Okay on with the rant!
 | |
| Huh, well break out the whips and chains, Baby! |
Many many moons ago, I enjoyed reading an odd Comic Book called Badger. Picture a truly crazy even more violent version of Wolverine from the X-Men without the metal claws and with the ability to talk to animals.
 |
| Doesn't he have the sweetest smile? |
In one issue, in the editor's comment section, the writer talked about an article he had read by a prominent Church leader in his city who cited comics and fiction in general as the Devil's work and how the minds of young people needed to be "bound" in order to prevent them from being lead astray. For those who aren't familiar with the process of body modification called Binding, please free to look it up, the are dozens of good articles on it. Suffice it to say, Binding involves tightly wrapping portions of the body (Corsets, straps) etc to make them conform to a different shape. So, basically the leader was saying children's imaginations and minds needed to be severely restricted by force.
I can understand the attitudes of both the sign and the leader from long ago. After all, the whole force of religion is absolute devotion to the Word of (Insert Deity here) beyond all doubt. Religions would have you believe in what (Inset Holy Book here) says no matter how much evidence might pop up to contradict it. Basically religion teaches that you basically just believe what you are told.
Makes sense I guess. I mean Independent thought and Free Thinking are pretty much the exact opposite of what most religions (Pardon the pun) preach. I mean think about it for a second. If someone was capable of free thinking and reasoning, I seriously doubt they'd strap a bomb to their chest and blow themselves and a bunch of complete strangers up in the hopes of getting into heaven where they get to hang out with virgins. I also doubt free thinkers would stand on street corners in 100 degree temperatures waving signs like "God hates Figs." (That is what they say isn't it? I mean he did blast a bush in the Old Testament so it makes sense. Wait, what? They say God hates...lol now that's just silly.)
Every single advance (Both good and bad) in the history of man has been created by Free Thinkers who weren't afraid to question...well everything. Every discovery that has been made is because someone dared to say, "I wonder what happens if I..."
If you believe that some divine force somewhere created Man in his or her own image, then the idea that God doesn't want us to think and reason for ourselves is silly. We have (well most of us anyways) what is probably the most advanced computational device in the world inside of our head. It is capable of holding immense amounts of data and processing ridiculous amounts on information. If God had really not wanted us to use the durned thing, he could have put in a tape deck instead. That way, our leaders could simply record the information they felt we needed and then there would be no conflicts or confusion.
Never accept another person's answers blindly. Never stop questioning yourself and the universe around you. And please never ever stop thinking. Never let your imagination be bound and always do your best to set the imaginations of others free.
End of Rant
No comments:
Post a Comment