WARNING: Major-hate rant blogging ahead.
Read it, especially if you are easily offended.
I am so goddamn sick of theists and their stupid freakin' boycotts of anything that doesn't mesh with their perfect little ideal of the world. Arg!!!! (For the sand-headed, I am speaking of: Harry Potter, The Da Vinci Code, and The Golden Compass specifically, not mentioning the thousands of other crap out there that I don't know about)
It's one thing to abstain from activities that you deem inappropriate for your person, in fact it sometimes is the most intelligent action one can take is to not act, but: What the typical theist does is listen and obey and and then spread the word that everyone else they know should listen and obey and do or don't do anything they are told! There's no thinking. There is no intellectual analysis of what events are actually occurring, or what message is actually portrayed in a book or movie or CD. Nobody bothers to examine the first-hand account or scrutinize the source of public outcry. But above all, I am most irritated and bothered by the Theists fear to be entertained. It's an ideal that has somehow survived since the time of the puritans and today periodically is revived- The idea that if at any point you are enjoying something of this world (particularly things related to sex, although it extends to enjoyment of anything) you're sinning against God himself.
I hate the seriousness of it all. Also, I think things like "Wow, you must have a very frail belief in that shit if you can't see this movie and still believe in your perfect little God"... If the invention of 'god' is the combination of parental authority and the fear of the unknown, then how can anyone who isn't absolutely helpless want to believe it all their life? Obviously they wouldn't want to. Nor would they believe god is an invention. Jesus Christ!!!
Major rant-hate blog. My frustration feels muchly ventilated
But life is good, no matter how many pricks and assholes and people with pricks up their assholes may exist in it. Those 'shoot first and ask questions later' people are a dying breed. So, I will live on and try to ignore the flies on the wall. Peace in life is not life at all, but A still life that does not live is peaceful.
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Hmm... I wonder what sparked this? Interesting how you involved the common observation that "theists," (although I assume we're largely addressing Christians here) abstain from entertainment because it is something "their God" would not like. This refrain, as with any belief matched with an action, can become obsessive and lacking in any true maxim. However, it's not to say that this asceticism is merely an irrational denial of self.
It is the belief in some Christian circles that the common desires of this "fallen world" are all divinely formed and are not wrong on their own. Conversely, it is how we act upon that desire that can be wrong as the act or thought itself my not be wrong but the way in which we act or think. An example would be the desire to have sex, which is not wrong in any way as it is a natural activity of life and gift of God. However, the act of sex outside of marriage is immoral because it destroys the sanctity of marriage, an act which God abhors.
I myself am not sure I completely subscribe to such a theory because I am not sure where things such as hate, lust and selfishness fit in. However, there may be some insight for you into the inner-thoughts of "practicing" Christian activists. I can't speak for everyone though, some people just like to raise a fuss and strut their influence.
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