The Da Vinci Code

Someone was reading "Angels and Demons". I thought, may be it's time for me to finished up my half done "The Da Vinci Code". Since I did the first half almost a year ago, I had to start all over from the beginning to refresh my memory. I could not put down the book once I started. And now, I am almost done, it's time to go to the bookstore and take a look at "The angels and demons", the next book I am going to read.

I walked over to the magazine section, reading 'bout the stem cell research in National Geographic. I was planning to buy the magazine since it gave almost full explanation about the history and the research itself. Then I walked over to the anatomy section looking for some neuroanatomy reference for ANA300, and I've found none. After that I browsed around at the religion section where I found great books about PJPII. I wish I could own "the wisdom of PJPII" but it's like 18 bucks. I will just go there to read it and wait until it's on sale.

I kept walking after reading "the wisdom of PJPII". Then I saw titles like "the Holy Grail", "Mary Magdelene...", "the Da Vinci Code Decoded" etc. I wouldn't be surprised if there were like one or two books focused on the background of the Da Vinci Code, but there were at least more than ten books, talking about the Holy Grail, Leonado Da Vinci, the Last Supper, Priory of Sion, mostly the research and historical background of the novel. I was like holy shit...so many books. Are they just doing that to attract readers, or to support Brown's ideas to create controveries against christianity, or to clarify the Da Vinci Code is strictly a fiction? I didn't really read the books but just by flipping around it, some authors leaned towards christianity clarifying some plots in the book while some were talking about the historical group, Priory of Sion. Although the Priory of Sion is apparently the "good guys" in the book, I highly suspect what exactly this secret organization actually does in reality. I was shocked when I first read the relationship amount Mary Magdelene, the Holy Grail and Jesus Christ. What would actually happen if there are historians who do research about the Holy Grail and the Priory of Sion, trying to reveal to the world about what was written in the novel? I definitely have no doubts about my faith, but some people out there are actually have some sort of evidence to destroy it? Isn' that scary? shoot man..... As a matter of fact, Priory of Sion really does exist, and there are historians doing research on the Holy grail.

Now I have problem in finishing the last 60 pages of the novel. I feel like I am a betrayal of my church, feel like doing penance because of this book.