Da Vinci Hype?

This blog sometimes seems like nothing but problems. I mean, I don't really want everyone to read it but I know that my friends and family do most of the time and it's nice to see comments. What I don't understand is that people go through the effort of reading it and then write something mean or say no one cares. If you don't like me or don't care... why would you read it in the first place? You would have to be a pretty sad person in my opinion. Anyways, it shouldn't bug me. I guess not everyone has to like me... considering I don't like 80% of the human race. Speaking of which, I watched the Da Vinci Code for the first time the other day and I don't get why so many people have a problem with it. Yeah... I "watched" it, not "read" it because the book is damn confusing and I took the lazy way out. Right... back to where I was. I found it very entertaining and it was an extremely brilliant and creative idea... but nothing more. Which brings me to this. It's amazing how close minded religious people are. There was so much uproar and negative critisism over nothing but pure "fiction" which was even admitted my the author himself. He said that he doesn't even believe it and it just seemed like a good story idea. I believe in God but I also believe in open mind. People get so wrapped up over something and let it control them to the point that they can't even think for themselves anymore. It's pretty damn sad in my opinion that people cannot even accept an idea even if it is fiction just because someone tells you it's wrong. Really people... what is the point of defending something if there is no real threat against it? Are you that brainwashed? Then there is the odd nut job who believes this Da Vinci shit and starts their own twisted religion even if it is just based on one man's idea. An incredible idea at that... but still, not proven or even claiming to be true. Then there is scientology... don't even get me started on that. In my opinion, religion is for people who cannot think for themselves and therefore need to be told what to do and what to believe. Then again... it is also meant for people who are striving for power and want people to follow "them" and believe what "they" believe and not necessarily God. Ultimately, it's a pretty sad and twisted world we are in when what we look to most when we are in need is just another scam created to feed the power driven man. Don't get me wrong since I am a person of faith but it is so hard to see truth in all of this when religious leaders just keep feeding us lies and basically brainwashing us or better yet, scaring us into thinking like them. No wonder so many people have turned away from God. And just because someone like me questions and doubts this "system" as it appears... I'm a bad person?