Originally posted by JenaS62:
...The fact page contains two items. The Priory of Sion and the Opus Dei. I believe both of them exist or existed.

Unless there is a secret organisation of the same name, which we don't know about, the 'Priory of Sion' is a modern hoax.

The facts page also says that:
'All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents and secret rituals .. are accurate'

Let me ask you a question. If the book were any other fiction book - would you be critical of an incorrect subway stop or a street name? [JenaS62]

That would depend on how it was presented. If it was presented as a fictional place, then that would be fine, but if I was told about all the 'impeccable research', and there was a 'facts' page and real buildings were described on real streets, then yes.

Just because a book is a work of fiction, I don't expect the factual elements to be altered to fit. I know this happens in some books and films - 'Saving Private Ryan' caused a stir because of this - and I think it's wrong. It spoils the book for me.

We have been discussing the DvC book for the past two years on this forum, so its not 'just now. And we are not trying to discredit Brown - he's done that all on his own

If there is a forum on another popular book, no doubt any errors would be remarked upon. But it i sthis book that there is so much interest in -- hence you and many others joining in the discussion.

Maybe, but we all know that neither of the two main themes (elements in Leonardos pictures and the bloodline of Jesus) are his own idea. The only research he did (it seems) is to take the idea from someone elses book. Brown was cleared in court of plagiarism but he himself acknowledges he used HBHG as a source by using the names of two of its authors and the characteristics of the third for a major character.

i live in corwall, and i know the region very well. it is regularly used for film shoots and i can tell you that the apparent relationships between places we see on the screen virtually never ever bears any relation to real goegraphy. do you suggest i stop watching movies? i'm sorry, but grow up people! most of you would have no idea about these fiddling little errors in his book if you hadn't been tragic enough to dig them out and research them in the first place. life is too short!!

the Opus Dei
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Yes it exist but Brown make a big mistake! In the book Silas is a monk and he is part of the opus dei.. too bad in the opus Dei there aren't monk.

About the subject I think little error are not importart... instead the larger error are. Like Silas who's a monk.. like Costantino who created the divinity of crhyst when there are document to prove that the chrystians trusted in the divinity of chryst before costantino and many other.

Yes daVinci.i.n.a.s, that brings us to the question:

Which errors are important and which are the silly ones? Somewhere there might be an overlap, perhaps?

This is just plain rude. You may need to research the errors but many of us are knowledgable enough to have found them jarring on our first reading of the book.

And if that is your attitude, why do you keep posting here?

wowee!! aren't we the omniscient one!!

Janimal, please stop trying to stir things up. This forum is here for us to discuss these matters, so that is what we do. You know that. Telling members of the forum to grow up is unacceptable.

Okay, I have to say I agree with Janimal on this one. You people need to get a life. Do you watch the old John Wayne movies? In "The Cowboys" they are moving through the high plains and he mentions "running into Fort Smith, be back by dark." Look at a map, it couldn't have been done...but it didn't take away from the movie. It was one line and if you don't know where Fort Smith is in relationship the the High Plains, you wouldn't even know what he said was wrong.

This book is a novel based loosely on some fact. It raises a lot of questions. It has probably done more towards getting people to talk about religion outside of church than the last million emails that say you don't love Jesus if you don't forward the email. It has errors in it, get over it and enjoy the story and debate the questions is raises. I found typos too!

Don't sweat the small stuff, life is just too short.

I think we all have lives.

And I think we all like to discuss and debate issues.

I can see absolutely nothing wrong with that. People discuss all sorts of things. Indeed, we discuss all sorts of things.

I'd say that if this doesn't appeal to certain people, then they are probably in the wrong place.



'It has errors in it, get over it and enjoy the story and debate the questions is raises.

Exactly - that's what we are doing.

Have a look at this:

Topic: It's only fiction - Should we just 'get over it'?
http://www.wineintro.com/forum/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=000250#000000