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Leigh Teabing: "My dear, until that moment in
history, Jesus was viewed by His followers as a mortal prophet...a great and
powerful man, but a man nonetheless. A mortal."

Sophie Neveu: "Not
the Son of God?"

Leigh Teabing: "Right. Jesus' establishment as 'the
Son of God' was officially proposed and voted on by the Council of Nicaea."

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Leigh Teabing: ''One day he was human, the next, he was divine!''

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It is pretty obvious that I caught the hyped-up movie "The Da Vinci Code". I remembered some months back, I asked Yan what is tis Da Vinci Code all abt, why is almost everyone around me seem to be readin the damn book?! So she told me, it's a conspiracy thingy that sort of evolves around the Holy Grail and the drawing of The Last Supper. So oh ok, since the movie is comin out sometime soon, hah as usual...i prefer to juz Watch rather than Read.

So there, I watched it on Saturday. To me it was pretty cool, I was not really concerned about what is the Holy Grail that they were hunting for, I was really intrigued by the codes and puzzles dished out in the movie. Ingenious! And i really pity Silas...poor guy really...so much faith but so so used and betrayed...*i pray to God that i will not be misled like that*

Anyways the phrases that i quoted above reminded me of queries i made sometime back to a Christian colleague abt Jesus alaihisalam(as). I asked questions because I was inquisitive and I wanted to have an understanding about the basic Christianity faith and by no mean, I was tryin to ridicule or put down my colleague's religion. I respect others and their choice of faith and I do not even have the slightest intention to confuse my colleague. Let me say that, for record's sake. 

I used to flip a calendar with Bible verses, one for each day...it was put on the desk that I work at..so yeah, i read. Some were motivational and inspirin, alot of the verses had the same concept as the Quran (love for God, urging to do good, to keep faith, promise of rewards for actions) but I got a lil confused when sometimes there were lines with the phrase "The Lord" and "He" because i noe, Christians believe that Jesus was Son of God and there is also God himself. So one day i decided to ask my colleague abt them.

Me: "Hey X, when the bible say The Lord, does it refer to God or Jesus?"
X: "Usually its God"
Me: "Oh ok..hmm u guys also believe in One God right?"
X : "Yeah"
Me: "How abt Jesus?"
X: "He is Son of God"
Me: "Emmm if u say Jesus is Son of God, then wouldn't it make him also a God??"
X: "It's different" -silence-
Me: -that prompted me to ask more questions but decided to hold my tongue, in case i might say somethin blasphemous to his religion or i might juz cause a rift in our relationship-

I was brought up and given knowledge as a Muslim, and somehow we share the same view as that of Teabing abt Jesus. He is special to us too, a Messenger from God but he is Not divine. That's as far as the similarity goes. It was made known to me that Jesus' soul was lifted by God and he did not go through the crucifixition and that he will return to earth again near/before Doomsday to eliminate false beliefs upon him and lead people once again to the Truth & right path: Worshippin of One True God.

Anyways back to the Da Vinci Code thingy,  the objective of tis movie was somehow to prove that Jesus was a mortal, Suppose...one day through some scientific discoveries or miracles it showed so, how will the whole Christian community react?? I thought Hey they shouldn't despair cos at the back of my head came some of Abu Bakr's (Muhammad's best buddy) ra words when he was addressin the people who were in a state of sadness and total disbelief that prophet Muhammad saw had passed away...maybe it's applicable to them too!

"O people, verily whoever worshipped Muhammad, behold! Muhammad is indeed
dead. But whoever worships God, behold! God is alive and will never die."

"And Muhammad is but a Messenger. Many Messengers
have gone before him; if then he dies or is killed, will you turn back
upon your heels?...." [Ali Imran 3:144]

Juz my thoughts...i hope i did not offend any Christians or Muslims in this entry...