What’s he saying here?

That Christians now have sufficient faith?

Or that renunciation is not that demanding.

“But as the aim of the film was simply to bring the planet closer to God or, as I later came to understand, vice-versa – to bring God to the planet, I had to at least be seen to allow it to proceed. After reading Shard’s request, I felt I had no option. So I gave it my limited approval. Frankly, I thought they made a poor choice in Max. On the other hand, I was quietly thrilled that Christ’s vision of the Regeneration had been accepted so enthusiastically by the other religious leaders – particularly Muslims who were surprisingly open to this from the very beginning.”

“Why do you think that was?” the President asked.

“As long as Jesus was only being relied on in his role as a prophet they had no objection to his vision taking centre-stage. They accepted that his statement on Regeneration accorded with all faith based religions and, if successful, could culminate in God’s appearance on the Last Day. And as this had always been the stated goal of Islam… like me, they really had no choice. Not that they ever expressed it quite like that.”