Ode to the Code

Although I am a fan of Tom Hanks acting, it looks as if my wife is going to forbid me to see the Da vinci Code. I personally don't have an issue with the movie. My wife's point is that Dan Brown is intentionally creating controversy with alternate theories about Jesus, that he claims to believe is possible just to make a buck. To some degree I have to agree with her. The reason for me is simple. Although I haven't read the book (I personally am not a fiction reader). I know several people that have. The first person I met that read the book was a complete stranger. I was thumbing through the book at a BJ's (local store), and a complete stranger noticed me and could not refrain from insisting that I read it.
"It really makes you think" she said.
"Really makes you think about what" I asked, because at that time I knew very little about it.
"Oh, it will make you reconsider everything you learned about Christianity" She bragged.
She was just so excited about it, she was practically dancing around me as she rambled on and on. One of my wife's relatives also stated how it changed her views about Christianity. I have heard there phrase "really makes you think" from a few people. Not long after the BJ's incident, My wife and I watched a show on the Discovery Channel that basically debunnked the so called "Fact Page" of the book, one by one. They explained why each Fact doesn't support the general theory that Jesus actually married Mary Magdaline and had children, and their descendants now "The Holy Grail". Discovery channel is by no means conservative.
I understand the appeal of the theory. Imagine if you were a liberal Christian and could except the theory. The blood line of Jesus still here! He is just being kept hidden by a secret society. Wow how exciting! Or even better, your not a Christian, then its kinda "ha ha, your savior had sex". Anyone with half a brain knows it is complete garbage. Makes me worry about all the "makes you think" people out there. Why people can't just enjoy the book as fiction, I don't know, But because of all those people that the Da Vinci code makes em think, my wife won't let me see the movie. Thanks a lot!
Actually, I should be thanking you. It appears you may have saved me from wasting 9 bucks. After last nights premier. True Christians have little to worry about. Most critics didn't care for the movie. One even said the movie makes it seem more unlikely than the book. Another said it was long and boring (2 1/2 hours). Another claimed Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou had poor chemistry together. This surprised me to no end. Hollywood being somewhat anti-Christian, I figured they would make this work. Not that the lack of money was responsible, 125 million for Ron Howard to make the film.
Truth of the matter is. I, as a Christian, do not call the Da vinci code theory wrong because I am afraid it would change how Jesus is portrayed. That it goes against biblical account does not make me shake in my boots. I, as Christian, know the truth. It is not the bible that gives me this. It is that I have been given the truth by him. I have had it since I was a boy, perhaps baby? It has been revealed in great moments of clarity. I have squashed this truth at times intentionally and embarrassed of it. I suppressed it and gave myself to open minded naturalism for a time. Your logic may call my intelligence into question. But I know the truth. If you can't see it, it because your not ready. I hope someday you are. Jesus tells me that I will be ridiculed for believing in him. For all of my life I wasn't ready to accept that. Now I think, what a small price to pay. What the heck was I thinking? He put his son on the cross, and I am worried about what the neighbors will think. Oh man, I am so sorry.