{"id":991,"date":"2009-05-28T09:21:21","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T13:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therowboat.com\/?p=991"},"modified":"2009-05-28T09:21:21","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T13:21:21","slug":"religion-and-science-sitting-in-a-tree-%e2%80%a6-in-vatican-city-%e2%80%a6-with-a-mysterious-pentagram-carved-into-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/2009\/05\/religion-and-science-sitting-in-a-tree-%e2%80%a6-in-vatican-city-%e2%80%a6-with-a-mysterious-pentagram-carved-into-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Religion and Science, Sitting in a Tree \u2026 in Vatican City \u2026 with a Mysterious Pentagram Carved into It"},"content":{"rendered":"
For one who knows anything about the stuff in Dan Brown’s novels, the temptation is do, of course, what many have already done: assemble a book-length catalog of all the hideous inaccuracies and abominable oversimplifications and gross assaults on whatever faith one happens to hold. When restricted to an article, perhaps it’s better to choose a particular, over-arching theme to harp on, which might at least instill a degree of suspicion among readers as they inevitably flock to ingest Brown’s next theologo-thriller (it, by the way, will be on the Masons). Whether in the form of a book or article, however, one thing can be certain: nowhere near as many people will read it as read Brown himself. Worse, by grafting onto the hype around his all-time bestsellers, one runs the risk of being better-known for this dutiful refutation than for any more brilliant or original concoction. One way or another, Dan Brown wins.<\/p>\n