What to do with The DaVinci Code??

Here is a passionately argued critique of the Church's response to the upcoming DaVinci Code Movie. Some have said we should use this as an opportunity for evangelism. But this writer argues nobody is "buying into" the DaVinci Code because they are just seeking the truth, but because they simply trying to justify their rejection of Jesus Christ and his body, the Church. I think on at least this point he may be cloes to the mark. I also think he is right to say that it is a real shame if anyone should lose faith over this movie because (having read the book) the "theological" (I use this term loosely here) claims put forward are weak and self-contradictory. What should we do? Boycott? Protest? No, he says, we should go to the movies on DVC's opening night, just go see some other movie.

I don't know whether that is the right response, but this review did raise an interesting question in my mind. He says (rightly so) that this book slanders our Lord and mocks our faith and blasphemes our God. These are the reasons he thinks no Christian should lend it financial support for the sake of "engaging the culture." I was reminded that the Early Church was often slandered as well: they were called canibals (eating all that body and blood), and atheists, and other such things when brought before the Roman authorities. And they responded by blessing those who persecuted them, and by living as a community, a community of Jews and Gentiles, men and women, slave and free, all living together in such obviously love for one another - even to the point of sharing their possessions!! - that the Roman world couldn't help but take notice and eventually be won over. At the end of the day we will not "engage the culture" with the best and most eloquent words from the wisest minds, but rather with the power of the Spirit of God in our midst who is the Spirit of Love (eternal divine love between the Father and the Son within the eternal life of the Triune Godhead).