ok i know this is abit late. what's worse, for diehards out there, i didnt read THAT book. i watched the movie. haha. so please give me the benefit of the doubt if im lacking in any way. and well anyway Angels & Demons is coming, so this CAN be the right time too yea.
Priory of Sion
this caught me the most. not only is it a riveting idea, it seems solid and convincing enough. a "secret society founded in the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1099" that has been debunked as untrue, but as propogated in the book/film, "that is what they want you to believe". that it's no more. furthermore, the priory is portrayed in the book/film "as an ancient, powerful organization guarding a historical secret of immense importance" and "a mystery cult seeking to restore the feminist theology necessary for a complete understanding of early Christianity, which was supposedly suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church". apparently, this order had many illustrious members, including Leonardo Da Vinci, Isaac Newton and Victor Hugo. the priory is the protectors of the royal bloodline, the direct descendants of Jesus. feminism is at the crux of this version of Christianity. Jesus is supposedly the original feminist, and the Church has distorted his message, putting in place a patriarchal system.
so, was it Constantine? is the great Christian emperor responsible for manifesting a religion for other agenda.
that it was believed that Jesus was a man. a great, but just mortal man. then, he was given status of divinity, for various reasons, chief of which was to consolidate authority.
Mary Magdalene. prostitute, or Jesus' wife?
a cool exchange from the movie, between Sophie and Leigh.
"Not the son of God?"
"Not even his nephew twice removed."
Leigh Teabing in the book/film blames God and His followers for the majority of the world's ills, past and present. To him, freedom for mankind can come only if everyone stops believing in Him.
"As long as there has been one true God, there has been killing in His name... What if the world finds out that the greatest story ever told is a lie?"
Newton and his apple play a significant role in the book/film as well. we see evidence of how Newton was a heretic in his time and fits in with the Priory through his discovery of gravity and using science and reason to challenge magic.
on this note, the hugely successful but critically dismissed documentary Zeitgeist offers an additional and interesting perspective on all this.
im not propagating anything. i just hope to provide some material i found challenging to me and how so. i hope u can ask urself those questions and give it a thought.
and finally, of course something nice from the movie, since that was what motivated me to write this.
Langdon: "The only thing that matters is what you believe. History shows us Jesus was an extraordinary man. A human inspiration. That's it. That's all the evidence's ever proved. But... when I was a boy, when I was down in that well... I thought I was going to die. ...I prayed. To Jesus, to keep me alive. So I can see my parents again, so I can go to school again, so I can play with my dog. Sometimes I wonder if I wasn't alone down there. Why does it have to be human or divine. Maybe human is divine."
isnt this what religion is about? who cares about how many people believe in it, how factually accurate it is, how thick its holy book is, how to praise and worship. it should be about what's inside us, and the good it brings.
and...
Leigh: "has he been telling you that the Holy Grail is a cup?".
ha! cool.
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