[techweenie]

That's probably a good summary, Rick.

I haven't read the Da Vinci Code, but instead read the book that provided the foundation for it: "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail."

It's interesting that subsequent discoveries of Gnostic and other texts indicate that Magdalene was quite possibly not a 'prostitute' but first among the apostles. It's interesting because it tends to reinforce the central premise of HBHG. I don't know if the Da Vinci Code goes into the Priory or the story of Rennes-le-Chateau, but the whole subject area is pretty interesting, if thinly supported.

When HBHG came out, there was an equally ferocious reaction from the church.