Comments | tinhuviel: A Mystery

tinhuviel

A Mystery

Aug 03, 2011 13:27

During my time on Earth, visiting various locales and encountering different people and cultures, I have found a strange connection between mainstream religions, ignorance, and an obsession with sports. The more entrenched in mainstream religion (like fundamentalism) an area is, the less that area focuses on real education and the more the people ( Read more... )

ignorance, xtianity, sc, rant

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polypolyglot August 3 2011, 17:29:46 UTC

I keep thinking that NASCAR had its origins with Roman chariots when people got bored. On the other hand, you never see Amish buggies being run in a leftwards circle at high speed...

tinhuviel August 3 2011, 17:33:54 UTC

The Amish are too busy working for such hilarity. LOL

qt3_14159 August 3 2011, 17:34:18 UTC

The horses would get dizzy, silly. ;o)

polypolyglot August 3 2011, 17:37:24 UTC

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qt3_14159 August 3 2011, 17:33:23 UTC

I'm a Christian and I don't know anything about the educational vs. religion...but I don't doubt it. One of the reasons I don't go to church is because I've had enough people telling me what God thinks. I can read, thank you. And I got tired of judgemental people. I happen to believe that is the most anti-Christian you can get.

And if you find that lost sermon, lemme know. I'd love to show my father. He'd probably come up with an excuse for it. And then I could tell you why. ;o)

tinhuviel August 3 2011, 17:36:47 UTC

For me, there's a big difference between Christianity and xtianity (thus the spelling). And fundamentalism is just a horrid, dangerous cult unto itself. I guess being stuck in this mire and seeing it first hand all the freakin' time, not to mention that two of my closest friends have recently been sucked into the fundy trap, has me feeling very antagonistic toward the way things are around here.

qt3_14159 August 3 2011, 17:41:22 UTC

::hugs::
There IS a difference. My father wasn't pleased with our most recent conversation via telephone. He asked me if I was going to church and I told him that we'd gone over that, and he knew I wasn't. He got the saddest tone in his voice and told me that I needed to go so I could get closer to God. To which I replied, "God and I have a fantastic relationship...and that's what it's about. Relationship." He said nothing for a full minute, at least. Then he changed the subject.
I'm evil.

tinhuviel August 3 2011, 17:46:15 UTC

According to the chosen few, most of us are nothing but pure evil. ::shrugs:: All the more reason to hope 2012 brings the Alpaca Lips. An end to the nonsense finally! Or at least that's what I hope.

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polypolyglot August 3 2011, 17:59:14 UTC

While I have been told that Friday Night Lights is great television, the very idea of high school football being fetishized just makes me ill.

I'd rather watch something that makes me think about preparing for the Alpaca Lips: BSG, Jericho, Falling Skies...

tinhuviel August 3 2011, 19:05:12 UTC

And this is why you and I could watch telly together.

angstzeit August 3 2011, 18:17:28 UTC

I think it's about "the group." A group with limited knowledge, a strict belief system, and a ritualistic outlet for violence is easier to keep together and manage. Humans like groups, they feel safe in them. Most humans naturally fall into group subservience and most others will put the necessary effort in to feigning it.

We're hairless apes after all. And, unless you subscribe to Jeff Schwartz's theory, are more chimp-like than Orang-like.

tinhuviel August 3 2011, 19:09:13 UTC

I think you have a distinct point, there, Mister.

angstzeit August 3 2011, 19:18:22 UTC

Other than the one at the top of my head?

tinhuviel August 3 2011, 19:27:37 UTC

The head point is something that we share, I assure you!

ladyana5 August 4 2011, 00:36:03 UTC

YES! I fully agree! It always baffles me how folks foam at the mouth with glee or disgust, cheering like they won the lottery or lost a loved one, all because of The Game. Um, "we" won? I didn't see your ass on the team, spectator! And by the gods, don't actually be on the team, where it's life or death if you make a mistake. And yes, far too many thinking God wanted them to win. No thanks.

qt3_14159 August 4 2011, 03:37:52 UTC

I HATE it when people say things like "They won because God wanted them to." Yes, I've heard that. I'm a Christian and I firmly believe that there are some things God doesn't care about. Try telling my father that. He'd freak.

But...
God doesn't care which pair of pants I put on in the morning.
God doesn't care if I go get a new cell phone.
God doesn't care what time I go to bed...or if I stay up all night.
God doesn't care what I have for dinner (as long as it's not my ten year old son I've decided to roast over the grill...that, I believe, He would take offense to).
And God doesn't care who wins the flippin' football game.

My father would argue that.