The Da Vinci Code

Yeah.

Well, that's what, like, the Da Vinci Code was, you know, basically that, right?

Yeah.

And that got all sorts of flack from Christians because they thought it was, you know, like anti-Christian and trying to spread this false stuff.

OK, when we edit this, I hope they keep this story in, Nathaniel.

We went to see the Last Supper up in Milan, okay? And, of course, that was after, you know, what's it, the Da Vinci Code? And, well, we got there, and they poo-pooed that whole thing about that.

Oh, no, that's terrible.

Not like that.

But when you went out into the gift shop, there were stacks upon stacks of the Da Vinci Code for you to buy.

They'll make a buck off of it.

They might not like it.

Like that seemed like a choice, whether that was a stylistic choice or a budgetary choice.

This one, this is like an airport thriller, almost like a Da Vinci Code kind of thing where it's like it's stylish, but it rejects the need to do anything gory, even though the topic is kind of the devil, right?

Right.

It's the supernatural aspect that makes it feel like a horror movie.

I'd call them realistic fiction.

They were set in downtown Bethlehem, like a Da Vinci Code meets National Treasure for young people.

Okay.

If you got me,

Yeah.

Well, that's what, like, the Da Vinci Code was, you know, basically that, right?

Yeah.

And that got all sorts of flack from Christians because they thought it was, you know, like anti-Christian and trying to spread this false stuff.

He was trying to tell me to apply for a job at CERN, which isn't my background whatsoever, and was telling me their flux capacitor just invented 1.21 billion god particles and something about Opus Dei and the Mona Lisa, and that's why Switzerland had assisted end-of-life programs.

The guy combined Back to the Future with the Da Vinci Code and Dignitas? It was our first date and my mind was boggled at his train of thought until I soon realized that he was a raging white snow addict.

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What I'm trying to get at is that slipperiness in the Hebrew that really upsets concrete Christian thinkers, right? actually allows for a double fulfillment.

I think, you know, all those people that love the Da Vinci Code because they loved all the riddles in it.

You know, buddy, there's no greater riddle book than the Old Testament.

Oh my gosh.

But because we don't read Tertullian, we have to fight the sin.

We don't read the church fathers that fought against Gnosticism.

And so we're fooled by the Da Vinci Code when it comes back again.

So we need to know them.

And he is apparently the fulfillment of ancient Jewish Kabbalistic prophecies and the battle of good over evil.

So think of it as the Da Vinci Code meets Jewish mysticism with a love story throughout it that lasts over lifetimes.

Love that.

Yeah, it's such a special book to my heart.