The Da Vinci Code

[Alex]

It is somewhat silly to get too defensive about the book. Except for one thing: an awful lot of people think that the book has some basis in truth. Having been aware of Holy Blood, Holy Grail and its debunking for years before The Da Vinci Code came out I quickly dismissed it but a lot of people think that just because Dan Brown did a lot of research (he might as well do something well, writing certainly isn't a skill) it means there must be some truth to it.

I've had a lot of discussions about this stuff in the last few years and the amount of unexamined acceptance is high. I can see how the Catholic Church (and faiths that share similar basic tenets) would start to get irritated. Especially since the basis of the book, of Holy Blood, Holy Grail and the conspiracy written of is that the Catholic Church has willfully, knowingly, and violently suppressed the truth about the religions origins.

You all know that I find the beliefs of the Catholic Church silly (as I do all religions) but the supposed conspiracy is much sillier.