Feb 19, 2004 16:15
That poem, "The Walrus and the Carpenter," that's such an indictment of organized religion. The Walrus, whith his girth and his good nature, he obviously reprents either Buda, or whith his tusks, the Hindu elephant god Lord Ganesha. Now, that takes care of your Eastern religions. Now, the Carpenter, which is obviously a refference to Jesus Christ, who was raised as a carpenters son. He represents the Western religions. Now, in the poem, what do they do? What do they DO? They dupe all these oysters into following them, then proceed to shuck and devour the helpless creatures en mass. Now, i don't know what that says to you, but to me it says that following these faiths, based on mythological figures insures the destruction of one's inner-being. Organized religion destroys who we are by inhibiting our actions, by inhibiting out decisions, out of fear of some intangible parent figure that shakes a finger at us from thousands or years ago and says, "Do it...do it and i'll fuckin' spank you!"
---Dogma. and i totally agree.