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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nikolai" data-source="post: 1687049" data-attributes="member: 10130">I'm not sure that Dan Brown actively planned the whole thing; I think if he was that clever the book would be a whole lot better than it is. I think, like most people, he has strange and not very well thought out views on religion, but he was trying to write a thriller, not actively trying to convert people. From what I've seen he's as bewildered by the success of the book as everyone else.I find this whole religious controversy aspect, all very strange. I think the book probably has had the unintended effect of pointing people succeptible to conspiracy theories in that direction.But the big thing it's done - regardless of the truth of what's in the book - is bring to lots of peoples' attention the question of the authenticity of the Bible, and the nature of the authority of scripture. Most people ordinarily wouldn't look twice at anything close to that sort of thing, but have been given an approach to it in a very accessible form. People actively choosing for themselves between alternate interpretations of religion is always going to be a power-keg for any sort of established church.</blockquote>