Da Vinci Code

I watched the movie yesterday (I read the book beginning of last year.) and I think it was good. Seriously, I don't see how people can condemn it so much. Maybe its because I am not a Christian, so I am not offended by what the book claims. Of course it is surprising, but I took it with a grain of salt - it could be true, it could be false.

We hear a lot of things these days - religion claims this, science claims something else. Yet, we still believe in our religion, right? So I honestly think people should not let it get to them.

I like how Langdon says "...every faith in the world is based on fabrication. That is the defintion of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove. Every religion describes God through metaphor, allegory, and exaggeration, from the early Egyptians through modern Sunday school. Metaphors are a way to help our minds process the unprocessible. The problems arise when we begin to believe literally in our own metaphors."

I think this is true to a certain extent. I have been told a lot of things about my religion - Hinduism. I know it's possible that when you re-think things you were taught as a child - with a scientific mind, you do realise that a lot of things don't really add up logically, sometimes. Yet I still choose to believe in it - because God is God, no matter how you look at it. I use my religion as a way to be a better person.

I have argued with a classmate in college about this before - he's a Brahmin and he is a pure vegetarian and follows all the religious stuff and all - while I am religious on the inside. I don't really follow many things as required but I like to believe that it doesn't matter whether I am a vegetarian, how many times I pray and all that. I like to believe that as long as I am a good person, intending no harm to others, not hurting people's feelings intentionally, not stealing or taking things which do not belong to me, being a God-fearing, law-abiding citizen, making other people happy, respecting my parents and caring about my family - I am a good person.

That should be all that matters right? The difference with religion is just how we perceive God. Right? Just my opinion...