totus Tuus,
Andrew Joseph

[Spoken4byChrist]

good point

[Phatmasser777]

LOL This book has caused christians so much trouble, its equally funny that its FICTION and so many people take it as fact.

[Spoken4byChrist]

For some i think they are looking to find things wrong with the catholic church so anything that comes along that [u]seems[/u] researched enough, they'll take.

[Phatmasser777]

True. doesnt brown himself say in the book its fiction?