The True Religion of God

FADE IN

A SERIES OF SHOTS
Twilight: Crashing waves
---- Voices of Muslims call to prayer
---- A Church Shown

The movie begins with a voice over narration.

NARRATOR (V.O)
Its a question asked time and time again all
over the world; what is your religion? What is
your idea of a religion? Do you think your
religion is Gods very own true religion? How
would you describe a true religion?
So many questions like
the past. With many
world, we can only but
the religion that God
approval on.

this have been raised in

religions all over the
wonder which one truly is
would place his stamp of

So, would you say, your religion deserves the

stamp or would you say the idea of religion is
one which you would rather not believe in at
all, not reckoning the existence of a supreme
being directing the affairs of this world.
We have had arguments, quarrels, anger and
wars as a result of this one issue. We can
wonder at what such wars would have looked
in the past, but here, right here out of
many collisions of beliefs are three who
had their differences and views on what the
religion of God truly is.

even
only
like
the
have
true

Experience
the
conflict,
the
anger,
the
argument, the differences of religious ideas and
the commonness of hearts and humanity.

EXT. A LEISURE PARK DAY

A priest is seen sitting down on a bench under a tree
enjoying the afternoon breeze. As he enjoys the scenery,
the blue sky under which he smiles as he looks around the
park. Suddenly, he disappears into thin air. People
around him do not observe this.

EXT. THE TOWNS TEMPLE - DAY

A Rabbi is seen talking with people one by one as many
seek to meet him. The scene is muted with slow music
played over the video. He is seen teaching and settles
cases while exchanging pleasantries with others.
All of a sudden, he feels the urge to relieve himself and
is seen excusing himself from the group. As he trudges
off towards the Convenience, a rushing wind suddenly
comes from the east and he disappears in to the thin air.

EXT. IN THE WOODS DAY

An Imam is seen meditating with a Quran before him whilst
squatted on a mat in the woods. As the birds tweet from
far and near, the wind blows his clothes as he sits on
with full concentration on his meditation. He begins to
hear murmurings of voices in a very low tone in different
languages start, as he opens his eyes, he vanishes from
sight.

A VOICE OVER is heard once again

NARRATOR (V.O)
[Mystified and abstract scene of mixed dark,
white and red lines intertwining into the abyss
as the voice fades in]
It is time the world knows which religion is
approved by God, the world reckons. If you were
to know that your religion was not the approved,
would you leave it and join the other?
What would it be like for you, if your leader
finally tells you that the religion youve lived
all your life knowing is not the one God accepts
to be his accepted religion? Isnt it time we
come to conclusion of this matter? Perhaps this
day we will eventually know.
[Voice over fades out]

INT. A QUAINT ROOM IN AN UNKNOWN BUILDING

Appearing out of thin air in this building accompanied by
a very bright light which shines everywhere are each one
of the three taken people; the Rabbi, the Priest and the
Imam.
Each
with
Each
find

one of them appears at different corners of the room

a look of wonder at what has just happened to them.
one of them gropes around in the light trying to
their way around the glowing white light.

MUSLIM IMAM
Allahu Akbar! [He exclaims]
What is this, God save me? [He walks around
puzzled and cautious]

THE PRIEST
Jesus! What am I doing here? But, but, but I was
just... how did I get here? [He walks around
puzzled and cautious]

THE RABBI
Oh my God, what have I done wrong that this
would happen to me. I know I did not bring
myself here. Once, I was at the temples gate
and now, now I dont even know where I [looks
around puzzled], where am I. Oh God save me.

A VOICE COMES OUT OF THE LIGHT

ANGEL
Who shows up in my domain, if not the Priest,
the Rabbi and the Imam?

The three men all hearing this same voice tremble at the
ferocity of the voice. But curiosity pushes them towards
finding out where the voice is coming from. Each man
slowly moving towards the bright light, searching to see
if he would find anything different from just the glowing
white light, perhaps the owner of the voice they heard.
The Imam suddenly bumps into the Priest. Both of them
scared to death, yell loudly at first and then become
silent and draw closer to each other.

MUSLIM IMAM
Who are you and what are you doing here?

THE PRIEST
I should be asking you the same question. Who
are you and what are you doing here? [He asks,
with a stern and worried voice]

MUSLIM IMAM
Will you just answer me, I asked first! (Still
visibly scared at all that unfolds before him)

THE PRIEST
Ok, ok, ok! I am a priest who happens not to
know what he is doing here. (He looks around
again confused)

MUSLIM IMAM
Well, I am a Muslim Imam whose case is not any
different from yours.

THE PRIEST
[Surprised] wait a minute, are you telling me
you have no clue what you are doing here?

MUSLIM IMAM
Yes!
THE PRIEST
You kid me.
MUSLIM IMAM

No I dont! By the way, how did you get here?

[Voice fades out]

The Rabbi is still mystified as he earnestly searches to

find someone or something he recognises. Then he hears
two voices talking not too far away from where he is. He
silently advances towards the voices. As he gets close
enough to see those talking he kicks something on the
floor which gets the attention of the Priest and the
Imam.

[Both are shocked] whispering to each other,

There must be someone in here with us.

IMAM AND THE PRIEST

[Both curiously looking through the light sees a
shadow] who are you, and what are you doing
here?

The Rabbi draws closer and says...

THE RABBI
I am a Rabbi. I am lost and do not know what I
am doing here. Please help me. [He moves even
closer and all three see each other]

THE PRIEST
What are you doing here Rabbi? How did you get
here?
THE RABBI

Oh, I was just outside the city temple talking

to a couple of people as a wind I have never
experienced before swept me off my feet and into
this mysterious place I am presently. Please, is
this the afterlife? I dont want to die now, did
you bring me here? Why did you bring me here?
There is still a lot I want to do, there are
people who need to know what I know. Please take
me back [he holds unto the priests garment].

THE MUSLIM IMAM

He didnt bring you here; he didnt do this to
you.

THE RABBI
Then you did it, right? Why did you?

THE MUSLIM IMAM

No, it wasnt me either! We are as confused as
you are.

THE PRIEST
Cant you see? We also dont know how we got
here.

THE RABBI
[Thinks quietly] if the priest has no clue and
the Imam the same as to why we are here [screams
loud] Then who possibly knows why we are here?

INT. THE MUSLIM IMAMS HOME SAUDI ARABIA

The Imams family is seen worried sick. Some are crying

while some are just awfully quiet. The absence of their
father, husband and brother has made everyone worked up.
In the house were many other people who heard of this
incident and decided to come visit the Imams wife.

IMAMs WIFE
[In tears] How could he just disappear without a
trace? Its like God has decided to visit my
sins upon me this day by taking my husband away
from me. Oh God! I am sorry of all my
atrocities; dont make me a widow just yet.
I am still very young with only one son to call
my own. Even if you would punish me, spare my
husband...he is a good man who deserves life
even more than me. [sobs profusely holding her
son]

IMAMs YOUNGER BROTHER

Woman! What are you talking about? Your husband
has not been reported dead so why are you crying
like this. We know he is never away for this
long. Besides, it is barely 24 hours since hes
been away.
So, pull yourself together. Who knows, the Lord
might be showing him something that may have
kept him away for this long. You know, God
doesnt work like men.

