[AGL] daVinci Code?

[Jon Ford]

Connie: I am sorry to admit I did read the book. I have heard the film is a 
pretty close rendering of its ideas, most of which are derived from an 
obsessive 19th century French hoaxter short on facts and long on BS. 
However, it's undeniable that since the beginning of the Catholic Church 
organisation (and even in some of the biblical gospels) , there has been a 
concerted effort to diminish the role of women in the Jesus narrative to  
adoring baby makers. They aren't even allowed sexuality in the physical 
sense, with Mary having a 'virgin birth.' Some miracle-- all the pain of 
childbirth and no fun in bed with Joseph.

Jon

yep, I went with the fam to see it Friday night.  I liked it, but of course, 
hadn't read the book, so don't know how it compares.

It is sort of a far fetched story.  I mean a lineage from Jesus Christ would 
be quite extensive, with a lot of families, not just one pretty little 
French lady.

I didn't know or realize the extent to which the Catholic organization, Opus 
Dei, would go to keep women from the pedestal, and emulate Jesus' chastity, 
in their religion.
a nice tale of fiction and a little bit of an expose on religion.

Connie