I also read and enjoyed The Da Vinci Code. I do have a copy to keep as it was a gift from my mother. However I could not see myself reading Breaking The Da Vinci Code. Because I do not take my fiction that seriously. A book or idea may not be completely plausible but if the author can make it work within the context of the story that is all I care about. I escape for a few hours and I move on. The best part about The Da Vinci Code being such a big hit is that if all the people who have copies actually read them it might inspire some of them to pick up another book and turn off the tv for awhile.

If you believe there to be any truth to Browns book then maybe you have spent too much time reading his and not enough time reading another.

I presume that you are obliquely referring to The Bible, Winn, but I don't think they're comparable, and even with that, there are many interesting seeds of truth in Dan Brown's best-selling work, even if the overall storyline is a bit farfetched. What marks good historical fiction is that there is some truth to it anyway. Perhaps you ought to re-read The DaVinci Code yourself, with a bit more of an open mind?

I thought it was an entertaining piece of FICTION. I did some research while reading the book and Dan Brown did get a ton of things wrong (the fact he claims that Christ's divinity didn't become known until after Constantine declared it is pure garbage). An open mind does mean that OK, I read it, researched it and found it to be just what it is, FICTION. The same can be said of people who take "Fahrenheit 9/11" as a TRUE documentary, yeah right.

Actually, Dan Brown correctly noted that the early Christians had a running debate about whether Christ was a God (in which case how could he actually die?) or whether Christ was a man (in which case how could he be divine?) or some sort of hybrid. Constantine was instrumental in the rising popularity of Christianity in his era and it was during that same era that a group of Christian scholars met and concluded once and for all that Christ was both a man and divine, ending the debate.

In terms of Fahrenheit 9/11, well, as with any documentary, particularly a strident one, people take what they want from the viewing. I haven't seen it, but I was highly impressed by the insight and research of "Bowling for Columbine", also by Michael Moore.