IMAMs WIFE
Yes I know that.

IMAMS YOUNGER BROTHER

Good, so calm yourself and try not to create

unnecessary fear in your son. Let us all believe
that he is ok and just away at the moment for
reasons best known to God. [Hugs her] it would
be ok; your husband would be back.

A PERSON FROM THE CROWD

Alhaja! I for one do believe that nothing
happens without a purpose. Our Imam is a great
one who is loved of God. We all know that,
right?

THE CROWD
Yes! Yes! [Crowd continues to murmur in agreement]

A PERSON FROM THE CROWD

So, Alhaja, be strong because we believe it was
God who took him and would bring him back
safely.

IMAMS WIFE
But, what if he is dead and we all just dont
know it, what becomes of me without my husband
in my life [Sobs]

IMAMS YOUNGER BROTHER

[Cuts in before she finish her statement] no!
Dont say that, i have told you, until confirmed
otherwise, I know that my brother, your husband
is alive. So you better believe it.

INT. THE PRIESTS PARISH ROME

There is a gathering of priests in the temple debating to
what the cause could be for the sudden disappearance of
one of their eldest and most revered priests. The missing
priest is one assumed to be loved deeply by God and a
leader loved by the people.

PRIEST ONE
How can someone, not just anyone, our own
anointed priest of God, how can he just
disappear like that without a trace?

PRIEST TWO
I do know that this is not the first time in
history something similar to this is happening,
but exactly this way I have not seen anywhere in
the scriptures.

PRIEST THREE
Perhaps, God took him away to show us that he is
still God and his presence is forever with us.

PRIEST TWO
What kind of statement is that, why would God do
such a thing just for such reasons? Are you
trying to say that we dont know that Gods
presence is always with us? If you are
emotionally affected by this situation do not
blaspheme.

PRIEST THREE
Watch your tongue priest; are you trying to say
I dont know what Im saying?

PRIEST ONE
How can you both be having a squabble in this
situation we are in, i thought you would be
trying to analyse the situation and possibly
find a solution to this. Please stop this unholy
act in the house of God.

PRIEST TWO AND THREE

[Looks at the priest one with resentment]
perhaps you should tell us what to do.

PRIEST ONE
[In an angry tone] What! How can you two say
this, I was only trying to stop the argument
between the both of you and you turn against me?
You two should be ashamed of yourself. We have a
situation in our hands you stand only to argue
over little things!

Argument fades into the background as camera pans towards

the second in command to the post walking slowly into the
temple.

SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST

[Starts talking as he advances towards the gathering]

Are we not tired of these arguments? Can we not

gather for once and have discussions that are
argument free? We are priests for Christ sake.
Are we not to respect that? We are in the temple
of the lord, we all know that. Are we not to
respect the temple of the lord with sane
discussions?
We have a situation in our hands about our high
priest missing and you all gather to argue?

PRIEST ONE
No sir, I was trying to settle their...

SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST

[In a low but stern voice tone]
Silence! I heard you all argue, so do not try to
clear yourself.
Anyway, the problem now is how to handle the
crowd outside the temple. They are confused and
need answers, its about time you all start
thinking about how to do that rather than argue
over trivial matters.
By the way, in my prayers to the lord, he told
me that our high priest is not dead but only
taken away for a short time and May or may not
return. So I beseech you all that you pray that
our priest be returned to us in peace.

The SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST walks away after the

statement. The rest of the priest put their heads
together as they are seen planning in inaudible voice
tones.

INT. THE RABBIS HOME ISREAL

The Rabbis family after hearing about the news are seen
looking perplexed. The daughter of the rabbi picks up a
book trying to figure out if there has been any similar
occurrence in the past and what could have been the
cause. The mother lays on the floor looking hopeless and
dejected. The son, still very young and of little
knowledge of the incident is less worried. Not a single
person from the crowd who saw him came to console her
only news of the happening was brought to her.

RABBIS WIFE
How can this be? My husband is a peace loving
man who would do anything to educate others. But
God, what could this mean. My husband served
you, he loved you, and he did all what he did to
the glory of your name. In all of this you still
took him away from me [sobs profusely].

RABBIS DAUGHTER
[Carries books to her mum in tears and
frustration] Mum! There is nowhere in all of
these books where anyone was taken away by God
and returned.
As the people who last saw him before he
disappeared clearly described, it could have
only been God that took him away. [She cries as
she lies on her mum who is crying too]. But mum,
is there a possibility that God would return my
dad to us?

RABBIS WIFE

I dont know my dear...God might just act

differently this time.

RABBIS DAUGHTER
Lets hope he does this time.

The voice over fades in as the scene of mother and

daughter crying continues.
NARRATOR V.O
With three reputable people missing from the
world, the situation calls for action. How do we
locate
them?
What
could
have
caused
the
disappearance of these three men who have
changed the lives of many people around them?
Are we going to sit back and just let them go
like that or investigate the reason for their
abrupt exit from the surface of the earth? We
yet hope for an answer to this mystery that has
engulfed our lands like the waters cover the
sea.

SHOTS OF A TELEVISION BROADCAST

A reporter gives a fair description of the situation.
SUPER: MYSTERIOUS DISSAPEARANCE OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS
REPORTER
There has been a buzz on the missing story of
three reputable people from different countries
of the world. It was reported that a priest is
missing in Rome, an Imam from Saudi Arabia and a
Rabbi from Israel. The cause of their missing is
yet unknown but according to reports reaching
us.

It was reported by one of the witnesses that the

priest was last seen sitting down quietly on a
bench before he seemed to mysteriously
dissapear. Watch this short clip of a witness
who told us the story.

The Scene fades out to another report showing the Imams

Brother.

IMAMs BROTHER
My brother is a very responsible man who loves
God and seeks to please him in all his ways. He
left yesterday to the forest to meditate as it
is his favourite place of meditation. He spends
nothing more than three hours on meditation its
very unusual for him to stay any longer.
After three hours meditation myself and his wife
waited to see him come home, but there was no
sign of him. So we thought maybe this time he
has something serious to discuss with God and
would take longer. But after waiting for five
hours
which
was
now
very
uncomfortable
considering the fact that he should have been
hungry by now knowing very well that he was not
fasting, I went to the same spot in the forest
where he usually goes to.
On getting there I saw his special meditation
mat on the ground but he was nowhere to be
found. Up until now, we havent heard a sound of
him or even see him. We are only hoping that he
has not been devoured by wild beast, of which
there is no trace of blood anywhere around his
meditation spot. So I wonder if he was abducted
or he just wondered away. We are only hoping
that whatever it is, we would get to find out
soon.

