That's just the point I was trying to make. Brown calls the book fiction, but his research makes him a believer? Which is it? It's like he's saying, 'No, really guys, wink-wink, nudge-nudge, it's fiction, really, fiction.' And he's laughing all the way to the bank. It's an assault on Christians that pretends it isn't, like the kind of bad practical joke that was supposed to be funny but was just mean.
He's got you fooled too then . It's more like wink wink it's a dime store novel but I have you bone heads all up in arms thinking it's a true slander on Christians.He's SELLING BOOKS ..get it..he's CREATING a controversy to sELL BOOKS.Again , my local priest had a ball with it ..It's a dime store novel , nothing more.If you see a real threat in it , that's a problem on YOUR part not the authors.He's trying to make money .AGAIN it's FICTION and listed as such
Just to put that in context, he's saying it makes him a believer in the "facts" that he uncovered--NOT in the Church.
Someone rightly pointed out that this book is a publicist's dream, and it is. That's great, I wish I could come up with an idea this popular. But that doesn't change the reality that it's a church-bashing book, and people can deny that all they like. But I'd love to see what their idea of a REAL church-bashing book is. And yes, fiction can be used to make points--that's so obvious it seems silly to even point it out--look at Salman Rushdie.