Survey Reports Gullibility
A new survey of Britons, commissioned by critics of the book and film, reports that a significant percentage of Brown's readers believe the contentions of the novel's characters. Naturally, the percentages are significantly higher than for Britons who have not read the book.
What the survey doesn't get at is how many of those readers are naturally predisposed to think ill of Catholics and doubt the veracity of Christian history. While I rather imagine the figures reported by the survey are largely accurate, I still doubt that Dan Brown's book did little more than confirm those readers' own worst suspicions.
People will believe what they want to believe -- even fiction.
MORE HERE
The Telegraph (UK), 17.05.06
What the survey doesn't get at is how many of those readers are naturally predisposed to think ill of Catholics and doubt the veracity of Christian history. While I rather imagine the figures reported by the survey are largely accurate, I still doubt that Dan Brown's book did little more than confirm those readers' own worst suspicions.
People will believe what they want to believe -- even fiction.
MORE HERE
The Telegraph (UK), 17.05.06
posted by Greg Wright at 10:47
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home