REPORTER
So, there we have it from three living witness
from three different location. The mystery of
having three renowned people go missing at
almost the same time is what the whole world is
yet to discover. Is it rapture like the
Christian religion described it?
Which I doubt as rapture cannot take just three
people out of the seven billion people we have
living on earth. So, the questions now in the
lips and hearts of many is, where have they
gone? What or who took them and why? The
question stands unanswered as it is as
scientists and researchers are presently working
to unravel the mystery behind this incident,
perhaps they would give us answers to our
questions. But until they do, we wait.
We would be bringing you more news on any new
findings of the three peoples where about.
Thank you.

INT. THE QUAINT ROOM OF LIGHT

THE RABBI
Who knows?
The angel descends having the light that illuminates the
whole room so brightly shine out from him. The light
being too bright forces all three men to bow their heads.
As the Angel gets closer to the three men, the light
slowly dims a little to enable a better sight of him.
All three men knowing that it was an angel fall to their
knees with their faces bowed towards the ground. The

angel asks them up. With a stern look on his face he says
to them.

ANGEL
Only the person who is following the true
religion of God can pass through these doors and
whoever he is, [angel disappears but keeps
talking] he has an hour to step in or otherwise
all will be trapped and by trapped, I mean
forever with no chance to ever see your loved
ones again.
[Fading voice] be quick as your time starts
counting from now.

The rabbi, the priest and the imam all in shock look at
each other and all confused as to where they are and what
they have to do.

THE RABBI
This is certain, we are not on earth.

THE PRIEST
What are you saying Rabbi, isnt that obvious?
[Sighs and turns away]

THE IMAM
You dont have to respond that way to the rabbi,
priest. Besides we all are stuck here together
and the best we can do is help each other.

THE RABBI

Please priest, I beg you, do not pick on me for

no just reason.

THE PRIEST
Now, you are
nerves Rabbi.

really

beginning

to

get

on

my

The Rabbi looks furious and was about to say something

before the Imam cuts in...
THE IMAM
Isnt that okay already from you two? We have
bigger problems at hand and you are here
fighting over this, this, this matter. Please
let it go already and lets figure our way out
of this mess.
Just in case you have forgotten so quickly what
the angel said few minutes ago before your
quarrel. He said we have just one hour to decide
on who is the one among the three of us
following the true religion of God.

Silence sweeps through the whole room leaving everyone

totally quiet for some minutes. Each one is seen pacing
the floor in deep thought as they try to figure out any
other possible way out of this unusual and unknown place
they have found themselves in.
They all seem to have the same thought on one thing that
the angel brought them here for some odd reason as God
wanted the three of them to be here.

THE IMAM
From the look of things, it seems the answer to
the question I asked earlier has been answered.

THE RABBI
What question are you talking about?

THE IMAM
Who brought us here and what are we doing here.
at least we now know that it was God that sent
the angel to bring us all here for this reason
that we are all stuck in now.
THE RABBI
Yes, you are right IMAM.
The Priest after some few minutes speaks out from deep
thought to both of them saying...
THE PRIEST
[Deep breath] We have to decide which religion
is the true religion of God. The painful part is
that we dont have much time for that, so we
have to do it now and quickly.

THE IMAM
I believe, I strongly believe that this is a
test of some kind. And you know what?

THE PRIEST
What?

THE IMAM

It is none like anything I have ever experienced

before.

THE RABBI
Yeah, it is really strange to experience this at
this time of my life when I thought such things
as this still happen. By the way, how can we
really decide which one, I mean which religion
is the true one?

For a moment, all three of them try to think of a way to

escape and not to try and decide on the true religion of
God, until they finally try to face the reality of their
presence which could not be ignored.

MAN VOICE OVER

We have seen these three men display all manner
of emotions right here in this room. The anger
from unwise choice of words in expressing
themselves accurately, fear and uncertainty, the
anger to shown to irrelevant responses when it
is not helping in finding a solution and the
fear of never returning.
They all want to help each other leave the
unknown room alive, but the reality still
remains the same, and that is respect to what
the angel said only the person who is following
the true religion of God can pass through these
doors and whoever he is, he has an hour to step
in or otherwise all will be trapped.
They all know this now, what is the way forward
from this seemingly dead end? Lets see how they
solve this problem. Would they take selfish
decisions? Would they argue their way into
finding out which religion is the true religion

of God, or would they seek out other means of

escape?

After the long silence, the priest first starts off

saying...

THE PRIEST
Christianity is the true religion of God, Jesus
says so himself.

THE IMAM
[With so much disagreement etched on his face,
he says] hold it, hold on, the bible has been
changed how many times now and Jesus, peace be
upon him is also a Muslim prophet in the Quran.
It seems you didnt know that, or did you?

THE PRIEST
How would I know that when I have never read the
Quran before?

The Rabbi listening to both of them also replies

saying...

THE RABBI
Hey, both of you just hold it right there ok.
Arent you aware that Judaism is the true
religion of God as God chose us first from the
very start?

THE PRIEST
[With a smirk on his face he says]Well that
title has been taken off it is now called
Christianity, you people murdered Jesus. You
nailed him to the cross with two thieves beside
him.
You people didnt even honour him by given him a
befitting death, but a humiliating one in front
of every eye to see. How sad, and yet you claim
that he chose you first? Perhaps, you dont
think giving a man such death is humiliating not
to mention that of the son of God.

THE RABBI
It was the Romans who murdered Jesus. You seem
to be absent of thought Priest. Havent you read
the account of the death of Jesus? We didnt
kill him, the Romans nailed him to the cross and
humiliated him in front of the crowd, and maybe
I would get you a bible or even read the account
of the story to you, since you might not want to
do it yourself. Perhaps, you would believe then.

The Imam is about to speak once again but the Priest and
Rabbi both suddenly realize the atrocities the Muslims
have been perpetrating for the last few years. So they
both attack the Imam.

THE PRIEST
And the Muslims have been bombing the world for
the last few years and beheading, slaughtering
whoever is against their religion.

THE RABBI

Yeah, how do you call such act as part of a

religion? God doesnt support killing people who
dont believe in him, he created us to make our
choices, but your religion seems to think
otherwise and takes laws into its hands by
taking off the surface of the earth whosoever
goes against your believes.
Tell me, how does that pass for a religion?

At this point, the Muslim Imam is already very angry at

what the Rabbi and the Priest have said about the Islamic
religion.

THE IMAM
Hold on! Just hold on! The Christians have been
slaughtering people for decades like the
crusades and for many more centuries,
slaughtering people who werent Christian and
the Jews own the sinful banks.

THE RABBI
What do you mean by sinful bank?

THE IMAM
Yeah! Thats not all, you own the sinful media
too, like Hollywood and TV entertainment, you
Jews are selfish and greedy and only show and
tell things in the news that you Jews find most
beneficial to your selves. How does that pass
for a true religion too? Tell me Rabbi.
THE RABBI
You Muslims have most of the oil! And thats
just as sinful and you Muslims also love money,

so much you would kill to have it and you are

all also very greedy like Saddam Hussein and
Omar Gadhafi, the two most dreaded dictators
history has ever produced. Priest! Im sure you
should have heard about these two tyrants.

