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Religion and Literature. - January 17th 2009, 09:58 PM
About a week ago I was at a party when my close friend and I got into an argument about the Da Vinci Code. My friend grew up as a Protestant and still invests in those beliefs, while my personal faith has taken on a different nature. Anyway, she was recounting her first viewing of the film version, and how she "couldn't take it seriously" after the main plot point had been revealed (e.g. Jesus makin' babies). I have read the book and seen the film, and I thought it was an excellent story. She asserted that someone somewhere was going to see the film and take it as Bible truth (pun intended).

What do you think? Do you buy into the whole hysteria created whenever some work of fictional literature causes a ruckus within the religious community? If you are religious, do you find blatant works of fiction like The Davinci Code offensive to your beliefs? Why?

I'm quite curious.