The premises behind those debates can have workplace implications, too, even if you wouldn’t think of discussing religion at work.

Without spoiling the plot, some characters in “The Da Vinci Code” are skeptical about various items in the Bible, and explain how various works of Leonardo Da Vinci emphasize their sort of skepticism. For obvious reasons, many leaders of Christian churches are not exactly thrilled with the characters’ interpretation of what really happened.

In the workplace context, think about what happens when your own work-related beliefs are challenged. Do you re-examine your position or do you automatically distrust the person raising the challenge? Do you allow for the possibility that the right answer might lie somewhere between your points of view?

What happens many times is that workers can lock on to certain beliefs as gospel, even though circumstances might have changed greatly. A high school English teacher might tell students never to begin a sentence with “but” or “and,” which is a good rule — for high school students.

But talented writers break that rule all the time. And so do mediocre ones.

Doing quality work has always been important, of course. Sometimes, now, though, employers are willing to sacrifice quality for speed — and employees stuck in the “quality is No. 1” mode might get the bum’s rush.

Of course, you may re-evaluate the circumstances and decide you were right all along. Great. Just make sure you know the difference between an out-of-date guideline and the gospel.