Queen of the South Sea

I din't bother to watch the movie version of the controvercial novel of Dan Brown.  I read the book already and I found his "factual" explination of his theory without merit.  Why waste my time watching the film version? A simple woman like me who just happens to listen intently during my ReEd class in high school and who had the priviledge to take up a two year course in Christian Ministry, could actually pin point the fallacies of Mr. Brown.

I'm no scholar in the area of theology and history. But this I can say. I do know some things about both subject.  I will not dwell on the magdalene conspiracy theory of Brown, since I find it a waste of time.  It's like trying to argue with someone who claims to see Big Foot, Mermaids and other creatures who are pigments of one imagination. 

I will however discuss the things I do know about. Jesus' deity and church history.  Both issues were so badly twisted in Brown's book. First, in the book Brown claims that "everything that our fathers told us about Jesus was false." Now this grave, very bold statement is in itself a big FALLACY.  In the book, Brown claims that Jesus was only a mere man, a prophet.  And that it was only during the time of the Nicean Council, where Jesus, through thru the proclimation of Emperor Constantine, was made a GOD.  I do agree that when Jesus was here on earth, he was a man like us, he wept, he suffered, he even died.  But Jesus was also every inch a God.  He was the only son of God.  This was proclaimed many times in the new testament.  Even the demons proclaim this that Jesus has to shut them up and cast them out to stop them from revealing who he was.  And the fact that he rose from the dead and went to heaven and is alive untill today, proclaims that he is God. The acceptance of both person (man and God) of Jesus was once and for all discussed in the Chaldean Council (because during that time there was a division between the two).  What was discussed in the Nicean Council was in fact the issue of the Holy Trinity.  Church Councils were held before to settle issues that the church faces.  And during the nicean council the Holy Trinity was being questioned and not the deity of Christ.  That's why we now have the Nicean Creed (more or less like the Apostle's Creed).

I'll discuss more of this again ext time, when i get the chance...for now...that's all i can say about the matter.  for everyone...please don't take things as they are....ang naniniwal sa sabi-sabi walang bait sa sarili. Thanks.