{"id":6377,"date":"2005-12-14T08:57:16","date_gmt":"2005-12-14T08:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/12\/so-dark-the-con-of-man-1.html"},"modified":"2005-12-14T08:57:16","modified_gmt":"2005-12-14T08:57:16","slug":"so-dark-the-con-of-man-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/12\/so-dark-the-con-of-man-1.html","title":{"rendered":"So Dark the Con of Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

New DVC trailer is out – more to it than the previous teaser. <\/a><\/p>\n

What we learn:<\/p>\n

A self-scourging albino monk features prominently. Will he be identified as Opus Dei? That remains to be seen. To those who have been wondering if the core of the novel would be softened in any way – not that it really could – doesn’t seem so. Much is made of battles for truth, crosses loom ominously, and a rather shaggy, faux<\/em> academician Tom Hanks gazes in wonder at things. <\/p>\n

"Seek the Truth" is the message we’re left with.<\/p>\n

Okay!<\/a><\/p>\n

Get all of your Da Vinci Code resources here!<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s a few places where I’ve got pieces on DVC. Nothing new to long-time readers, but perhaps something to pass on.<\/p>\n

I’ve got a two-parter on Mary Magdalene up at the Busted Halo website now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

At Catholic Match: How to Talk About the Da Vinci Code<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

My piece at the USCCB site<\/span><\/a> (similar to what’s above. Not identical, but similar)<\/p>\n

The text of the original pamphlet I wrote for OSV is up at CERC.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s a report on the Houston talk, from the OD website.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Go to the KVSS page to listen to the podcast of the latest interview I did with the McGregors.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Oh…Madonna of the Rocks, btw.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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