WWMGD?
Well, after reaching my "saturation point" many, MANY years ago, I am "allergic" to religion. I have no problem with the concepts and participants. For a whole lot of people religion is helpful.
Having been involved in the "retail" side of religion, I am firmly convinced that religion really should be classified as "entertainment."
None of this to say that I "discount" religion. For a lot of people religion is, quite literally, therapy. And a lot of people make fun of "jailhouse conversions," but federal statistics (shared with me by an ex-fed-con) show that something like 99% of all convicts go BACK to prison ... and the majority of those who DON'T go back, got religion. I've known severely dysfunctional folk who have found ways to deal better with life by having some internal rewiring based on an out-of-self orientation found in Judeo-Chrisitian doctrine and dogma.
No matter how much most of us may find marketing Jesus to be ludicrous, there are people who are so involved in their religion that it only makes sense. People put up posters of Shania Twain, wear Stone Cold Steve Austin t-shirts, buy every CD put out by Bjork, own every DVD out with Charlton Heston in it, and wear Starfleet uniforms to regular meetings of local "ships." For some people, religion is not just their faith system, it is also their "hobby." It's what they ENJOY participating in beyond a nominal attendance of services. Hey, more power to `em.
But I would pay real $$$ for a "What Would Mel Gibson Do?" cap. That's funny!
Having been involved in the "retail" side of religion, I am firmly convinced that religion really should be classified as "entertainment."
None of this to say that I "discount" religion. For a lot of people religion is, quite literally, therapy. And a lot of people make fun of "jailhouse conversions," but federal statistics (shared with me by an ex-fed-con) show that something like 99% of all convicts go BACK to prison ... and the majority of those who DON'T go back, got religion. I've known severely dysfunctional folk who have found ways to deal better with life by having some internal rewiring based on an out-of-self orientation found in Judeo-Chrisitian doctrine and dogma.
No matter how much most of us may find marketing Jesus to be ludicrous, there are people who are so involved in their religion that it only makes sense. People put up posters of Shania Twain, wear Stone Cold Steve Austin t-shirts, buy every CD put out by Bjork, own every DVD out with Charlton Heston in it, and wear Starfleet uniforms to regular meetings of local "ships." For some people, religion is not just their faith system, it is also their "hobby." It's what they ENJOY participating in beyond a nominal attendance of services. Hey, more power to `em.
But I would pay real $$$ for a "What Would Mel Gibson Do?" cap. That's funny!
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