[Apologetics] Combating The Da Vinci Code

[Art Kelly]

Dear Friends,

The greatest assault against Christianity in history
will begin on May 19th.  On that date, the blasphemous
movie, The Da Vinci Code, will open in theaters around
the world.

As you may know, the book of the same name has sold
over 40 million copies since it was published in 2002.
 

This book, which slanders Jesus, has misled many
people.  Millions actually believe it.

While The Da Vinci Code is a novel, it begins with a
Fact page, which claims, “All descriptions of artwork,
architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this
novel are accurate.”

During the course of the story, The Da Vinci Code
makes these extremely bizarre statements:

·Jesus was ONLY a man and NOT divine.
·Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and had a
daughter, whose descendents currently live in France.
·“The Bible is a product of man, my dear.  Not of
God...” 
·Leonardo da Vinci knew the “secret” and kept it alive
through symbols in art and architecture.
·The Priory of Scion, founded in 1099, holds the
secret of Jesus’ bloodline and is devoted to
worshiping the “sacred feminine.”

On April 30th, the CBS program 60 Minutes looked into
the Priory of Scion and found the claims about it in
The Da Vinci Code were without merit.  You can read
the transcript of the program on-line at
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/27/60minutes/main1552009.shtml

Despite the many lies and deceptions throughout the
book, it has been an unparallel success.

What’s worse--much, much worse--is that hundreds of
millions of people throughout the world will see the
new film and be deceived by it.
  
The movie will strike the Christian faith like a
tsunami.  

I believe it is a tool of Satan.

Accordingly, I'd like for our Apologetics Group to get
together to talk about what we can do locally and
internationally to combat this film.

Please let me know if you would be available any or
all of the evenings of:
Saturday, May 13
Friday, May 19
Saturday, May 20
Friday, May 26
Saturday, May 27

(I can't make it on Friday, May 12, because I have
outpatient surgery that day.)

Any ideas about a good location for a meeting would be
welcome. 

I've always liked Anita's, but one member of our Group
recently expressed an interest in other options. I'm
sure were all open to other places. In years past,
we've met at Shoney's on 234 in Manassas, Bob Evans'
in Chantilly, and Marty's home.

Please let me know when you'd like to get together and
where a good place might be.

Thanks,
Art

                           
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