THE PRIEST
[With a very angry tone of voice] Of course I
have heard of both of them. Saddam Hussein was a
cruel dictator. The stories of his atrocities
vary from using chemicals to attack civilians,
torture of political prisoners and using
physical harm to motivate people.
Anyone that was against him was killed. Can you
imagine that? Why would anyone do such a thing?
He was a Muslim who believed strongly in
religion and acted upon it.

THE RABBI
That is even small compared to what I know about
Omar Gadhafi. You see, Omar is a bloody
terrorist and a dictator ruling Libya since he
confiscated power through a coup in 1969.
He liquidated all his opponents without trials
and imprisoned anyone who criticized him. He
hung people in public squares and stadiums and
broadcasted their hanging on TV in the holy
month of Ramadan. He sent his death squads of
revolutionary committees to kill Libyans abroad
for just running away from his regime or voicing
their opinions against it.
He ordered the killing of 1200 political
prisoners in abusleem prison uprising demanding
fair trials and improvement in their miserable
living conditions.

THE PRIEST
You mean he did all that?

THE RABBI
Yes! And even worse things. He committed
international terrorist activities by bombing
planes over Lockerbie Scotland and Niger desert
and engaging in wars against his neighbouring
countries, not to mention supporting terrorist
groups worldwide and plotting to assassinate
Arab leaders.
Unfortunately, the whole world ignored Gadhafis
record of widespread human rights abuses and the
plight of the Libyan people under his brutal
regime. It is sad to see world leaders rolling
the red carpet for this terrorist to welcome him
back to the international community for the sake
of oil and winning huge contracts worth $
billions that serve their own interests rather
than the Libyan people most of whom are still
living under the poverty line.
Gaddafi opened to the west, not because he was a
reformed man but rather seeking allies and
putting all Libyan resources in their baskets in
exchange for protection and maintaining his grip
on power.

THE PRIEST
You know, the most painful of these people is
Osama Bin Laden. This man was trusted by the
USA, he was trained as one of their own. He even
worked for the USA fighting Russia in
Afghanistan during the Carter Administration back
in 1979.

The USA also gave him weapons to aid is duties.

Then during the Gulf War he went bad, because
the Saudis wouldn't hire him to fight Saddam and
he started killing Americans. The Saudis chose
the protection of the US military rather than
Osama and this made him very angry at the USA
and Saudi Arabia.
Next he masterminded the World Trade Centre
attack on 9-11-01 that killed a lot of people
who was going on with their daily lives. I can
imagine how many children lost their mothers,
how many fathers lost their sons and how many
mothers wept at the death of their daughters.
I saw some clips of the bomb blast and tears
fell from my eyes. You see Imam, all these are
just some of the evil things Muslim people do.
How would you explain this Imam? How?

After the whole talk about Osama, the Priest became even
angrier this time to the Muslim Imam and the Rabbis. The
thought of the incident came alive in his mind again that
brings those tears that fell from his eyes during 9/11 to
come back again.

FLASHBACK
The Priest is seen sitting in front of his TV screen as
he watches the news of the 9/11 bomb blast on the world
trade centre. The raging inferno, the crumbling down of
the WTC building, the shouts of people, the cry of both
wounded people and the ones whose loved ones were trapped
in the building.
BACK TO PRESENT

THE PRIEST

[Very angry towards the rabbi and the Muslim and

starts to speak out very loud] Christianity is
the true religion of God
[Saying very confidently now]
Look I am sorry to say this straight to both of
you but Christianity is the true religion of God
and there is no question about it!

THE RABBI
Christianity! Christianity indeed! You are
contradicting your selves daily from the things
you say and do. I mean you have gays that are
priests or popes and you are just as greedy and
selfish as you claim the other religions are,
you hypocrites.
You better own up to your true selves. Be
sincere and come out straight rather than hide
under the shadow of the name of Jesus and the
things he did. At least the story of Jesus told
us he is the son of God who did all the mighty
and good things on earth, but those of you who
claim to be Christians and follow his ways dont
seem to be doing a good job. You say one thing
meanwhile you are doing another. Shame on
pretenders!

THE IMAM
[The Imam shouted and said]
Yes! Even the Catholics a known Christian sect
allowed Hitler to kill the Jews? We all know
about the story of Hitler. He was responsible
for the death of 60,000,000 innocent people
during world war two and even more deaths

afterwards. So how can you tell me that

Christianity is any better than Islam?

THE RABBI
[Angrily responds to the Muslim Imam]
and didnt the Arab Muslims work alongside with
Hitler as well? You talk like the Muslim people
didnt have anything at all to do with Hitlers
evil accomplishments.

THE IMAM
Dont all Jews think they are better than
everyone, I mean they ignore any non-Jews and
look down at all non-Jews in disgust I mean
isnt that arrogance and pride? Or does your
religion approve arrogance and pride towards one
another? If it does, then I would rather not
have anything to do with you or associate myself
with anyone from your religion less I become a
victim of your arrogance.

The three religious men are just arguing as they point

accusing fingers towards each other as to who is
following the right religion. They keep blasting each
other with both insulting words, racial remarks and other
terrible things just to win the argument of who is
actually following the right religion of God.

Each one of them keeps bringing strong points to defend

his own religion and make it sound better than the other
two. The whole argument doesnt seem to be getting them
anywhere to their final destination. The Rabbi first
being conscious of this fact says...

THE RABBI
The Jewish people like Einstein have moved
science and literature forward winning most of
the Nobel prizes in the world. You all know that
without the innovations from the Jews you would
still be locked up in the Stone Age where you
rightfully belong.

THE IMAM
The Muslim people also invented algebra and we
ourselves have helped shaped the world in maths
and literature and science and were actually the
earlier ones to figure out all of the mysteries
of the world.

THE RABBI
That is rubbish! Discovering mysteries without
inventions such as the Jewish, you would still
be the same old Muslim people with lots of
discoveries and no innovations to make any
meaningful thing out of it.

THE PRIEST
Look, both Jews and Muslim have actually made
great influences in maths, science and
literature, which is a fact I cannot dispute,
but my people, we are the ones that truly
changed the world like Isaac Newton who changed
the world of science that we see today.

THE RABBI
Your people dont even know what religion is.

THE IMAM
[Speaking out after many hours of shouting and
arguing]
Look I dont think science or literature would
help finding out the true religion of God.
Besides we should focus our attention on
something different, perhaps, we may yet find
something helpful

After what seems like hours castigating each other, they

all quietened down and start thinking on a way forward.
The first approach is not paying off, with regrets on
their faces they all sit on the ground as they all
drifted away into deep thoughts on other possible means
of making this work for them. Each one having his own
separate thought tries to figure out a solution.

