Representatives
After watching this video, I don’t even know where to begin to take this one apart. I’ve watched this a few times and each time it gives the same general impression — “What the fuck is wrong with people?”.
Scientologists are really no different than anyone else who’s so devout in their beliefs that the idea of anyone questioning those beliefs puts them over the edge. “What are you afraid of?”, “What are your crimes?”. Yes, good questions indeed. It’s my personal belief that to follow any religion you need to be willing to give up some level of rational, independent thought in favour obeying the rules of your faith and letting that faith fill in the blanks without so much as questioning any of it.
As an Atheist, I’ve been hassled for my beliefs (or lack of them) as much as people who are religious get questioned about theirs. What’s sad is that it happens in the same way that Mark Bunker experienced in the above linked video. I’ve been questioned about what I’m hiding and what crimes I’m afraid to fess up to. People feel that my reasoning for steering clear of religion is because of what I’m afraid to reveal about myself. In reality, it’s quite the opposite. A person who takes enough time to get to know me will learn the good, the bad, and the ugly about me. When the ability to connect with a person on that level arises I feel that it’s important that these things are known as they greatly effect who I am as a person right now.
Religion has no bearing on what I’m willing to put out in the open to another person. Just as religion has nothing to do with defining what type of person you are. The holier than thou crowd seem to miss this one. To some degree, I think people of any religion assume that belonging to said religion makes you a good person regardless of the demons a person may be hiding in their closet. This is really just deceiving and gives people a false sense of belonging to a greater good.
I really don’t have too much of a problem with religion. What I do have a problem with are its representatives.
April 18, 2008 - mid-afternoon
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