[Antoninus]

The Da Vinci Code is a wonderful and entertaining book... of FICTION!

Yes and as all us truly intelligent people know, fiction (cough, Uncle Tom's Cabin) has never (cough, Atlas Shrugged) had a profound effect (cough, The Jungle) on society.

The "it's just fiction crowd" are the same morons who don't understand why businesses large and small, governments, politicians, and special interest groups spend billions upon billions of dollars on advertising each year. It's all about getting your message out and influencing what people think. The Duh Vinci Code is no different in that respect--except that it's proven to be a spectacularly effective piece of propaganda for Christian-haters.

[jess35]

It's all about getting your message out and influencing what people think. And the RCC knows that. They began to lose influence when it was no longer a death sentence not to be Catholic.