NARRATOR (V.O)
In the Afterlife an hour is a far longer period
than in the world we live in. A quarter of an
hour has passed since the angel came to deliver
the message from God to these three religious
men. All they have done was argue, quarrel,
shout and insult each other with the aim of
winning. But this technique they have all
employed has not helped matters, it actually is
making it worse as times as it is, doesnt seem
to be on their side.
If they dont figure out the next step to get
them the right answer they need, they all will
be trapped in here forever. With no family, no
other life, no friends, no children, wife to
warm their beds and no food to enjoy, one can
only wonder what would become of them. Remember,

they but only have 45 minutes left from the one

hour times space given to them by the angel.
Would they make the most of the remaining time
or would they just return to their argument and
have the time wasted as they have done the first
fifteen minutes?
[All three of them thinking deeply and
rationally now, sitting on floor as they now
look at each other, there was a glimpse of shame
in their eyes at what they had said to each
other and 15 minutes had passed now. They have
45 minutes to decide which one of them is
following the true religion of God and can pass
through the door.]

THE IMAM
[Personal Thoughts spoken in V.O]
Oh God, here I am in this place you have sent
your angel to bring me with these three other
men. You have told us to decide which one is
your true religion, but as it seems, our
arguments tends towards the fact that we all
serve you, so why are you giving us this kind of
challenge and consequences that would leave the
rest of our lives changed if we failed? God, you
know all things and you know that I have a
family I have to return to.
If you dont return me to them, they would
suffer and I dont want them to. Please God,
show me the way. Allahu Akbar!

THE RABBI
[Personal Thoughts spoken in V.O]

I am a religious teacher and person authorized

to make decisions on issues of Jewish law. If I
am not present in my home, there would be no law
and order like it used to be and it would take a
while before another rabbi is named to take my
place and as it is, that would be a long time
for people to misbehave.
And besides, people need guidance and counsel.
With all my years of studying, is this how Im
going to just waste away without using my
knowledge to the fullest in affecting those that
count on me.
I do hope to touch many more lives with what I
know. Oh God, people come to me every day to
seek for advice, is this how my life is going to
end. Please God show me the way

THE PRIEST
[Personal Thoughts spoken in V.O]
Here i am sitting in this unknown place with
these two men who claim to know God. They talk
with disrespect and do not respect the anointing
of God that is on me. Hmmm, I guess they dont
even know that I am anointed.
Anyway, I do know that my religion is the number
one religion and God approves of it, but why did
God bring me here to sit here and argue with
these men when he knows that Christianity is his
own number one chosen religion? [Paused thought]
There must be a reason and find out I must. But
one thing is for sure, I know I am not going to
be trapped here.
My duty lies in my parish and for that reason I
cannot be here with this unholy men [he turns
and looks at them as the thought continues] oh
God, i know you know that Christianity is your

approved religion, so show them that it truly is

because I have tried talking to them but they
dont believe me and now I am tired of talking.
So God, please just show them.

After so much deep thoughts about their circumstance and

what they would like to see, the Christian man speaks out
saying...

THE PRIEST
Miracles!

THE IMAM
What about miracles?

THE PRIEST
[Asking the both of them] What miracles have you
two had in your religion?

THE RABBI
Last year I had a heart attack but a man behind
me, he was a doctor...

THE PRIEST
Coincidence! That was merely Coincidence not a
miracle.

THE IMAM

All over the world and I mean in trees and

strange places has the word Allah written in
Arabic and animals saying the creators name
Allah

THE PRIEST
Thats exactly like seeing Jesus face
everywhere.

THE RABBI
[Asks the Christian man] So then what miracles
have you experienced?

THE PRIEST
I was nearly shot from afar from a rebellious
teenager. In fact, i was shot at, but as I was
stepping out from the church not knowing what
was about the happened. There was a shaking like
that of an earthquake that caused the cross on
the roof to fall.
Though the cross fell just about the same spot I
was standing but did not hit me but blocked the
bullet that was shot at me.

THE RABBI
God is good, that I know for sure.

THE PRIEST
Yes, he is good all the time.

THE IMAM
Most of todays sinful times are actually
happening and the signs of the end of the days
as well have been said in the Quran, thats a
miracle in a way, Allah is warning us.

THE RABBI AND THE PRIEST

Same in our holy books.

THE IMAM
Hold on though, you cannot compare which
religion is truer than the other by the amount
of miracles each of us has had, if you chose a
religion with the only intention of having only
miracles then you are a fool.

THE RABBI
He has a point there [agreed the rabbi with the
Imam]

THE PRIEST
What kind of point are you talking about Rabbi?
By the way Imam, how can you claim to serve a
god who cannot influence a natural situation
supernaturally? Is that supposed to be a god?
From where I stand, if your god will not show
himself strong in your situation and perform a
miracle when you are in most need of it, then it
is not a god that you serve or perhaps you are
not in the right religion.

THE RABBI

He has a point there [agreed the rabbi with the

Christian man]

THE PRIEST
[With anger he replied] Where do you stand
rabbi? You seem confused and nothing different
from the Imam. If your God was a miracle maker,
you would have found a place the first time I
mentioned the word miracle. It shows that your
religion is as miracle dead as that of the Imam.
This is one reason both of you should really
think and be truthful to yourself, is your
religion really worth all the stress you put
yourself through in trying to defend it? You
better come out plain because that is the only
time you find a quick solution to your problems.

The Imam and Rabbi are caught off guard a bit as they
both keep quiet watching the Christian speaking
confidently but however sarcastic at some points. They
didnt respond for sometime as the priest was talking.
After a while, he was tired of talking as they had hit a
brick wall in their conversation again. This is another
quarter of an hour passed by underutilized, leaving them
with only half an hour left to cook up something good to
either get one person out of there or the three of them.

THE IMAM
Here you stand talking about the evil deeds of
men in the Islamic religion have you been
reading the news or do you even know history as
much as you claim to? I am not much of a history
fan but i do my quota to know as much as I can
for the sake of the people I lead and for that
reason I do know a few stuff about the Christian

church that you so defend like there was no evil

among you.
Do you know that within the past few years, a
nearly global scandal has developed over
allegations that priests and other religious
personnel have sexually abused children? The
scandals intensified when it became known that
many in the Church hierarchy had not only
covered up allegations, but also had reassigned
abusers to work in different positions, often in
contact with children.
This scandal has stretched around the world,
causing outrage and resulting in calls for
reform by both members of the Church and the
public. Thanks to your many sided believes in
Christianity, you can hardly find total unity
among every part of Christianity. Too many
doctrines to stand by.

THE RABBI
I do not like the Muslims for all the evil
perpetrated by them, but the Christians have not
been any better at doing things right, they have
been a major part of the problem the world is
facing today I do know about the sex scandal
thing the Imam is talk about.
I remember reading about the Catholic Church
addressing the scandal in several ways,
including settling lawsuits, removing those
responsible for the cover-ups from positions of
power, and creating policies to address the
problem.
However, the intent of the Church leaders to
truly fix their mistakes has been questioned, as
has the efficacy of the proposed solutions.
Bishops and other Church leaders have also faced
other obstacles in trying to respond to the

scandals. For instance, in 2002, the Vatican

rejected the United States Catholic Conference
of Bishops policy for dealing with allegations
of sexual abuse because it did not conform to
requirements of canon law.

