by frencheneesz » Sun Dec 25, 2005 1:57 pm
In response to chromatech:
I agree that people (collectively) will believe almost anything, but I think people question whether its real or not simply because they want it to be real.
As for giving respect to religion in society - I think you missed the point of the episode. The point is to portray what god might/would be like more realistically, and to convey the neccessary dangers we entrust in ourselves, and the subsequent neccessary care we need to give ourselves in order for us to survive.
You missed that point.
A god would care little for religions whos history has retarded our progress as a society. Why would an atheist, and a God spend more time on religion than they did?
Also, you incorrectly labled the story as "dismiss[ing] religion as being a waste of.. time." They scorened the myth that encircles relgion, and the unthinking frenzy that goes along with it.
And when he said religion, he meant the core, the superstition. Churches consist of 3 parts: religion, community, and moral teachings. Only one of these things was scorned. The others weren't condoned nor the opposite.
I would have to say you yourself are quite arogant to assume that your philosophy is so much better, and that a peice of good writing needs to include all aspects of everything. You should try thinking outside of the norms sometime, maybe you'll learn something.