Being friends first can be great, but if you're friends for a long time, and things change between you, what happens if it doesn't work out? Can you go back to being JUST friends? I don't think it will ever be the way it was. Just a thought.
the Catholic church did come up with.....have to pay to get into heaven....in the middle of the dark ages to boost it's coffers and to gain power. So I can see Brown having something there in the book that is based on real facts. Would certainly make sense. I have some problems with the church myself.
RE: Ways to annoy a Cop
You're out in left field Illuminate! I like it! ;-)