posted September 11, 2012 12:45 PM            

Anyone else read it?

For me, I found some of the information fascinating some of it pure hackism, and some a completely different take.

posted September 11, 2012 01:46 PM            

-Holy Grail is a mother's womb
-Holy Grail is a Jesus bloodline carried to France

posted September 11, 2012 09:23 PM            

Some of the more interesting factoids in the book:

-Roman Catholic Church cut a deal with Clovis, a 5th century French king, that would make the RCC the "official" religion of the kingdom, the catch was the King and his descendants could take several wives.

-There was a sort of mini Jewish kingdom in the South of France during this time period, in fact later on when the Moors were ejected later on, the Jewish population of the city turned on their fmr muslim allies inside the city in exchange for having a independent city state.

posted September 11, 2012 09:33 PM            

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Originally posted by athenegoddess:
Now I know why I didn't read it.

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posted September 12, 2012 04:30 AM            

I enjoy the out-of-the-box type of thinking.

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posted September 12, 2012 05:48 AM            

(sorry, couldn't resist a Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference, after seeing the words "Holy Grail" in the thread title )

My favorite (so far) religious fiction book is Eco's "The Name of the Rose". That is a good mystery. Even though I figured out the killer very quickly (it just seemed to me like it HAD to be that person, and it turned out that I was right), there is so much richness in that book. I couldn't put it down. Plus, the killer's motives were very interesting to me.

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posted September 12, 2012 09:18 AM            

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Originally posted by charmainec:
This is the one Dan Brown book I have not read.. yet! Quite enjoyed the others despite all the controversy and cries of blasphemy when Da Vinci Code was released.

I enjoy the out-of-the-box type of thinking.

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Nice, the interesting thing for me about this one was not the hypothesis about Christ rather the circumstances of things like the pre 1000 AD Church and the nuts and bolts of Templars organization and speculation on why the Romans are more or less portrayed as neutral arbitraters rather then the brutal occupiers they were in the synaptic Gospels.

Fun stuff and topics rarely broached in any depth today.

posted September 12, 2012 11:30 AM            

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They are so cute at that age.

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posted September 12, 2012 04:48 PM            

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Then I suppose you wouldn't enjoy a book such as Gooberz by Linda Goodman, as she too touches on the topic of the Union between Jesus and Mary.. all in there too might be considered "conspiracy theories".. not saying that all in the Davinci Code is true as it is fictional yet with little bits of truth here and there..

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probably wouldn't

I did like some of the excerpts of her poems that were in "Love Signs".

I'll admit that I don't always see eye to eye with her or agree; I didn't agree with a lot of her personal opinions in "Love Signs", but I do feel that her astrological insights were pretty spot on.

posted September 12, 2012 09:15 PM            

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Originally posted by athenegoddess:
You know how old I am? I can tell you right now he is wrong about the Holy Grail. Unless he also mentions what I said...

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Well gosh, I'd guess you'd have to read it for yourself to find out..

posted September 12, 2012 10:22 PM            

This is one of the issues with a belief in the divine, lots of Diva, very little Divine.

To me, after literal decades of study, from Asian to European Christian to Fertile Crescent faiths..a lack of humility, of a willingness to learn and engage, bespots a true dialog.

Nay, in a world of hubris, the thought of creating nemesis..does not exist.

posted September 12, 2012 10:30 PM            

All I'm saying is that I know what the Holy Grail is and it's not anything outside of ourselves.

Beliefs.. these have nothing to do with the Divine.

I deleted because I don't think it's a good idea to try and enlighten anyone when they can't enlighten themselves.

If you think you are a limited human being that doesn't have the potential to know everything. By all means. Good luck on your journey.

posted September 15, 2012 06:14 AM            

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Originally posted by shura:
I read it many years ago. Intriguing historical references, many of which are worthy of further exploration. The authors' conclusion was a bit silly, in my opinion. In their defense, they were not playing a familiar game and clearly in over their heads. I didn't bother with DaVinci.

Agree with The Name of the Rose mention. Luscious book. Total pleasure to read. I've yet to see the film.

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posted September 16, 2012 04:11 PM            

The templars do fascinate me tho!

Believe it or not shura, the The Name of the Rose is still on my reading list .

posted September 17, 2012 01:00 AM            

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Originally posted by shura:
I read it many years ago. Intriguing historical references, many of which are worthy of further exploration. The authors' conclusion was a bit silly, in my opinion. In their defense, they were not playing a familiar game and clearly in over their heads. I didn't bother with DaVinci.

Agree with The Name of the Rose mention. Luscious book. Total pleasure to read. I've yet to see the film.

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Agreed, it is a fascinating, and little known, epoch in the journey of the Christian faith.