[Apologetics] Combating The Da Vinci Code

[Bret Bellamy]

Bob Evans in Chantilly on any Saturday is fine for me.

Bret

-----Original Message-----
>From: Art Kelly <arthurkelly at yahoo.com>
>Sent: May 6, 2006 12:24 AM
>To: Apologetics Group <apologetics at gathman.org>
>Cc: Jim Murphy <jmurf80 at bellsouth.net>, Ward Collins <wcollins at netins.net>
>Subject: [Apologetics] Combating The Da Vinci Code
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>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.
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>As you may know, the book of the same name has sold
>over 40 million copies since it was published in 2002.
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>This book, which slanders Jesus, has misled many
>people.  Millions actually believe it.
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>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
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>(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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