While the Supreme Court of India refused to ban the screening of the recently released film the Da Vinci Code after hearing a petition filed by petitioners from All India Christians Welfare Association and one Matthews on a Public Interest Litigation seeking a directions for a ban. These are the conversation lines at the beginning of the film the DA VINCI CODE as understood by this writer merely on viewing (not having read the book yet) the two hours sixteen minute film; from a VCD ( freely available on hire for Rs 20/- p.d. in Goa) it apparently begins at the London airport where the occupants of the plane make an unscheduled landing a little off the landing strip apprehending arrest by the police.
quote --In London ride as pose? Pripay not just in rid Is temple London just one place the . London Temple Church Temple Church, excuse me Roger andI discuss change to flight back You and Robert have observe history Time be in out glass Be your in history making I want grail ! Christ You two bring me a greatest night Thank you" unquote The story centres around one Ms Sinclaire ( not Sauniere ) also known as Princess Sophie who is believed to be the last descendant of Jesus Christ . According to a report on a news daily Ms. Sinclaire then a little girl of four years was declared dead alongwith her parents and brother in a tragic car accident. In the movie it is made to believe that her family was one of the oldest families in France descendants of the Meruvian Kings SANG REAL translated meaning Royal Blood . That she did not die but indeed survived the accident & was taken care secretly by a family the Priory of Scion because of her lineae. In the movie Ms Sinclaire recollects incidents during her childhood when her grandfather one Jacques Sauniere refused to divulge details of her parents etc. She left home one day in a huff & when she suddenly re-appeared back home she found her grandfather indulging in witch cult. She fled never to return. Her past involving her parentage et al was a guarded secret encoded in a small capsule which could be deciphered only on unravelling the secret code 112358132 ( the numbers in the code are significant as 1+1 add up to 2 then 2+1 add up to 3 then 3+2 add upto 5 and 5 + 3 add up to 8 ) to decipher the text encrypted thereon using vinegar. Rose is the symbol of the Holy grail . Rose line as depicted in the map is the road direction which signifies the place where the capsule is located North of France . The same is shown to be preserved in the Chateau Villette Museum in France under strict guard. The same is unknown to anyone except the Curator of the Museum. According to the Gospel of Philip it is made to believe that Marie Maniond (Mary Magadalene) was married to Jesus . The nexus to establish this was shown in the painting of Leonardo da Vinci in his famous Last Supper wherein Mary Magdalene is shown on the right hand side of Jesus in a pose which if construed pictorially resembles the letter Y which is otherwise the genetic code of the female sex chromosome . If the same picture is replaced on the right hand side it appears as joined from the hip. It is made to believe in the film that during the era of Pope Constantino in 325 AD the woman were not given equal staturs in the Church by the Vatican and hence the story in the film makes one to believe that it was not Peter the disciple of Jesus that was given the keys of the Church but it was indeed his spouse Mary Magadalene. But she was deliberately kept away in keeping with the Vatican pro male centric heirarchy. It was in this era that thousands of women who inspired scientific temper or probing minds minds were ostracised as witches and done to death To this extent the movie could pose questions especially to those born Catholics not fully wedded to its faith and teachings. Otherwise the movie indeed is a splendid work of fiction for which the directors could easily deserve kudos. However its subject matter deserves strict condemnation as it strikes at the very foundation on which a religion viz; Christianity was founded . A religion which indeed has over a two thousand year antiquity . A religion which undoubtedly has the highest following . Jesus Christ Himself being held as an icon by a vast number of followers across all the continents of the world. The Bible ordained as the Holy Book of those professing the Christian faith continues to be the largest circulated book in the world available in as many of the widely understood and spoken languages which in itself convincingly concludes the band wagon of its followers. George Bernard Shaw rightly states that Religion is Opium for the masses ---- let it be so ---- film producers and writer need to stand forewarned to stray away from ruffling religious sentiments there are other important worldly subjects that could be the subject of fictionreligious faith ---- never. GODFREY J I GONSALVES BORDA MARGAO GOA [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9822158584 Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com <br><br> Stay connected with your friends even when away from PC. Link: http://in.mobile.yahoo.com/new/messenger/ _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)