faith versus fiction

ok- for the 800th time i will be writing about christians versus the da vinci code. for some reason unknown to me, the catholics, especially, have their panties in a bunch about this novel and now the movie. now, i guess i could see them getting upset at the movie- tom hanks wasn't who i envisioned when i read the book. ok- so the casting was wrong. i am getting the feeling that the calls for boycotts and litigation isn't about hanks. i can't wrap my mind around the reaction to- stay with me now- A WORK OF FICTION. that's right- dan brown wrote a work of fiction. it was adequate reading material and it was a quick read. i was entertained- which i think was brown's plan all along. anyhoo- my thought on the whole thing is simple: if your belief and faith in your religion is strong- why should a movie or book be such a threat? if you need to legislate and control what everyone else on the planet watches or enjoys as entertainment in order to 1) remove temptation to yourself or 2) remove a challenge to your religion- then i seriously think you need to rethink your position. perhaps you should consider the fact that religion is just far fetched instead of a leap of faith. maybe the truth is that you know that christianity is based on lies and half truths instead of fact.