Priory was second book only

the Illuminati were the first book Angels and Demons

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Originally posted by CAgurl28:
But wasn't the Priory of Sion only in the first book, Angels & Demons? Were there parts involving Leonardo DaVinci in the first book as well as the second?

Did you even read the books?

But wasn't the Priory of Sion only in the first book, Angels & Demons? Were there parts involving Leonardo DaVinci in the first book as well as the second?

My only problem in the book is the society known as the Priory of Scion that is presented as fact. It never existed as anything worth taking notice of much less one with Isacc Newton or Leonardo Davinci as a leader

Amp... what did I tell you, the DaVinci code was not presented as fact, certain things that were outlined in the foreward are facts... you cant dispute facts... and if your going to argue about a work of fiction you have bigger problems then the attack on catholicism...

just because something is presented as fact does not mean that it is fact

I do however think that, based on the forward, the book seems very fact based. Plus it talks about the same things as Holy Blood Holy Grail which is presented as fact. I think it is just a clever attack against the Catholic Church, but it's been through an awful lot, this isn't going to hurt it at all.

I need to reread DaVinci Code before the movie comes out...

I could write a show finding BS in anything... it's not that hard to do... people rely to heavily on opinion and not enough on fact when things get emotional or spiritual for that matter...

I could take those history channel shows and shred them apart for innaccuracies.. it's all about perception... the sooner people realize this the happier we could be as a people

that's true

and Hydrok I agree that the Priory of Sion was real but not as what Mr.Brown and the public are lead to beleave check out the history channel they had a whole speacil devoted to finding the bullshit in the code but as I said the books are excellent works of fiction (though a tad explicit in some areas for my tastes) and I must say that Dan Brown is an amazingly good story teller

Children please... how do I explain this to you...

The Forward written by Dan Brown states and I do quote "FACT: The Priority of Sion... is a real organization" And it is!!!

It says that "Opus Dei is a deeply devout Catholic sect that has been the topic of recent controversy... Opus Dei has just completed construction af a $47 million National Headquarters" Which is all true and they did it

"All descriptions of artwork , architecture , documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate" and go figure they are.

So besides that, or rather keeping that in mind adds to the realism of the scenario... not that the book is portrayed as fact but rather it is so well written that it makes you doubt whether or not it is fact or fiction all on your own.

At least it isn't written as a fiction. What's written there isn't for entertainment.

Of course there isn't solid evidence to support some of its theories, but the coincidences it talks about are true.

but even Holy Blood, Holy Grail contains some BS anything written about the grail invariably do

It's a fiction, it is not all factual. If you want related fact read Holy Blood, Holy Grail.

And amp, I find it cute that you only used punctuation thrice in that paragraph.

Yeah, I am not as educated on all this as much as you are so thats why I decided to make a post about it. I also enjoyed the books a lot but had to keep reminding myself that a lot of it probably is not fact. Thanks for your reply... and I would also like to hear what other people think about this...

Argh so much bullshit in a novel presented as fact...but before I slash it and angels and demons to death I would like to say that I enjoyed them and consider them to be great fictional works however things presented as fact by the DaVinci code, for example the priory of sion are complete bullshit. Like that list of grandmasters the man who claimed to do all this research said he had is fake how do I know this? simple the Priory of Sion never existed in the times of any of those men except the last on the list, the man who said he did all the research (not Dan Brown btw) The actual Priory of Sion was a political group created by the guy whose name appears last on the list in the region of Mt. Sion in france in the 1950s if I remeber correctly. Also the reason the Knights Templar were smashed were several factors 1st. the church militant of which the knight were part of was being abolished at the time and they (the knights) had refused to lay down their arms, next the King of France (Louie something or another) was very jealous of the popular support the knights had with his people and the power that they wielded with everyone else these factors combined resulted in their destruction not the holy grail