Tero...I perused that. I didn't read it thoroughly. But, what a coincidence that I had a similar conversation with Enygma yesterday on the Da Vinci Code.

1st, why do you insist on showing bigotry by saying, "Closed-minded CHRISTIAN?" Isn't that the equivalent of saying, "One of those Unemployed BLACKS." No. The person you talked to was closed minded, and just happened to be a christian, inasmuchas the person in my analogy is unemployed, and HAPPENS to be black.


2nd...Any bible understanding/believing Christian knows the accounts recorded in the bible. Books like the Da Vinci code were written for profit. It's based on documents that were not corroborated, nor verified as authentic accounts of Jesus' life or ministry. Example...The gospel of "Phillip" much of the accusations of Jesus' marriage to Mary Magdalene were based on wasn't included in the original canon. Why? It's because it's not true! Furthermore, Dan Brown's so-called factual documents are nothing more than elucubrations and should be questioned even more than the bible for their authenticity.

You have to realize something. The bible not only speaks of history, but spiritual matters. People who are not spiritually minded won't understand, CAN'T understand spiritual things. That's why people think certain points in the bible are "foolish." In truth, man's wisdom is foolishness to God. Human Secularism, Legalism, New Age Philosophies, and other vain doctrines serve to do one thing according to the bible, and that's blind mankind to the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. That's what we believe.

I'm not sure what you seek to prove by showing coincidences in philosophies between the bible and other text, but it doesn't take away from the overlying theme of the New Testament: Jesus is Lord.

No other religion says that Jesus is the only way to God. The bible says that in John 14:6, and again in Acts 4.

If you want to know if someone is truly a Christian or not, if they have truly accepted the call of faith and are saved by Jesus, ask them who Jesus was. Listen to their answer. Many false prophets have gone out for the sake of perverting the truth of the Gospel. And, yes, we aren't to give that which is holy to the dogs. They can't understand spiritual matters because the god of this world (Satan) has blinded them. 2 Corinthians 4:4. The bible tells us in 1 Peter 4 to "try the spirits" to see whether they are of God. Anyone who says, "Jesus was just a good man" or "Jesus isn't a God" or "Jesus isn't the Christ" is of the spirit of anti-Christ and operating under a demonic spirit of error.

Here's my challenge to you. If you choose to not accept the call of Jesus the Christ to surrender your life to him, then fine. But, why continue to dibble and dabble in God's word? Leave it alone. Be bold one way or the other. Either stand up for the truth of the gospel or shut up about it.

Dan Brown is a creation. Jesus is the power by which EVERYTHING was created. That's found in Colossians chapter 1. Dan Brown will have to answer to God for "killing" some people's faith. Paul the apostle literally killed Christians and had to answer to God for it. Dan Brown is figuratively doing so and will face God the same.


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