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Many people do not know that the history is made up unless they are told it is. People expect the period information in period pieces to be reasonably correct. They should be told when the history described in a book is wholly invented.

If someone were to read "The Lord of the Rings" and think that this was an accurate history of some long ago time because Tolkien modeled The Shire after stereotypical rural England.....despite the word "fiction" on the spine....I wouldn't waste my breath trying to convince them otherwise. This because they would in fact be too dumb to live, much less worth spending time worrying about.

Is it somehow your job to bust a gut trying to convince mo-rons that a fiction book is fiction? Have fun with that.

The fact is that 99% of reasonable people know darn well what the word "fiction" means. The other 1% need lithium anyway and are not worth freaking out over.

This book is a momentary pop-culture geegaw with a book and a movie for entertainment. Those 99% will be entertained momentarily, toss the DVD in the back of the tv cabinet, and move on to the next thing. The same as all pop fiction.

This thing has had its 15 minutes of fame hyper-extended partially by people crusading to prove that it's untrue and being offended and giving it additional press that it otherwise would not have gotten. Yawn. It's a momentary pop fiction soap bubble and some are treating it as if it undermines the entire foundations of Western Civilization and Christianity and has them tottering on the edge of collapse. Yeah, right. I think Christianity can withstand Mr. Brown.

Back to the militant Islamists please.

"This thing has had its 15 minutes of fame hyper-extended partially by people crusading to prove that it's untrue and being offended and giving it additional press that it otherwise would not have gotten. Yawn. It's a momentary pop fiction soap bubble and some are treating it as if it undermines the entire foundations of Western Civilization and Christianity and has them tottering on the edge of collapse. Yeah, right. I think Christianity can withstand Mr. Brown.

Back to the militant Islamists please."

Hear ye, hear ye. My sentiments precisely.

This thing has had its 15 minutes of fame hyper-extended partially by people crusading to prove that it's untrue and being offended and giving it additional press that it otherwise would not have gotten.

If you knew anything about the publishing/entertainment industry, you probably wouldn't make such a stupid statement. Anti-Catholicism is a pre-requisite for getting into the upper echelons of either of those industries. The media elites created the Duh Vinci Code phenomenon because it's a Catholic-basher. They love those with a passion.

It is imperative for Catholics to use the Duh Vinci Code's popularity as a teaching opportunity for the rest of the world. People need to know why it's pernicious and if they're willing to listen, it becomes an opportunity to evangelize as well.

If we are silent in the hopes that it will "just go away", we are fools.

If someone were to read "The Lord of the Rings" and think that this was an accurate history of some long ago time because Tolkien modeled The Shire after stereotypical rural England.....despite the word "fiction" on the spine....I wouldn't waste my breath trying to convince them otherwise. This because they would in fact be too dumb to live, much less worth spending time worrying about.

Since I don't honestly believe you're stupid enough to think that's a rational argument I must assume you think I am. Nobody reading about middle earth presumes middle earth exists, any more than anyone reading about Arrakis thinks Arrakis exists. But people reading about Italy know Italy exists. Therefore, they assume the plot is fiction, but not the place.

The fact is that 99% of reasonable people know darn well what the word "fiction" means. The other 1% need lithium anyway and are not worth freaking out over.

As said by one who knows? Many people don't even know the evening news is opinion. How do you know what they think about the historical or locational aspects of a book that is about a real place and time?

Shalom.