Cracks in the 'Code'

Dallas Morning News | Editorials:

“People have a funny way of taking [The Da Vinci Code] as an alternative history. Priests and pastors have reported parishioners having crises of faith after reading The Da Vinci Code. Others report feeling empowered by a message that is heretical. Leaving aside plain old gullibility, why are so many people so willing to take this pulp novel as something more than entertainment?”

Ed Cognoski responds:

Answer why so many people believe in the literal truth of the Bible and you might find the answer as to why so many people are taking The Da Vinci Code so seriously. The same human thinking process is at work in both instances.