Watching Tom Hanks making the rounds of the chat shows means that the movie release of the Da Vinci Code is about to be here, and it will probably be certain to generate huge business.

I will not be watching this movie. Not because I don’t like a good story. And not because I am intolerate. But because this story makes a mockery out of a truth that’s too important to twist.

Writing a book needs a good plot, to be sure. If I were an author, it sure might seem tempting to concoct a story out of the characters in the Bible. And if you’re going to do that… you might as well start with Jesus! It’s going to get a good reaction.

I find it so silly to read about the plagiarism lawsuit which claimed that Brown’s book was a copyright infringement for retelling the same basic theory from another 1982 “non-fiction” book. But that lawsuit was laughable. This same “theory” is a heresy has been around for centuries. Just because it’s old and just because it has been retold in an entertaining way by a successful author does not make it any more true. And in this case, knowing the truth really does matter more than telling an entertaining story.

You must read: Mark D. Roberts: The Da Vinci Opportunity, How the Popularity of The Da Vinci Code Book and Movie Can Be Helpful to Christians and Others.

So go to the movie if you must. But this is not really a good story at all. But as Charlie’s Soapbox point’s out: Some of these stories are old. Some are new. But all misleading and having one thing in common; they all question the divinity of Jesus Christ.

Don’t be tempted to do so by the Da Vinci Code.

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