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I really enjoyed reading the DaVinci Code, and couldn't put it down. I've even seen some of the things in Europe that he talked about.
However, there are good reasons that the books in the Bible are in the Bible, and the other "gospels" are not, and divine intervention is not among them. The texts used for Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were written very close to the time the events and condition recorded in those books took place. If you can wade through all the fluff and evangelism stuff in it, Lee Strobel's "The case for Christ" contains a very good explanation about how the four gospels that are in the Bible were considered the gospel long before there was a Christian "church" or many of the letter now included in the New Testament were written, and that there are big differences in the timeframe and contents of the four Gospels and the other books that were not included. Ehile the early Church may have intentionally confused/misled followers about Mary Magdeline's role, That does not mean that she was married to Jesus or bore his child. Paul wrote about the Gospels in his letters, and he didn't mention the Book of Thomas, or any of the others. Paul also wrote about the married apostles, and he did not include any mention of Jesus being married. When he was talking about the man the believers believed in, about marriage, wouldn't it have been expected for him to say something about his wife? Maybe there's a reason he didn't. I've also read the books that talk about the Holy Grail and the Priory of Sion and the Knights Templar that the DaVinci Code used for inspiration, and I don't buy their arguments.
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