"Leonardo, Leonardo..."

"The Da Vinci Code". Ring any bells? I'm sure all of you have either seen the controversial movie or read the book. I've done both.

It is an amazing book. The story is wrapping, good, and even if not all of the historical facts are true, the way it's written and all the arguments are reasonable, understandable and most of all- possible.

The movie, is perfect. It's the first movie of a book I've seen that actually includes most of the story, doesn't changes any detail and ends up being exactly as you pictured it in your head.

I want to talk about a thought that ocurred to me this afternoon. We were discussing indians, and old times. Eventually, we fell into religion. And then it came: 'Indians believed in the sun because they needed to believe in something and in a higher power. So they made the sun, and nature, their Gods. So that then, they could have a reason to live. A cause and purpose.'

So. What if we invented the God we believe in- just because we needed something to give us what nature and people couldn't- hope, higher powers, miracles.. What if. What if Jesus actually never was the man we thought he was? What if it was just an exageration of the things he did, and how we chose to interpret it at the time because of our needs for faith and belief?

It is logical. Mostly, when history is by my side. The Bible, as we know it today, was written and created my men. By someone that chose which gospels to include and which not. Someone that would decide which were true, which were heretic, and something as complex as Jesus' divinity. Just as the book says, under Constantine the first Bible was published, and regardless of what religious people might say, he did supervisied and checked it. He was the king, and it was the first book on religion to be published. Something that would influence his entire kingdom. Of course he revised it.

At the Council of Nicaea, Jesus' divinity was defined. Was he God-like divine? As in, perfect, miracoulous, God himself? Or was he manlike-divine? A divine man. With all its flaws, urges, necessities. Only a man. Not God himself. A pure, divine, righteous man.

Of course, this Council concluded Jesus as a God-like creature. The son of God, and at the same time, God himself as a man.

The book argues that it was all Constantine's ideal of a unified Rome. By publishing the most best-selling and influential book in history, a book that set the standarts of something beyond humans, of a belief in heaven and a life after death; and by making pagan belief a part of it, he would have the complete power. Remember, in those times, the king was sended by God.

And what do I mean by 'making pagan belief a part of it'? Well, in case you didn't know, Jesus wasn't born on December 25. He was born in spring. December 25 is the date of birth of a pagan god that existed at those times, and that, very similarly to Jesus, was received by three men with gifts. The day we go to mass? Sun-day. The day of the sun. The day the pagans payed tribute to their gods. Easter? Also an originally pagan date. So yes, all our currently known dates and standarts were set by a man whose purpose was to unify two religions. A man that even when he claimed to be Christian, still made everyone refer to him as the Sun King.

When the chosing of the Bible gospels happened, many gospels found 'heretic' according to Jesus God-like divinity were destroyed. Burned.

So, is it possible that Jesus was indeed married to Marie Magdalene and had a child with her? Yes, it is. It is because any gospel that might have spoken about it would have been destroyed or been disposed off since it gave out Jesus' urges, pleasures and desires as a man, instead of a God. Which he was. He, was a man. A full of flesh human.

Now, the Priory of Sion? Well, that a more complicated issue. See, what refers exactly to the name of 'Priory of Sion' is a society that was created during the 1950's by Plantard and was discovered to be a fraud. The documents they based their beliefs in were proved to be fabricated. Therefore, it is impossible Leonardo Da Vinci was part of it.
Buut there existed in the Middle Ages a secret society named the 'Order of Zion', that, like in the book, supposedly had links to the Templary Knights. In this one, it is possible Leonardo was part of as well as all the others named in the book such as Isaac Newton. There are no proofs that show this society existed, no specific documents (at least not that I've found). The movie also says that the fraud that was discovered by Plantard about the Priory Of Sion was all a screen so that they were completely unbelievable, and their purposes would remain secret. Personally, I think it is a loong shot for that to be true. I mean, a society that has survived since the Middle Ages and holds such an important secret and no one has ever made it public? Not likely.
As for the wars presented in the movie and book between the Templaries and the church, well, it is true. The wars happened. But, of course, there is no proof that the reasons shown in the movie are right. Those are just supositions that fit the story line of a conspiracy. The witch hunt? also truth. Women were considered impure and heretic. Every liberal woman was burned. The numbers were a little bit lower than the ones showed in the movie, but still, the point is that it indeed happened.

I personally don't think the importance of all this lays in if it was true or right. In if Jesus had or hadn't a kid. In if the Priory did or didn't exist. For me, it doesn't really matters. I've never being a deeply religious person, but I am spiritual. And I think I wouldn't even care if they told me Jesus never indeed existed. Because what is important, is what we learned from him, as a God, as a man, as a heretic, as a fraude, as a mith, as a leyend, as a true, as a lie.. We learned not only the meaning of love, but also, things that make many be better persons every single day. So what if he had a kid? What if he was married? He could have been a divine and pure father and husband. Why not? What's so wrong with that?
As for the Catholic Church, well, I have many many doubts about them to be honest. I think, that well, even if they are spiritual and help the world, it is a bussines nevertheless. I go to a school owned and presided by a congregation of the Catholic Church, named the Legionaries of Christ (yes, founded by Marcial Marciel). And I can see how these women that make themselves call 'nuns' live. And how the priest live. They call them the millionaries. It's true. People donate them new cars, lots of money, houses... Ok, it isn't theirs, but they aren't exactly living as poors, are they?, and then, they ask for money donations and charge whenever they have a chance. C'mon. You want to help the world, be Jesus' modern copy? Sell all those brand new cars, those houses. Buy used cars. The money that is left, donate it to charity. Make something good with it. Buy all the things for the Church that you so often ask donations for. Like all religions ruled by men, it is a bussines. A very clever and succesful one, by the way. There's people in Africa that can't make the day, but these women are sended to 'help' girls in private schools. I am not saying we're not messed up, but there's worse. Meanwhile, they give services to these rich girls, enjoy all the comodities because there's nothing they have missing, and the priests go for yearly vacations in Europe. Now, what do you call THAT? Poverty vote, anyone?
Then, there's the chastity vote. How many priests have been acused, or have confessed to have a women in their lives? There's even one that declared himself to be gay! A bishop!. What does that tell you? The church is really messed up.
The point is, no religion or church can completely prove the things they believe in. Everything is possible when it comes to their stories. I personally believe the whole Bible is a metaphor. I think those are just parables that teach us to be good, regardless of if they indeed happened or not. It may have come not only from convinience at the times, but also from the need of better people. As for other religions, I found it impossible to believe that any real religion or belief promotes the death or convertion of others. To me, everyone can go to heaven in their own fashion. As long as they respect and don't bother anyone else.

WG