Of Errors, Falsehoods and the Da Vinci Code

There was one book published in the recent past that sparked much debate and was criticized by historians, church-goers, mathematicians, book critics, and various other tribes of mortals. The charges against the book ranged from poor research to blasphemy to church-bashing to plagiarism. There were other charges such as poor plot construction and lack of technical, historical and geographical knowledge. I have provided links to some of these articles below. Well, if you go through these list of errors and falsehoods, it looks like 99% of the book is inaccurate against the "99% accuracy" claim of the author. However, the book became a best-seller and this goes to show that well-packaged church-bashing can do wonders for an author. Before the Da Vinci Code, none of Dan's three earlier books had sold more than 10,000 copies or should I be more Brown-like and say 10 copies or no copies at all. Well, at least he did not plagiarise his work from two books of non-fiction and one book of fiction or from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." Or, did he?

http://www.christendom-awake.org/pages/ma-associates/dvcode.htm
http://www.contenderministries.org/discrepancies/davincicode.php
http://www.answers.org/issues/davincicode.html
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/facts/fm0035.html
http://www.rense.com/general71/davvi.htm
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/davinci-code.htm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195875,00.html
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-146066195.html
http://www.reelviews.net/movies/d/davinci_code.html