<p>The book, as well as the movie, are apparently FULL of factual, geographical, and historical errors. I saw a Science Chanel show a couple of nights ago that methodically enumerated a seemingly endless list of The DaVinci Code’s factual errors. It was actually pretty astonishing to see how sloppily Dan Brown researched his novel. But he has insisted from the beginning that the book is accurately based on biblical and historical fact.</p>
<p>Which brings us to the question of why religious people are in an uproar over this movie. Come on, can it really be that hard to fathom? The DaVinci Code not only de-deifies Jesus Christ, but also says he was probably just an ordinary guy who regularly gave in a guy’s basest passions—and with a former prostitute no less— and that he the “baby daddy”! (Sorry for the ebonics, folks, but I’m looking around for Maury Povich here.) Plus, it makes Opus Dei out to be a dangerous cult (if not the Catholic Church itself)! Really, it’s not rocket science. </p>
<p>I know Democrats who were more offended by the “vast right-wing conspiracy” to besmurch the reputation of Bill Clinton than they are by the smear job Dan Brown does on Jesus Christ.</p>