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been said time and time again that controversy sells and because of this, according to Albert Mohler, "Brown will take his millions to the bank." (Mohler 2006)
This controversy has of course started many debates, mainly coming from religious groups. The central reason the religious groups give for disagreeing with this book is that it defames the Christian faith by denouncing Jesus' divinity. A few also say that Dan Brown is a pagan trying to bring back a resurgence in the sacred feminine as stated by John MacArthur "He [Dan Brown] wants to revive ancient paganism and restore goddess worship to the world's patriarchal religions." (MacArthur) In defense, Dan Brown says that he himself is a Christian and when asked about his faith he responded with "I consider myself a student of many religions. The more I learn, the more questions I have. For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress." (FAQ) Others claim that The Da Vinci Code is simply a novel, while it does discuss topics such as history and religion; it is a work of fiction nonetheless and should be considered as just a good read.

The traditional view of God in the Christian faith is an older but strong looking man with a white beard sitting on a throne made of clouds with angels circling over head, (funny that this was the same image of the ancient Greek God Zeus). Since God is viewed as a man, many believe that man is a holier entity and woman is just there to support man, a spare rib if you will. Many Christians also do not take other religions seriously, especially those of the past which belief that there are many Gods and Goddesses. Consequently a Goddess is considered mythical because she is popularly linked with past religions. Throughout the years I have seen more and more people become open minded about other religions, which is a very good thing. As more people become open minded, they will start to take other religions seriously and possibly stop thinking of their God as the only one, only then will the thinking of a Goddess as holy start to be accepted.
Dan Brown spins an exciting and extremely intriguing tale in his The Da Vinci Code. He knew he was going to get into trouble with some groups and his writing was going to start many debates, but according to Brown, "Religion has only one true enemy-apathy-and passionate debate is a superb antidote." (FAQ) Nobody really knows for sure who Jesus was and what he really did; this book just gives more suggestions and a few more questions about this man. I do not think that the answers will ever be answered, and because of that I believe that Jesus will be just as important today as he will be a thousand years from now.

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