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I enjoy reading radical pieces, the most radical of which so far, has come from a student in my Math 1 class. I know that all the hullabaloo about the friggin' Da Vinci Code is over and done with (thank GOD!) but a documentary on it was shown as part of an Alternative Class Learning Experience that I let my students watch. I wrote it down here (editted some very minor spelling and grammatical errors not affecting the beauty of the piece) so that other people may enjoy. Oh, and I inserted in some comments too..

Da Vinci Code Deception
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by: Jose Ruel L. Garcia (BA Broadcast Communication 1)

"I know I belong to those students who never had an idea about the Da Vinci Code. I'd rather choose to attend my Math 1 class than waste my time to that alternative class" (No, his sucking up didn't make me like his piece more. Haha)"

These thoughts bothered me after hearing the gossip of enjoyment from my classmates. i knew it, they were much more interested in attending the documentary of the Da Vinci Code than to sit and listen in our Math 1 class which I was really interested in (again with the suck up! Haha). I knew it was unfair but I cannot convince them to stay. I cannot also afford to lose points for not attending the alternative class (as if they needed extra credits for my class! Math 1 is a breeze!). Then I decided to go with the group, heavy hearted and not interested at all.

Half an hour had passed. The documentary was becoming boring (it was shown at 2:30 in the afternoon, what could you expect from a growing boy?). I started yawning and my eyelids started to drop. Slowly my vision became blurry. All I could see was light coming from the TV but still I could clearly hear the dialogues from the documentary, the comments and everything! In a split second I realized that I was sleepy (uh, I thought you said you were sleepy half an hour ago? hehe). I tried to resist and to my great surprise, I finished the documentary half-awake.

Indeed I did not enjoy watching the documentary (sorry for putting you into so much agony, but learning's all about pain! hehe). It was all about debunking the Da Vinci Code. COunte attacking Dan Brown's idea of Jesus Christ having an intimate relationship with Mary Magdalene. Nothing more! Nothing less! All was nonsense! (uh, i get the feeling he's really irate...)

I am concluding that it was nonsense because the documentary was just a mere book advertisement. It's like a virtual book show, masquerading as an informative documentary to get the people's attention. The main purpose was to buy books about decoding the Da Vinci Code, counteracting its false ideas and destoying its principles. To sum (finally, a math word!) it up, making money was its main objective. They made Dan Brown's novel a starting capital to their book business (i didn't quite understand what this meant...).

I thank Dan Brown for writing the Da Vinci Code. His bravery to expose his dangerous ideas about religion was worth emulating (obviously, this author did learn something about the documentary --- make something out of the ordinary and get noticed. ah, i love it when young minds learn...). His novel serves as a great test for the Christian faith and its believers --- will they recoil (i had to look this word up in my dictionary) and revolt against their religion or will they stand together faithful and true to it? Well, it's up to them (Amen!)!

To cap it off, Religion is indeed the most debatable aspect of academics (aren't you glad Math is much easier to deal with? Hehe). It runs through the minds and hearts of every person, each with a stand to his or her principle. A stand which they will fight for till death. Kudos to those who stand firm in their faith and congratulations to those who still seek. Religion is indeed a long journey to find the captive truth, but if you're confused, there's the Bible, read it!