THE IMAM
Just imagine such, how can one part of the
suppose body of Christ not agree with what
another part is saying or doing? You see, this
is the reason there were lots of killings in
some parts of the Christian world for a
particular crime, while the same crime or
probably worse is speared in other parts. There
is no unity of believe, so tell me, how would
you call such religion Gods true religion?

THE RABBI
But on a more serious note priest, did you
really think for once that your religion is the
true one? Please strike such thoughts from your
mind. Your religion claims that God is the same,
today and forever, but your ways seem to always
change.
There have been several reforms of the Christian
church. The Christian church is the only one
among all other religion that had to split and
go their separate ways. You know I am Rabbi; I
study a lot so that I can lead my people aright,
so when I tell you that I know this, just
believe me that I do.

THE PRIEST

Why should I believe someone like you who has no

idea about why the things that happen in the
Christendom happen?

THE RABBI
[Laughs in a knowing manner]
Probably because I know things you have never
showed interest to know about your so praised
religion.

THE PRIEST
And how can you prove that?

THE RABBI
Well, do you know that the church division took
place in the year 451 AD in the Chalcedon
Council? Let me tell you what happened.
In this council, bishops representing churches
from all over the world who assembled to discuss
matters related to the person of your Christ.
At the end of the meeting, a sharp division
occurred among these churches.
(Now pacing about in a domineering manner)
The Oriental Orthodox Churches decided on
continuing to follow the same faith as it was
delivered from Christ and His disciples, and
these churches continue to do so until today.
These churches are the Coptic Orthodox Church
(Egypt), the Syrian Orthodox Church (Syria), the
Indian Orthodox Church (India), The Ethiopian
Orthodox Church (Ethiopia), and The Armenian
Church (Armenia). The other churches decided to

be in the other camp. You know what keeps

lingering in my mind?

THE PRIEST
[With a frown on his face] What?

THE RABBI
You know, the fact that there was a division in
the first place among the many Christian
churches that were present at that time still
amazes me. Why couldnt your people find unity
in all their discussions?
It is because you are not the true religion of
God and God wants you all scattered and not in
agreement so you can disappear with pages of
history that young generations would refuse to
study.

THE IMAM
I do know about one of the splitting of the
western churches which was in the 1054 AD into
the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox
churches. It just makes me wonder why you would
have such effrontery to boast about your
religion being the true religion whereas things
like this happened in your religion history.
I do accept that there were evil men in Islam at
a time, but this was just about a handful
compared the mean hearted people that have
infested the Christian church. The Muslim men
who have dealt the world a great deal of pain
where men who decided to take laws into their
own hands and not that the religion told them to
do so.

So Im not going to argue with you that Saddams

acts were good, or that Gadhafis killing were
admirable or the terrible bombing of the world
trade centre was a justifiable action by Osama,
but I do know this one thing that your religion
definitely doesnt pass for the true religion of
God.
Perhaps it would be accepted by some other
people who are not smart enough to read history
like I do, but for me, I would not be deceived,
not by you or the rabbi that your religion is
the true one.

NARRATOR (V.O)
Now, with just half an hour left for them to
determine who leaves and who stays, what are
they to do now? If after 30 minutes of argument,
anger, insolence, a solution has not been found,
what more are they to do? The situation is one
that has left them even more confused than they
were from the start.
They have no clue what next to so and yet they
have to find a way out of here as instructed by
the angel. The true religion of God still stands
undecided by these three men. If the result
remains the same as it presently is, they would
be trapped here forever with no opportunity to
ever see their family again.
These men are ignorant of the time difference
between this place they are in and the real
world. There is a time difference in this
unknown world they are in from the real one as
an hour in the world they are in presently is
equivalent to 7days in the real world. They have
barely spent an hour trying to figure out a
simple task given to them by God yet 7 days is
already gone in the real world. Wonder what they

will do when they eventually find out, thats if

at all they do.
[They yet sit down thinking about their family and what
could befall them if they were not around for more than a
day. They were still deciding and trying to think as well
as to why they were brought here and is there a purpose
to all of this?]

NARRATOR (V.O)
While it was just one hour they were given in
the mysterious room, it was almost 7 days in the
outside world, the families of the three
religious men were at the brink of given up all
hope. Some had already settled in their mind
that their leaders is not coming back again,
while some other with little doubts in their
heart yet clinging unto the fleeting hope in
their heart that they would still see their
loved one.

INT. THE IMAMS HOME - DAY

[Voice over continues, video clips accompanied by soft
music of the description of incidents are shown on the
screen]
The discouragement and absence of their loved ones has
caused drastic changes to happen in the house of the
Imam. The daughter has changed so much losing her morale
attitude towards life by taken up a new lifestyle to help
her forget the seeming fact that her father is no more.
The absence of her father has been tough on her mother
and as such has not been able to call her daughter to
order all by herself. Her condition as it is needs
attention. So, there is little she can do to stop her
daughter except only to talk. All the advice she gives
seems to be falling of deafened, rock solid ears.

Even the younger brother to the Imam who was suppose to

stand as a father to his niece is nowhere to be found has
he has left for another state in search of a better life
in the absence of his brother. a lot has really gone
wrong in the house of the Imam. There is hardly order in
the home. This abrupt absence is bringing not just
heartbreak and pain to his wife, but great burden to the
family. Would everything ever be the same again? Would
there even be life?

INT. THE RABBIS HOME - DAY

[Voice over continues, video clips accompanied by soft
music of the description of incidents are shown on the
screen]
Meanwhile in the house of the Rabbi, many keep milling In
by the day to enquire if he has returned. More and more
disputes have come up in the town and with no spiritual
leader of the status of the missing Rabbi, all is not
well and a few sections of the frustrated outsiders try
to take it out on the Rabbis wife.
With so much hatred from those people who think
negatively of her comes insult when opportunity presented
itself. Life had suddenly lost its beautiful colours in
the life of the Rabbis wife. She is hardly asleep as
every day that passes by ends with her tears on the
window slide as she patiently and hopefully waits to hear
the footsteps of her husband and his voice calling home.
Seven days is passed with her knees coloured black as a
result of countless hours spent in praying to God to have
her husband back. Her countenance is like an egg smashed
on the rock with its pieces all over the place. Her faith
gradually fades out like morning into night. Would she
ever find love and happiness again?

THE PRIESTS PARISH

While we see all the painful experiences going on with

the family of the Imam and the Rabbi, that of the priest
was a little different. After few days of absence, there
was a meeting of the priests in that community called
together by the SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST.

SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST

It is past seven days that the high priest is no
more. Therefore, there is no point waiting one
more day to see that sit vacant, so we shall
appoint a new priest to take his place and
resume duties. We miss the high priest, yes we
do, but the work of God must go on. So today we
appoint a new high priest. Are we together in
this?

The rest of the priests except one among them chorus an

answer saying "yes! after the first shout, there was an
awkward silence as the SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST
noticed that someone did not respond, of which he knew
who it was. The priest that didnt respond happens to be
the loudest of all in the parish. If he didnt say
something, the difference is always very clear.

SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST

Is there a problem Priest Craig?

