Dan Brown attends London court in Da Vinci Code copyright battle

AnswerManApr 9th, 2006 - 00:32:07

The author and publisher have only won the 'legal' trial. The next trial will be in the court of public opinion. Already, a Christian group in Korea is attempting to ban the film from showing there. The reason is because the film purportedly concludes that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had a child ... a similar conclusion reached by noted biographer, A.N. Wilson, in his book, JESUS, A LIFE. Surely, Christian groups in other countries will apply considerable pressure to keep the film from the big screen. In the US, these tactics will probably go nowhere ... though pickets in front of theaters that show the film are a foregone conclusion. But elsewhere in the world, especially in countries where Christianity is considered predominant, the film might come up against significant obstacles.

I have not read THE DA VINCI CODE so I can't say for certain. But if it includes some of the other suppositions present in Wilson's book, the film could be in for a rocky time. For example, Wilson also conjectures that it was not Judas who betrayed Jesus. According to him, the Roman soldier gave Judas the money NOT for betraying Jesus ... but to FRAME him in front of fellow disciples who always held Judas in suspicion because of his links to violent factions. Wilson further conjectures that Judas did not commit suicide out of feelings of guilt ... but out of the realization that no one would believe he was innocent. And, according to Wilson, the only disciple who was NOT present in the Garden of Gethsemane when Jesus was arrested was likely the REAL betrayer - Peter - who was not only a disciple, but also an influential member of the Sanhedrin (the legal/political body that petitioned Pontius Pilate to arrest Jesus). Since Peter is considered the first Pope of the Catholic Church, you can imagine the conflict such a supposition would have among Christians - especially Catholics.

Expect heavy opposition to the film being shown in Italy, for certain, if the suppositions in THE DA VINCI CODE mirror those of JESUS, A LIFE.

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