Reply #20: And the FICTIONAL book was based on "Holy Blood, Holy Grail"

[Bridget Burke]

--a sophisticated intellectual exercise posing as non-fiction.

Unfortunately, Da Vinci's Code was last year's choice for the Dreadful People Who Read Only One Book Per Year. They corner you at parties & insist on recounting each plot point. Without a background of reading such "dull" subjects as history, myth, legend & abnormal psychology, these folks take things all too seriously.

The article mentions that Opus Dei was NOT boycotting the movie. While they hoped for script changes (fat chance!), they were also going to try to educate the public. Opus Dei is not nearly as interesting as some claim. My memories of Saturday Catechism classes with the good old Baltimore Catechism would disappoint those who imagine the RC Church is a weird, exotic, all powerful institution.