About Dan Brown
There are several Dan Brown novels in the family: "The Digital Castle", "Angels and Devils", and "The Da Vinci Code", which I first bought as mystery novels.
Dan Brown
One of the first to see was The Da Vinci Code, which was adapted into a movie and starred Tom Hanks.
The Da Vinci Code
In fact, I was just watching a hilarity, and I didn't know much about the fights and differences between the various sects in the book. Especially in the film version, limited by the limitation of the length of time, some plots have been deleted, and it is difficult for ordinary people to read or understand it if they do not understand the relevant historical origins of Christianity (collectively referred to as it).
The Da Vinci Code movie
About the background of the novel
Later, I continued to expand my knowledge, and came into contact with "Three Thousand Years of Jerusalem", "Philosophy of Science", etc., and gradually learned about the unity of the three religions, which also aroused my interest in Judaism, Christianity, Catholicism, Protestantism, islam, after all, Christianity and Catholicism and Orthodox Church still do not deal with each other, let alone Islam. The Palestinian-Israeli war has not yet subsided, and various so-called "holy wars" have also arisen one after another.
Vatican City
Then I found out that there was a Bible in the bookcase?! And it's in Chinese and English, who knows why I bought it at the time? If you are okay one day, you will be ready to study...
Reflections on the background of the novel
As we all know, all over the world, the Bible has a strong influence on all kinds of people around the world, all kinds of literature, even science, art, outlook on life, world view, values, and so on. As it spread, different people made different interpretations and understandings, and different sects emerged.
Western countries from the beginning of Greek civilization to the Roman civilization are still polytheistic, relatively open-minded, and the collision of various ideas is very desirable. But from the beginning of Christianity, the monotheism it believes in sets the tone for everyone, and no one can take half a step beyond the thunder pool, and the ideological field related to it slowly begins to rigidize.
This is a long process, an inevitability of historical development, and cannot simply be measured by right and wrong.
Well, stop, I guess if I write about it again, my shallow views will be exposed.
About China outside the novel
What do we think of when we see "conspiracy theories"?
When we read Western works, watch Western movies and dramas, and appreciate Western art, we cannot see mountains and mountains, but we must also see mountains without mountains. It is necessary to analyze and understand them from the source of their creative ideas, especially the recent series of "anti-intellectual behaviors" in Western countries, the spread of their respective "conspiracy theories", which has stimulated my curiosity about their "wall cracking", especially the burning of masks by adults with children in Western countries during the epidemic, and the general public's incomprehension and protest against vaccines.
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The ancient Chinese people said: "Know thyself and know the other, never lose a hundred battles", "Master Yi long skills to control Yi".
These farces of theirs do not seem to stop in a short period of time, and according to the "survivor bias" theory, as long as they do not feel pain themselves, then the whole world is deceiving them, they are all "conspirators"!