Yes, I freely admit it; I probably am a heretic

I like the story, but I think the book's plot was stronger than the story writing behind it. However, I also felt captivated by the story. The book if read with Angels and Demons serves not only as an interesting conspiracy story on the secrets of our past defining the present, but it also serves as a warning not to be used for our future.

The novels greatest appeal is the story of the well known historical/biblical figure, Mary Magdeline, not the Prostitute of the Bible, but the wife of Jesus and the mother of his children. It made me want to read Holy Blood and Holy Grail, just because I want to know the conspiracy story behind the conspiracy story. It's an interesting hypothesis and one that most Christians would not entertain without a fear of eternal damnation. Of Course, I am not afraid of eternal damnation as I believe that it is the strength of our character, not our beliefs alone that define us. Those who use belief as a catch all concept to spread hate, authorize murder, and even destroy entire groups should have no place in any type of paradise. On the flip side, those who seek knowledge and truth despite what belief tells them is far more deserving in my view.

Contextually, I've been thinking on this concept of Knowledge beyond belief: Did Jesus not counter the established Jewish "Beliefs" of his time by fighting usury and other problems in Judaism? If anything shouldn't that denote that belief as a moral basis is the incorrect concept to choose for humanity, but rather an individual search and journey for knowledge be what mankind needs?

That is the premise of the conspiracy theory and the idea of Jesus' teaching being contradictory to orthodoxy. Everything else is somewhat predictable, except the British historians betrayal, but that was a plot twist out of left field.

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Let me bring this back to Easter and the concept of Jesus' resurrection and faith. The holiest holiday in Christianity is the rebirth of Jesus, because it is the proof of his divinity to the followers of Christianity, over a billion people.

What if someone were to discover the body of Jesus Christ or proof that he had not died at the Cross, but lived? Would that destroy faith or his teachings?

In some Christian traditions, Jesus is two figures, Jesus of Nazareth, and Jesus Christ. Here's a heretical thought, what if Jesus who died, reborn, and ascended to heaven was separate from the mortal Jesus. I am playing around with a Catholic/Protestant concept of Consubstantiation/Transubstantiation usually alluding to the bread and Wine concepts of Body and Blood of Christ. What if the nature of Jesus is similar in the way that on one hand the divine could exist in human form, but upon rebirth must give in to the mortal self?

In that way, you can have your cake and eat it too or Bread

You can have a "Divine" entity in a man and a man, who lives through a near death experience. When he is alive again, it proves that the Divine exists, but the man having served his purpose is no longer part of the divine.

Of course for people that don't believe this is a moot point, but I just thought it would be an interesting theological idea.