Da Vinci Code

It's finally Friday, "The Da Vinci Code" is coming out today, but I'll probably see it on Saturday. I find it extremely ridiculous that controversy has actually arisen from this novel/movie, though I guess I shouldn't be surprised. We've seen it happen hundreds of times, especially in the context of religion. Just look at "The Passion of the Christ" and "Stigmata." When something starts to gain popular stronghold that seem to go against "normal" or "accepted" cultural beliefs, people's jaws drop and they pull all the stops.

The "Da Vinci Code" is a work of fiction based on real elements (e.g. documents, rituals, artworks) that are interpreted by fictional characters. Like the author, Dan Brown, says himself, the ideas in this novel have been around for centuries, they are not his own. [Source: Official Da Vinci Code Site]

To those who oppose the novel/movie so much, I simply say, "Get over it!" Life isn't set up in one certain way. Present life standards, as well as those of the past and the future to come, is shaped solely by our species. The change of time necessitates a timely change in theories and beliefs. What was once regarded a "true" is continually amended as we learn new things or as new ideas are formed. It is imperative that, while we are allowed to hold certain beliefs, we don't forget that we will never truly know anything. That, alone, is certain.

This situation is, in some ways, closely related to the inner workings of "Evangelion", with Seele and Nerv. The basis of human society is based, among other things, by interpretation. The "Da Vinci Code" and "Evangelion" culminate that very nature of human kind.