PRIEST CRAIG
No sir.

SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST

Hmmm, are you sure about that?

PRIEST CRAIG
Yes sir.

SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST

You see, I couldnt help but notice that you
didnt respond to my call, so tell me Priest
Craig.

PRIEST CRAIG
Well, if you insist then I guess i must say it.
Ummm, its just that it is just seven days since
the high priest is gone and we should be a
little bit more patient about the appointment of
a new high priest.

SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST

Is there a purpose for which you have spoken
this way?

PRIEST CRAIG
Yes sir.

SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST

Then, tell me about it.

PRIEST CRAIG
I stand to be corrected if I am wrong, but this
action doesnt feel right. Besides, it is in our
law that after the passing on of a high priest,
he must be mourned for a month before another
priest is named and appointed in his stead.

At this point there are murmurings amongst the other

Priests.

RANDOM PRIEST
Priest Craig, cant you see that this situation
is different?

PRIEST CRAIG
How is this situation different Priest? Like I
said, I may be wrong, please tell me in what way
it is different.

SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST

This is not a matter of death; it is a matter of
having him suddenly disappear not here in the
temple, but out there in open. This incident has
caused a lot of questions to arise and many of
them we have not been able to answer as the
situation is new to us. So we dont want to keep
the publics attention on that matter for long.

PRIEST CRAIG
So how do you intend to manage their attention?

RANDOM PRIEST
It is simply by changing the direction and that
is shifting it on an activity that would help
them forget speedily on the disappearing
incident.

PRIEST CRAIG
You say this as though we have something to
hide, whereas there is nothing to hide. So why
not tell the people the truth to whatever
question it is they are asking?

SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST

Enough Priest Craig!
We cannot do that, it would destroy the parish
and we cannot afford that.

PRIEST CRAIG
But, I...

SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST

Thats enough Priest Craig; Ive had enough of
your many questions. If you are not in, then you
can as well leave

Priest Craig walks out of the parish with pity on his

face.

BACK TO THE UNKNOWN ROOM

THE RABBI
I have to be honest though Judaism, Christianity
and Islam all three of us have caused some harm
in the world, I mean look at us three we are
arguing and its these sort of arguments that
causes wars.

THE IMAM
I agree.

THE PRIEST
Me too, I mean our attention is always for God
but yet a lot deaths have been caused by
religion.

As time was running out now with only 15 minutes left

this time left to decide the true religion of God, the
Muslim man then looked at the door and at the size of it
and says unto the rabbi and the Christian man.

THE IMAM
The door looks a bit too big too big for one
person to go through.

Then the rabbi and the Christian man then caught on and
they all look at each other as they all have the same
idea. They even smiled at each other and the Christian
man then says...

THE PRIEST
Why should only one man go through the door when
all three of us could go in together?

THE RABBI
Yes the door has been made not for one man but
many I think God is trying to tell us something.

THE IMAM
Im sure he has been trying to tell us something
for the past Fifty minutes.

They had all realized something, even though they are

from different religions they are all equal and the
Christian man spoke out.

THE PRIEST
Lets hold each others shoulder and go in
through this door together not as the true
religion of God but as humans.

THE RABBI
As equals!

THE IMAM
As brothers and if there is a true religion of
God, it is humanity.

THE PRIEST
As God created humans in his image, we must all
strife to become better people who will serve
people and country the most of our strength and
ability.

All three men seeing that they were all wrong apologised
to each other with all the things they had said to each
other and forgave each other and then hold each others
shoulder and with 5 minutes to spare, they all walk
through the door with the bright white light together.

INT. RABBIS HOME - NIGHT

In the moments of reconciliation by these three religious
men, the wife of the Rabbi is already tired of hoping as
she sheds tears as she speaks out the words in her heart
in prayer.

RABBIS WIFE
Hope has failed me, love is taken away from me,
even the air that I breathe is faint and my life
source slowly dwindles like a river drying up at
dry season. I know not what to do at this point
but to pay my last respect to my husband whom
God has taken away from me. I only hope that he
doesnt visit my trespasses upon my children.
Let them live oh God and I would forever be
grateful and also spear my life, so that I can
watch them grow and guide them as much as my
power can carry.
The life I now live is no longer attractive, but
I would rather be alive to watch my children
suffer less than die and compound their worries.

Oh God, you know my son is young and deserves a

mother and a father by his side has he takes
every leap into the different facets of his
life, but since his father is no more, I only
ask that you help me stay alive as one parent to
watch over him in this time of trouble.
My life yet shows usefulness and if all it is
about is to see that I save two lives which are
my childrens and give them the life which at
least may just be a fraction of what it would
have been like if their father was here, I pray
thee, that you make my efforts in making it so,
come through. I ask not much but for my
children. Please God, honour my request this day
and see my tears ceased from continuous flow.
My cheek aches from mourning, my feet dry up
from pacing the floor out of worries, please
dear God, help my troubles, take them away from
me swiftly that I may bounce back to the woman I
once was for the sake of my children. My life I
now know that its not mine to dictate but yours
to direct. So, please grant me this request and
see my heart leap for joy even at the absence of
my husband. It would be a thing I will hate to
love, but for my kids, it is a step I am willing
to take.
This is not a request, but a desire. If only I
would see my husband again even if it was just
one more time. Just to hold him and tell him how
much I appreciate his person in my life and how
much I love him.
[She sobs profusely as she prepares a burial ceremony for
her husband]
INT. THE IMAMS HOME NIGHT
The Imams wife soliloquizes also as she stares at a
picture of her husband.
THE IMAMS WIFE

[with black bunting hanging from her building, she is

seen dressed up in all black sitting near a grave she had
prepared with a note in her hand containing a poem she
had written for her husband {with tears she reads the
poem}
Sorrow has become my own yard
where the new grass
flames as it has flamed
often before, but not
with the cold fire
that closes round me this year.

Thirty-five years
I lived with my husband.
The plum tree is white today
with masses of flowers.
Masses of flowers
load the cherry branches
and color some bushes
yellow and some red,
but the grief in my heart
is stronger than they,
for though they were my joy
formerly, today I notice them
and turn away forgetting.

Today my son told me

that in the meadows,
at the edge of the heavy woods
in the distance, he saw
trees of white flowers.
I feel that I would like
to go there and fall into those flowers
and sink into the marsh near them,
as I slowly drift into your arms
once again right there in the flowers.
[With tears in her eyes she lays on the grave with her
face down]

EXT. THE PARISH NIGHT

All the Priests of the parish are seen standing at the
parish gate with many people outside ready to listen to
what they have to say. The suggestion of the Priest Craig
had made some sense to the second in command to the High
Priest, but he is not going to follow through with
everything Priest Craig has said lest he looks like he
knows nothing about the law or that he is just being
selfish.
PRIEST ONE
Welcome everyone! We are gathered here today
because we have been asked to come by the second
in command high priest who has some vital
information to share with us concerning the
latest happenings in our parish. Because we do
not want any of your to be in the dark of the
situation on ground, this gathering has be
called. So lets make welcome out here our
Second In Command To High Priest of this parish.

