The Da Vinci Code and Historians

Dan Browns novel the Da Vinci Code is a run away success. The book has been widely read and it is unfortunate that most people will form their opinion of early Christianity by reading this interesting but outrageous book. Jesus Christ is venerated as a saviour by billions of people and the basis of the Christian faith lies in the belief that He died on the Cross as a supreme aacrifice for the sins of mankind. One may or may not agree with this notion but no one, least of all a novelist has the right ot insult this belief. Further the fact that Mary Magdalen was only a companion of Jesus and probably the most compassionate of all his followers. To transform this lonely, tragic figure into the wife or partner of Christ is not only unhistorical but also insulting to peoples belief. Of course, I do not believe that she was what the Roman Catholic chruch made her out to be, but that is another story. I thimk the whole plot senationalises certain conspiracy theories and therefore while it makes interesting reading it is certainly not literature.