Umberto Eco on the Duh Vinci Code
The Italian ex-Catholic author, quoted in the latest of Karl Keating's E-Letters:
Folks who argue that Catholics shouldn't get upset by the DVC because it is "only a work of fiction" are either disingenuous enemies of the Church or ignorant of how gullible the masses really are.
The Italian ex-Catholic author, quoted in the latest of Karl Keating's E-Letters:
- We are supposed to live in a skeptical age. In fact, we live in an age of outrageous credulity. The 'death of God,' or at least the dying of the Christian God, has been accompanied by the birth of a plethora of new idols. They have multiplied like bacteria on the corpse of the Christian Church--from strange pagan cults and sects to the silly, sub-Christian superstitions of 'The Da Vinci Code.'
It is amazing how many people take that book literally and think it is true. Admittedly, Dan Brown, its author, has created a legion of zealous followers who believe that Jesus wasn't crucified: He married Mary Magdalene, became the King of France, and started his own version of the order of Freemasons. Many of the people who now go to the Louvre are there only to look at the Mona Lisa, solely and simply because it is at the center of Dan Brown's book.
Folks who argue that Catholics shouldn't get upset by the DVC because it is "only a work of fiction" are either disingenuous enemies of the Church or ignorant of how gullible the masses really are.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
<< Home