Against my objections, my wife and teen-aged daugher each read the book. They saw it as frivolous fiction which wouldn't influence their Christian beliefs one way or another. My approach was that the things we do, such as toying with literature which profanes Jesus, can actually grieve God. Why would I want to do that after He's done so much for me?
I'm sure the movie, reportedly to be directed by Ron Howard, will be a huge hit. I won't see it.
Well, since you raised the issue, did the reading of the book "influence their Christian beliefs one way or another"?
I'll wager that it did not.
Totally agree with you, as a responsible father myself. The author makes no mispresentations that this is not a " novel ". The only two facts he asserts are in the preface that two societies exist. Is it believable to some? Perhaps, depending of their level of education. It's a well done novel - Dan Brown reminds me of the devil's advocate in the debates orchestrated by my profs in my college theology, physics, math, art & comparative religions. Has it influenced our family's faith ? Only to the extent that it reminded us that we have to continually defend it. I wish that Dan Brown had the same freedom of access to research Islam in his next novel as he had with Christianity !