{"id":6308,"date":"2005-12-17T12:51:26","date_gmt":"2005-12-17T12:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/12\/hey-archbishop.html"},"modified":"2005-12-17T12:51:26","modified_gmt":"2005-12-17T12:51:26","slug":"hey-archbishop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/12\/hey-archbishop.html","title":{"rendered":"Hey, Archbishop"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve got two fairly prominent DVC debunkers in your neighborhood. Too bad you couldn’t do better with this answer:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Q: "The DaVinci Code" continues to remain on The New York Times best- seller list more than two years<\/strong> after it was published. What do you make of that book’s popularity?<\/strong><\/div>\n
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A:<\/strong> "I think people like intrigue. I think they like to see a major institution such as the church being tweaked a little bit. I read the book. What bothers me about the book is that it is footloose and fancy-free with history and fact. And I am not so sure that a lot of people are alert to that."<\/div>\n
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Q: What were your qualms with it?<\/strong><\/div>\n
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A:<\/strong> "Some of the interpretations of Da Vinci’s paintings. Some of the insinuations about Opus Dei. Some of the insinuations about how the Vatican functions. Just enough kernels of truth, but a great deal of poetic license."<\/div>\n
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Um, JESUS AND MARY MAGDALENE AS LOVERS,  JESUS AS A HIPPIE TEACHER OF GNOSTICISM, THE GOSPELS AS POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED FICTION, AND THE CHURCH AS THE ENEMY OF TRUTH.<\/div>\n
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Poetic license, indeed.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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