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3 Why The Da Vinci Code Is So Popular “The solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: ‘The Lord knows those who are His,’ and, ‘Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.’” —2 TIMOTHY 2:19 How is it that The Da Vinci Code has taken off and sold so well? Why are millions reading it—some of whom actually believe its alleged historical “facts”? Obviously, some just want a page-turning thriller. But it is much deeper than that. Dan Brown has tapped into a reservoir of discontent against the 57
THE DA VINCI MYTH VS THE GOSPEL TRUTH Church, in particular the Catholic Church. The recent scandals involving predator priests—sometimes being protected by their bishops—plays well into Brown’s hands. We see the Church getting caught in a shameful attempt to cover up. Many today grew up in the Church, Catholic or otherwise, and are discontent. Spirituality is in. Religion is out. One reason for the popularity of the book is that it is a murder-mystery-thriller. Since it gained so many readers early on, many others wanted to read it: Success breeds success. Furthermore, it is a controversial religious novel, not orthodox in its perspective. Provocative, anti- Christian books sometimes sell well merely because of the controversy. Another reason The Da Vinci Code is so popular is that it essentially gives permission for sex without restraints. Sex is a powerful force, and the paganistic worldview espoused in the novel encourages one to make up his or her own rules. Brown alleges that a corrupt, patriarchal Church placed arbitrary limitations on sex as a way to control people. Even through Alfred Kinsey’s and Hugh Hefner’s sexual revolution, most people understood that God, the Bible, Jesus, and the Church did not sanction “free love.” (In fact, if people had followed God’s ways—no sex outside the bounds of holy matrimony—millions would have been spared the downside of the sexual revolution, i.e., abortion, the exploding rates of sexually transmitted diseases, divorce, and subsequent poverty.) What The Da Vinci Code does is place a stamp of 58
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