There is a true, but old story about a pastor who went to see a play one time that featured a very famous British actor and the theater was just packed. He noticed that a lot of the people there were members of his church who hardly ever attended church.

He happened to meet with this actor the next day and he asked him this question, "How do you draw such large crowds by presenting fiction while I present facts and hardly anyone comes to here me?" The actor, who had been at this man's church before, said "I have a really simple answer. I can tell you the difference between you and me. I present my fiction as though it were fact. You present your fact as though it was fiction."

I have a feeling there is some of this going on with The Da Vinci Code. Though outwardly the book claims to be a…