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= What is the Da Vinci Code? Why Shouldn't we Believe in it? = **by Misaël**   ===   === ===Introduction   ===    <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">       <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Ever since I was 9 years old I have pondered the Da Vinci Code. I've always wanted to know why the Da Vinci Code is so controversial. Being born in a committed Christian family I took on the family belief. To my mother, The Da Vinci code represented everything unholy and only something that heathens believe in. I'm 12 years old and I finally decided its time for me to learn about it. I decided to begin my research by watching the movie, because it would give me background information when I read the book. I was cut short when I saw some nude man beating himself in the face of a statue of Jesus being crusified. I thought to myself "okay.... the book it is!" After being dubbed a "heathen" by my mother, I decided that this would not affect my desire to learn about the Da Vinci code. Even though my mom felt strongly about disliking the Da Vinci code, my dad was open-minded. He supported my desire to learn about the Da Vinci code. Unlike my mom my dad is also curious about the Da Vinci code and is anxious to read my I-search. So I will read the book first. Eventually I will have to watch the movie-just not now. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**Body** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Leonardo Da Vinci was a prankster, which I hadn't known, and a genius which I learned through his paintings. He was a man who liked to hide codes in his artwork. His artwork then spawn the Da Vinci Code. In my quest to learn about the Da Vinci code, i decided to start with the website. I sat down at my computer, typed in "thedavincicode.com" and I was there in seconds. I discovered that the website wasn't going to be as helpful as I thought it would be, but it was still a start. I went to the author, Dan Brown's website and it turned out to be more helpful. The Da Vinci Code is something that deciphers have been trying for centuries to solve. I couldn't believe that even after all these years it still hasn't been solved. I continued reading on the website that through his cryptic artworks he has revealed a message that since 1099 has been protected by Priory of Sion which is a European secret society. In 1975 Paris's Bibliotheque Nationale found documents that revealed the identities of people in the Priory of Sion. These people included Sir Isaac Newton-which was a shock to me-Victor Hugo, Botticeli, and Leonardo Da Vinci. This was a shock to me because the Priory of Sion wanted to protect the ancient biblical secret. Yet Leonardo tried to display the secret through his paintings. I also learned that his painting Madonna of the Rocks was originally made unholy. He made Madonna of the Rocks in request by the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception. The sisters of this organization had a desired theme of the virgin Mary, baby Jesus, baby John the Baptist, and Uriel. Instead Leonardo Da Vinci gave them a painting that was heathenish and a shock to the sisters. It had said that Leonardo was a prankster, but was he actually a devoted Christian?To actually understand the Da Vinci code I assume that I have to learn his intentions. After learning this information. I did a little bit of soul-searching. I mean from what I had learned from my mother about Jesus was that he was a pure holy perfect man and that he was the son of Jehovah God. The Da Vinci code suggests that he was a mere prophet and that he had a daughter named Sara with Mary Magdalene. I thought to myself how much of each idea do I really believe in. I have been reading the bible ever since I could read, I practically live by the bible. Now a foreign idea that hasn't exactly been proven has become introduced to me. I want to know what is really undeniably true about the Da Vinci Code. I am Christian but not fully devoted to everything about Christianity. I haven't exactly decided how Christian am I? Does that make me a heathen for being curious about this mystery? After pondering theses questions so hard that my head hurt. I decided that I would ask the opinions of other people. I decided to ask my mom about the Da Vinci code even though I already understand her beliefs, very well. She had stated time and time and during this interview "To me the Da Vinci Code is a fraud. Because as CHRISTIANS, we know the truth about Jesus." This statement I fully agree with, but I also acquired the opinion of my dad. He and my mom have completely different opinions. My dad is the realist of religion, and my mom is the idealist of religion. When asked about the Da Vinci Code he calmly replied "The Da Vinci code is a myth, that may have some truth in it. " He said that the only truth that could be in the Da Vinci code is that people only knew about Jesus' last 3 years. He had been excepting to woman especially Mary Magdalene. My dad also contradicted that idea when he said that in all the religious documents discovered it never discussed Jesus' involvement with Mary Magdalene and his so called daughter named Sara. I think that with this specific truth from my dad I have decided that I am a devoted Christian and that the Da Vinci code is a myth. As I thought to myself that night in bed, I decided that this code is a myth. Leonardo Da Vinci was a prankster anyway, honestly how much of the code can be true? What if Da Vinci made this code just to keep people guessing for years? What if there is no code in his art, and if there is, it probably wouldn't say anything. //The Da Vinci code might just be something to pull me of track on my christian quest, I thought to myself.// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**Conclusion**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Da Vinci code I pondered is just a mere prank from a prankster's genius mind. Leonardo Da Vinci could've mad the Da Vinci Code simply because he could. Obviously there is no proof that could possibly suggest that Jesus has a daughter named Sara and married Mary Magdalene. Of all the religious ancient religios documents found, none of them talke d about Jesus' involvement with women. From what my Jehovah witness teacher Dyjdnie says, "The Bible is the word of god, even if it was written by man, because the bible explains all the faults of even the most religious people like Moses." After our Sunday lesson I decided that if Jesus had some unholy involvement with Mary Magdalene, the Bible would've stated that. So the Da Vinci code: myth, truth, or prank? I think its just a prank to keep a smart man satisfied that no one would be able to solve for centuries.

**Works Cited**
<[|http://www.danbrown.com/secrets/bizarre_facts/davinci_code.html>.]

Dan, Brown. __The Da Vinci Code__.

<[|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/davincicode/themes.html>.]