Conspiracy Theory


Recently I read a book about a Catholic Church conspiracy theory. This guy and his girlfriend stumble upon a secret scroll which would allow a group of gnostics to gain control of the Church and its policies. The guy then consults his friends, who are experts in their fields to decipher the contents of this scroll. Turns out one of the friends is actually a mole, an undercover agent for the secret organisation who would have killed the guy if he did not destroy him, and the scroll first.

Hmmm... sounds familar. Where else have I read a similar story?

You see, the book that I read is called "The Book of Q" by Johnathan Rabb. Not the much-popularised and , in some circles, feared, "Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown.

You can read the review of the book here:
http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/060960483X.asp

Now, I don't know who plagiarised who, but the plot lines and the general conspiracy of the stories are very similar. Secret cult that broke away from the Church. Fallen Hero doing his best. Secret codes. Redemption of the truth. Exotic locations.Churches with secret runes and carvings.

The difference is this - one was written in 2001, way before Mel Gibson produced "The Passion of Christ". Da Vinci Code was written in 2004, when plans to release "The Passion" at Easter 2005 were already put forth.

The devil is a copycat. He does not have one creative bone in his body. His only talent is that he can copy what God makes, pervert it with half truths and hold the largest marketing campaign possible for his "creation", so everybody hears about it.

So obviously, the best way to smear the name of Jesus is to copy the idea and fund his own deviation cinema, i.e "Da Vinci Code".

I am not gonna blame Dan Brown, call him the anti-Christ or anything like that. He is just a guy who provided the devil with the right tool at the right time.

Jonathan Rabb, on the other hand, who had put as much research and work into his book, released it before the devil could use it for damage.

But my point folks, is that books like the Da Vinci Code, are not uncommon. Conspiracy theories thrive where there is fear.