Hi PH1,
Of course it's possible that there was a Christ bloodline. Of course there were soldiers of the church, and those sworn to protect it. Of course there were secret societies where powerful stories were passed from generation to generation. This is all absolutely possible, and a very large percentage of it likely true.
My own stance, however, and concurrent with the above, is that our fault is believing in christ as the lord god. He was just another guy. Mortal. He said some great things and people have learned from those things. But, god is imaginary, the bible was written by men, and the rest of it is just interesting back story.
Regardless of your beliefs, and regardless if any of the above is true or happened, Dan Brown is an excellent author, and I recall not putting the book down until I was done. Just a few cups of tea, a fireplace and a blanket, and that book got tore up.
I actually like Angels and Demons better though. Cheers.
