(Warning: Contains spoilers)
I've read the book, and I saw the movie last weekend. I still have some unanswered questions, though. Namely: What's the big deal?
Both in the book and in real life, the Code has rocked some worlds. People are floored by even the idea that Jesus might have had a wife and child. In the book, this leads to the deaths of several people. In real life, this has led to thousands of books written refuting the fictional Code and protests outside several movie theaters showing the movie. And still, what's the big deal?
Sure, the idea that Jesus might've been a husband and father deviates from traditional church teachings. But so what? If Jesus was a husband and father, does that make him any less divine? To me, it makes him more accessible, and it gives the story of the crucifixion even more impact. It's not as if the book and movie say that Jesus was a manwhore, flitting from town to town and impregnating women across the Roman prelature.
Is the idea so rocking just because it's not what we're used to? Church teachings have changed in the 2000 year history of organized Christianity, so the things we're absolutely certain about now weren't so much so one thousand years ago.
More than that, it's startling how much hoopla there is about this because it's a work of fiction. Meaning not real. It's not an historical document, so are people so worked up about it because it makes them think? Because it encorages people to ask questions they might not have before? If so, it really is a revolutionary book. Any book that can get people talking and researching and questioning is.
Even if it's not very well written.
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