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It's kind of a lousy detective story, frankly, but I read it, just like a whole bunch of other people did. Then I moved on to other books.

If every Christian had closed his mouth and totally ignored "The Last Temptation of Christ" do you know how many people would have seen it? About five.

But thousands and thousands spoke out, rallied, protested, railed, foamed at the mouth, and hyperventilated. This got the movie studio an unbelievable amount of press. They got so much free promotion...millions and millions of dollars worth of free promotion for that movie.

But the protestors felt better....the movie producers got to take extra millions to the bank and got a good laugh at those who made the millions possible....and the press got to show a bunch of screaming Christians and make them look crazy.....so everybody came out ahead in that deal (except the movie-goer who got suckered into paying to see a crappy movie).

Same thing here.

I am going to take the time to explain to you the importance of this book, and why it is important Christians speak out about it. My mother passed away yesterday, so please believe me when I say that I take this issue seriously enough to post an explanation before going to bed this evening. I will not reply for a while, because I will be involved with the funeral.

Yes, the Da Vinci Code is fiction, and if it had been left as a work of fiction by the author, the whole matter would be unimportant. Several people in my family read this book as fiction, and since it has been out for a few years I have paid no attention to it.

THEN, I discovered that one of my sisters, who is not an expert in history, had seen the author explaining the TRUTH of this book on a talk show. She bought into the whole thing, and as a result now believes that the Church lied about Christ, and has lost her faith. I have tried explaining the truth to her, but I am simply her sister and not a published author and "historian", you see.

So, I take this book very seriously because the author has made repeated appearances claiming that even though the publisher said the book was fiction, it really is the truth. Look at the listing of the places on that Dav Vinci Code tour. People aren't going on that tour because of a work of fiction. They think they are going to see the places where the stuff in the book actually happened.

I am not advocating protests against the book, nor am I advocating censorship. What I DO think is that the Church, in all its forms (Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant) step forward and debunk the many inaccuracies and lies in this book. The author needs to be engaged in debate by church historians and experts in archaeology. Oprah needs to have on people who explain the truth about this book.

To those who don't have historical knowledge and do not have a strong faith, this book is very dangerous.

I hope you will seriously consider what I have said. Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

But thousands and thousands spoke out, rallied, protested, railed, foamed at the mouth, and hyperventilated. This got the movie studio an unbelievable amount of press. They got so much free promotion...millions and millions of dollars worth of free promotion for that movie.

Yeah? And it was still a stinkeroo box office bomb.

The Duh Vinci Code will be a big hit whether we come out against it or not. If we do not speak out against it, we are cowards and weaklings, worthy of every bit of derision that the Catholic haters out there heap upon us.