Religion is one-big-fat-joke.
Don’t agree with me??? Well neither do I.
Yet how come we see it as a large source of laugher and target for mockery?
After reading this excerpt “Religion on broadcast TV” from www.startribune.com, I decided to watch the movie Little Nicky. This is a short plot summery taken from imdb.org:
“Little Nicky is "daddy's little girl" in Hell. He's the son of Satan, who got the job from HIS father, Lucifer. Satan wants to retire, but none of his sons are good enough for the job. His two evil brothers Adrian and Cassius have just escaped from Hell and are wreaking havoc on an unsuspecting earth. His dad is disintegrating and it's up to Nicky to save him and all of humanity.”
Little Nicky isn’t the only film to use inaccurate and out of context stereotypes (think for a second, what do you consider IS accurate and in context??) to produce an entertainment piece, other such examples are South Park, Bruce Almighty, and Family Guy.
Although to some, these movies are seen as unethical (because it either goes against their religion, or because it mocks their beliefs), to many others it’s just a source of laughter.
What exactly is religion, who / what is god, and how do we know what is being followed (religion) by a substantial amount of people is even correct / true to begin with? How come so many suffer from ethnocentrism?
Your probably thinking, “how come she talks of what she doesn’t know / understand!?”, but do you even truly know?
Does anyone, including the people whom we quote from in our Bibles and Korans???
Yet there is so much Prejudice between different religions, it’s like society can’t run unless everyone is at war with someone else (even if it isn’t personal).
Religion can be doubted, but not proven (whether it is true or not). So what keeps it going through all these generations?
Perception and Interpretation of Reality (in accordance to culture) keeps religion alive, along with fear.
The one thing all religious people fear is hell, but who really knows what hell is?
I hear that it is sinful to question faith / religion, causing Anxiety and Withdrawal, therefore no one dares to ponder these questions.
Is that what religion is all about? Fear?
In marriages, conversion is a must, if not it’s a sin. Your family and god will look down on you.
Sex before marriage, I quote my friend’s mother when I say “shouldn’t you test the merchandise fully before making a purchase?” as in some marriages, sex is looked upon as another common ground.
Religion, is it guidance? Because I thought it’s a person’s choice whether or not they want help, and from whom they seek it from. However, if you convert you will go to hell?
Muslims for example, a few of their no-noes are that they can’t eat pork, drink alcohol or have sex before marriage (those which I mentioned above). These are very basic, surface things about their religion. Yet how many Muslim’s actually follow by these simple rules? I’ve known many Muslims and have heard about many others. Surprisingly, almost all of them have completely different versions of what makes them Muslim. Is there an Assumption of Similarity? Lots of them have tattoos, piercings, aren’t married but aren’t virgins either, and are high (on drugs / alcohol) every weekend; nevertheless they are “Muslim”.
This is just my understanding of identities within cultures, and I’m honestly not sure if all I’ve said are facts, it’s just what I’ve been told from the “religious”.
So if I’m wrong, how many of you might be too?
Are you sure in your sense of self?
After all, I am just quoting what I hear.
*Perhaps there was a miscommunication in the language and message making between our understandings of each others cultures?*
Just a thought.
Source:
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/30714804.html?page=2&c=y
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=little+nicky+full+movie&emb=0&aq=f#
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185431/
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