I really enjoyed Dan Brown's latest book. It was again a travel log book with an exciting plot with lots of twists and turns. It brought back lots of visual images from our trip to Spain in 2008. I love Barcelona and the rest of Spain and above are pictures from Barcelona, the Spanish countryside, a very large church in Girona, and the Cathedral outside the Palace in Madrid. I like everything Gaudi, Winston Churchill is a hero of mine, and Sam Harris is one of my favorite authors. Brown addresses the challenges of current religions, technology, as well as the concept of Singularity...what's not to like.
John H pointed out the major question from the book, "Would you rather live without technology, or in a world without religion? Would you rather live without medicine, electricity, transportation, and antibiotics, or without zealots waging war over fictional tales and imaginary spirits?" Will "The dark religions...depart so sweet science can reign." Or, as Father Bena sees it, there is a place for an enlightened Christianity that becomes a "spiritual partner of science" to "help humanity build a moral framework and ensure that the coming technologies will unify, illuminate, and raise us up...rather than destroy us."
