[Frank the Tank]

Well I just finished the book. I started it over a year ago, but when our son was born I suddenly lost all of my free time I had to read. Recently, now that he is on a good schedule, the wife and I have some time together again so I picked it up, re-read it from the beginning and finished it in about a week.

All I can say is wow. Really. Wow. What a great book. So hard to put down, so all-consuming when you are reading it.

Now my problem is with the religous right. What is the big deal. Seriously. Its a work of fiction. Very very well written fiction. I've heard it called anti-religious which I find laughable. All it does is question our perception of religion and give us other possibilities as to how things happened. Sure it uses real places ad some real facts and organizations, but if you are dumb enough to take what it says as fact, then, well, I don't kow what.

I realize that my cut and dry atheist views have offended some people in the past and I do honestly believe that the bible is a work of fiction as well, but come on, to get all worked up over the DaVinci Code? Isn't there something better to do?

If all it takes to rattle your faith is this book, then you should really question how strong your faith is in the first place. And the other problem I have is these religious types spouting off without having read it. Read the damn book, then comment. If your faith is strong enough, reading the book will do you no harm.

Again, all it does is present an alternative. And a really cool alternative at that.