The differences between The Da Vinci Code and the Bible are such that one cannot be a Bible-believing Christian and also believe in the theories of presented in The Da Vinci Code.

The Da Vinci Code uses some basic facts of Christianity and history (such as the existence of Jesus Christ and the Council of Trent), and some well-known characters from the Bible (such as Jesus and Mary Magdalene). But then it takes these and builds an elaborate fictional story that has very little to do with historical or Bible truth.

Here are some of them:

The Bible teaches that Jesus was God.
The Da Vinci Code says that Jesus was only a man.

The Bible never mentions Jesus being married or having children.
The Da Vinci Code says that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and had a child with her.

The Bible teaches that Jesus rose from the dead.
The Da Vinci Code says that Jesus did not rise from the dead.

The Bible teaches that all Scripture is inspired by God.
The Da Vinci Code says that the Bible was only put together by human beings with an agenda to deceive.

The Bible teaches the existence of a loving, personal God.
The Da Vinci Code denies the existence of God and the miraculous.

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It is no longer possible, to deny the existence of the nation of the Hittites, as scholars once did. Now that the nation of the Hittites has been discovered by archaeologists, scholars find that the Bible was right all along. And evidence like this keeps being found.

Today, scholars accept that some of the writers of the Bible were actually also some of the best historians of the ancient world; for example Luke, who wrote the gospel of Luke, as well as the book of Acts.

Although people will always have different views about the stories of the Bible, the evidence is in favour of the factual and historical basis of the Bible stories.

Yes, I agree that this book has caused a lot of controversy. And I also agree that Christians could certainly find the plot of this novel disturbing, especially if they are unaware of the actual historical facts, so that they can separate truth from fiction in The Da Vinci Code. The book definitely paints the Roman Catholic Church as the villain of the story, although the issues raised in the book potentially concern all Christians.

It is important to remember that the novel “The Da Vinci Code” is just that, a novel. And also, that there is nothing novel about the ideas of this novel. Because this book is a work of fiction, you need to be careful when you speak of the book as containing “information.” What the book contains is a very interesting story line that is based on unsubstantiated myths, legends, and conspiracy theories, and the bending of historical facts in order to make it all seem plausible. Some of the ideas in “The Da Vinci Code” are quite old; in fact they go back to within a few centuries after Christ’s death, when, like today, there were all sorts of ideas about Jesus flying around. If you want entertainment, you read a novel, like “The Da Vinci Code”. But if you want information, then you need to get into some solid history. Historians need to provide evidence for what they say, novel-writers don’t.

This is not a question that I can answer. It seems like at least he knows something about the Bible, and it is clear that he has read some books with other people’s ideas about the Bible.

Thanks for your thoughts. There was certainly some heavy-duty marketing behind the book and the movie, wasn’t there?

For the record, “The Da Vinci Decode” – the book which is being promoted on this website – is NOT “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown. “The Da Vinci Decode is a careful and factual response to Dan Brown’s book from a Christian perspective.