Da Vinci Code Madness

According to an article in the London Times, Sony Pictures, who owns the movie rights to Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code," is thinking of modifying the plot in order to mollify the Catholic Church. The Vatican, it would seem, has a real problem with Brown's novel.

Somewhere along the line perhaps the Church has missed the point that it's freaking FICTION and not a theological treatise! Personally I found the idea that Jesus and Mary Magdalene got it together (married or not) kind of appealing even while I understood that it was, probably, all nonsense without a shred of evidence to back the idea up.

Ok, maybe not using the name of Opus Dei I could live with even though I just love the Church when it says that the description of the organization in the book is "completely inaccurate" BUT some members DO "...make limited use of mortification practices of cilice and discipline." In which case it's NOT "completely inaccurate" is it?

I see the Church, and others including the Times, have even dug up the old misconception about Magdalene being a prostitute. There is nothing in the gospels that actually says this and the tradition is likely simply the result of early Church paternalism and misogyny. According to the Gnostic gospels Mary was as much a disciple as Peter, John or James and perhaps even more than a disciple.