The Da Vinci code

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The gnostic cults based their behaviours on misunderstandings of gnosis: to the pure all things are pure became antinomianism. That is the undergirding of the reference to Gnosticism and orgiastic behaviours.

She seems to be arguing that in the end Magdalene is a Great Mother surrogate. If your prefer to say that Gaia mutters through Magdalene's grave, I think you'd have the complaint pretty accurately.

She nowhere says Brown needs an exorcism, merely that he has constructed a gnostic primer towards antinomianism under the guise of a novel/mystery. While she does point out the distortions, half-truths, and outright fabrications in relation to facticity, that's merely reporting them as such.

Frankly, if you scan many chats like the 'Moot, you'd be amazed at some of the comments which say outright that there must be something to Brown's presentation because he seems to back up all his "facts" so well. These comments come from younger folk with no background to grasp the point this reviewer makes.

One remark does always surface, frequently in your variant, that those poor catholics are "forced to believe". If by that you mean they are well-informed about their beliefs and able to identify the Adversary, I would agree. However if you mean that catholics are automatically illiberal, I would disagree.

Someone is painting with brush he decries, methinks!