(Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar’s live interview on Çay TV and Maraş Aksu TV, December 10th, 2009 )
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PRESENTER: You say in your books, based on the Qur’an, that the Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) did not die and that he will, by Allah’s leave, return to Earth. I think that Dan Brown, world renowned author, must have read your books, as he writes, "In my view, Jesus was not crucified." He says, "There is considerable evidence that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) was not crucified and that he did not believe he was the son of Allah." What do you think of that? ADNAN OKTAR: He looks at it very rationally. Of course he was not the son of Allah. That really is a very childish thing to say. In other words, our Christian brothers have caused millions of people to become irreligious; for that reason alone, millions of young people have split away from Christianity. How can a human being be Allah? How can someone who eats, drinks and sleeps, who has physical needs and who prays to Allah, actually be Him. He may say he is a manifestation of Allah, that is to say everyone is a manifestation of Allah. Even though it is perfectly obvious that he is a prophet of Allah, that is not enough for them, it is not enough for them to say he is a prophet. Look, love can sometimes have such negative consequences, by which I mean one should take shelter in Allah from such satanic love, such love cannot be accepted. And so they deify him. Whereas love should be for Allah, and people should be loved as manifestations of Him. This matter would never have arisen had people loved him as a manifestation of Allah. Insha’Allah, in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and the Messiah (pbuh), this corruption, this dissension will all come to an end. The prophet Jesus (pbuh) will himself explain that there is One Allah, that Jesus (pbuh) is not the son of Allah, and that he is therefore not divine. That is the only way of settling them down. If we were to tell Christians the truth now, they would not be convinced, but since the Messiah (pbuh) will be coming and will explain the truth of the matter personally, their minds will then be put at ease, insha’Allah.