Well, Da Vinci was a pagan, and supplemented his income by taking projects commissioned by the Vatican. Some of those Christian works had unChristian undertones as his little joke. That is part of the book, but also true and we read about it in an art history class I took once. The Vatican knew about it but kept hiring him to paint.
I like to read all kinds of religious philosophy- but my personal beliefs are Christian. But I'm fascinated by the idea of conspiracies and sects like Stymata, etc.
Some of it is just reading, but some of it is very interesting thought and worth studying. If Jesus did marry MM, then I dont' see that as an issue to my faith. I think it would be pretty neat if he'd married her- it would clearly evidence God's forgiving nature and the forgiveness of sins. But that is neither here nor there. I just find all these thougth very interesting. There is so much we don't know about all kinds of religions and how the fit together.
But this book is fiction, let's not forget.
I've read the Left Behind series, anybody else. Those are fascinating to me too. I don't follow the rapture belief, but it is such an interesting theory toward the end of days. The writing is HORRIBLE and the dialogue insulting, but the story is good. I recommend them for those people who enjoy religious theory with a fictional mask.
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