[The crowd cheers as he walks to the front to make his

speech]

SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST

Thank you everyone, thank you, Thank you.
I am going to go straight to the point. We at
the parish of this community are aware that many
of you if not everyone standing before me right
now is aware of the disappearance of our High
Priest from this very grounds that we stand upon
this day.
I just want to clarify something so that many of
you do not make your final judgment based on

wrong impression. You know as Priests ordained

by God to lead people, we see things that not
every other person can see and that is because
we have been put in the position to lead and
would need to know certain things that cannot be
revealed to everyone, which most times is as a
result of the anointing that is upon our life.
According to the witnesses of the unfortunate
disappearance of our high priest, we have come
to the conclusion that it was a clear sign from
God that the high priest has been a good man and
it was time for him to be taken away just like
the stories of the bible we all know. Enoch was
taken to heaven by God without death; Elijah was
also taken to heaven with a chariot of fire
without death.
These two men left the earth and went to heaven
without death and were considered as one of the
great people that served God.
In my prayers and meditation, God revealed to me
that the same thing has happened to our high
priest. He told me that he is the one that took
our high priest and that we should not mourn
because he is in a good place. So if you have
had a different impression about his sudden
exit, then stand corrected today as these were
the words of God himself to me. So stand
comforted today to those of you who were very
close to the high priest.
Now, its been seven days since he has been gone
and it is only right that we do not leave his
office vacant for too long. Someone would have
to be appointed our new high priest to lead us
in the things of God, celebrate our triumphs,
victories and offer offerings to God on our
behalf.
As it is, there is no other person suitable for
this office but the Second In Command - Myself.

[The crowd murmurs]

I am the second in command in this parish and

have daily learned the ways of the high priest
in this parish and do not consider any other
better than me in taking this position.
[The murmuring of the crowd increases] all the other
priests try to get the crowd under control as they ask
them to be quiet.
RANDOM PRIEST
Be quiet everyone, He is not done yet, please
listen. Listen people, listen.

VIDEO CLIPPING
At the three locations, after the three religious men had
walked through the gate together, they all awake just at
the same spot as they were when they were taken away.
Still very conscious of what they had experienced in the
strange and unknown room, each one of them goes to their
destination.

EXT. THE RABBIS HOME - DAY

The Rabbi is seen walking towards his home when he saw
his wife lying on a grave crying. Walks towards her not
knowing the time differences of the unknown room and the
real world he is presently back in. Just from a few steps
away from her he calls her.
THE RABBI
My beloved! My beloved!
She is a bit startled, having lost hope and knowing that
that was her husbands voice, she turns slowly to see who

it really is that called her the same name her husband

does.
Fully arisen from the grave she turns backwards and there
was her husband standing right in front of her. She
couldnt believe her eyes as she does all the ceremonial
proofing of ensuring that she is not seeing a spirit but
her husband for real. It turned out he was real, bodily
present again. She sobs as se closely walks towards him
and hugs him.
The Rabbi being unsure and ignorant of the time
difference between both worlds asks...

THE RABBI
Why are you crying my beloved? I have only been
gone for one hour.

RABBIS WIFE
No my husband, you have been gone for seven
days. Everyone including me thought you were
dead. The grave you saw me on was made for you.

The Rabbi realising what had happened becomes sober and

consoles his wife as he takes her inside.

EXT. THE WOODS

The Imam woke up just at the forest where he was
meditating. He quickly picks up his mat and every other
stuff he went to the forest with that has been left there
as a way to prove to the world that he was actually
missing. He returns home only to find his wife standing
beside a grave making prayers. Also not aware of the time
difference of both worlds just called on his wife...

THE IMAM
Hajiah! Hajiah

The wife already lost in her worries could not hear him
call. He notices tears on her face and the very
conspicuous grave walked towards her to find out who had
died in such a short time that he was gone.

THE IMAM
[He taps her by the shoulder and called her
again] Hajiah!

She shivers uncontrollably, so fast that the Imam got

scared a bit and held her in his arms. She looks up and
saw that the husband she stands besides the grave
mourning is the one holding her. Out of fear, she screams
thinking he is a ghost that has probably come to torment
her.

IMAMS Wife
[She struggles to escape from his grip as she
screams]
Leave me alone. Oh God! Save me from my
husbands ghost!

THE IMAM
[Ghost? The Imam thought to himself]
Hajiah! Who told you I am dead. I am alive and
well. A ghost cannot hold anyone, touch me
Hajiah, I am alive not dead.

She slowly calms down as she looks at him closely,

touches him and burst out in tears of joy as she hugs
him, finally believing that it was actually his husband.

After she was calm, she started explaining to him...

IMAMs WIFE
My husband! You have been gone for seven days
and we all thought you were dead. It is this
final day that I have decided to pay you my
final respect by making a grave for you.
[Gently sobs] oh I didnt know you were alive.
Oh God, thank you for hearing my prayer even the
thought and desires of my heart you have granted
me.
Thank you.
EXT. THE PARISH - NIGHT
And at the Parishs open ground, the Priest suddenly
reappears and walks towards the Parish, everyone who is
there at the gathering called by the second in command
saw him as he approached and they greatly feared.
The cold grip of silence was on the throat of every man,
woman, and child who was present as they watched the High
Priest walk to the podium. Also unaware of the time
difference of both worlds, he stands and asks.

THE PRIEST
Ive been gone for just one hour and a gathering
has been called! To what purpose is this
gathering? He asks the second in command to high
priest.

THE SECOND IN COMMAND TO HIGH PRIEST

Your holiness! You have been gone for seven days
sir and this gathering has been called for the
sake of clarification of your disappearance and
for the appointing of another high priest in
your stead.

THE PRIEST
I have an encounter to share with you all...

The high priest now knowing what had happened explains

what had happened to him to the crowd and how it also
involved two other people that God took alongside him. He
chose not to address the shortcoming of his deputy and
settles the confusion in the air as everyone rejoiced to
have him back.

NARRATOR (V.O)
Life is the sum of experiences that we encounter
as we go through life. Day to day struggles and
triumphs are experienced by all of the world's
creatures. As human beings, when we encounter a
challenge, we have freedom to choose how to
react. Every decision that we make leads us down
a different road. We will never come to exactly
the same crossroads. Every decision we make has
significance. The tiniest choice that we make
reverberates throughout the entire universe.
The life we experience as human beings is very
different from the life experienced by other
creatures with which we share our planet. All
people agonize over the meaning of our lives and
therefore we must work towards making the pain
less or best take it away from those around and
the world at large.

As human we will always be changing, our needs

about our desires to become better people, the
clothes we want to wear, the food we like to
eat, all these needs are always changing, when
one need is filled the next need now has room to
make its voice heard. When we stop changing we
can stop living and that is why we must hold on
to change as it is one of the most important
vehicles of life we are constantly in.
Hold fast to what you believe, indeed, there is
a higher being, responsible for our very
existence.

SUPER: THE TRUE RELIGION OF GOD

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