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Originally Posted by joeshoe
Apparently, if you write an introduction that says, "This is book is true," people will believe it. Hmm... time to make some profit  |
You failed to phrase this right.
Step 1. Write book. Make sure intro states that certain descriptions are true, but be vaugue about which ones.
Step 2. ???
Step 3. Profit
For the record I really enjoyed this book, and happen to subscibe to the idea that much of christianity is a blatant rip-off of Pagan ritual rebranded and resold for a new purpose.
A fair amount of this book is not Dan Brown's ideas. It is a theory that has exists since before the creation of the United States actually. At one point in history, the catholic church did in fact pursue and kill those who preached that theory. Both the fairly obvious nature of how the catholic church "borrowed" some cerimonies and locations and the theory that there was a Mrs. Christ and she was the challace predate even some of the Bible editions used today.
Mr. Brown's actuall acomplishment, was not writing an amazing book. It was delivering a theory to many that the "church" has spent an amount of money not measurable in modern exchange rates over history to eradicate. He introduced an idea that was new to many who thought they had a handle on the history of christianity, and many more who simply never thought of it, and profited.
Good for him I say.
Edit: It would appear that me and RCAlyra2004 share quite the similar thought proccess and view of how we arrived at modern religion.