Thought Quotient

In the spirit of 1 Peter 3:15 and the need to answer the many questions that are sure to arise after the release of The Da Vinci Code movie on May 19, we will look at a few claims from Dan Brown’s novel*:

• “I shant bore you with the countless references to Jesus and Magdalene’s union” (p. 247).
  THE TRUTH: There are only two such references — both in writings that have been universally discredited.
• ‘The New Testament is based on fabrications…. The greatest story ever told is, in fact, the greatest story ever sold” (pp. 341, 267).
  THE TRUTH: When standard scholarly measures are used, the New Testament emerges as the best-authenticated document in ancient history. The text we have today is virtually unchanged from the earliest manuscripts.
• “Fortunately for historians… some of the gospels that Constantine attempted to eradicate managed to survive. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in the 1950s hidden in a cave near Qumran in the Judean desert” (p. 234).
  THE TRUTH: Constantine did not attempt to eradicate any Gospels. The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the 1940s; they contain none of the New Testament books or even a reference to Jesus.

*thanks to CRI for compiling this summary.

Related Links:

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• The Da Vinci Hoax (BreakPoint Commentary)

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