The DaVinci Myth vs. The Gospel Truth - Online Christian Library

THE DA VINCI MYTH VS THE GOSPEL TRUTH
won the war? That doesn’t work because that is not what
happened. It is OK for a novelist to create a fictional
story and even a fictional setting if he wishes. What you
can’t do with impunity is create a fictional foreground
and fictional background, the latter of which you claim
is based on fact. That is precisely what Dan Brown has
done. His “fact” is just as much fiction as his fiction.
We are all entitled to our own opinions, but we are
not entitled to our own facts.
Upon examination, The Da Vinci Code is chock full
of errors. Some are unimportant; others, if true, would
spell the end of Christianity. If they were true, by the way,
we would be the first to abandon the faith. We do not
seek to perpetuate something which is untrue. We do not
seek to worship the Jesus Christ who never really was. As
Paul said, if Jesus were not raised from the dead—if His
body did not come out of that tomb—then our faith is
vain and we are most pitied of all men (1 Corinthians
15:19).
Instead, the Christian faith rests on a very secure
foundation. How firm? So firm that the apostles—the
ones Jesus picked to send out into all the world—sealed
their testimony with their own blood. All but John (and
Judas the traitor) died a martyr’s death. Historian Paul
Maier pointed out about the Resurrection in our awardwinning
television special, Who Is This Jesus:
Myths do not make martyrs, and if this story
had been invented, they would not have gone
to death for it. If Peter had invented the account,
as he’s ready to be hoisted up on a cross in
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