> the allmighty
watched Kevin Smith's Dogma last night and surprisingly had a great time.
(didn't really like it at all the first time around tho) and thot i'd share a wee
bit of the script here:
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INT. AIRPORT - DAY
LOKI walks beside a NUN in a semi-busy terminal. They pass through the metal detectors. The Nun carries a donation can.
LOKI
Leaving 'Alice in Wonderland' aside, look closely at 'Through the Looking Glass' - particularly 'The Walrus and the Carpenter' poem: what's the metaphorical meaning?
NUN
I wasn't aware there was one.
LOKI
Oh, but there is - it colorfully details the sham that is organized religion. The Walrus - with his girth and good-nature - obviously refers to either the Buddha, or - with his tusks - the lovable Hindu elephant god, Lord Ganesha. This takes care of the Eastern religions. The Carpenter is an Obvious reference to Jesus Christ, who was purportedly raised the son of a carpenter. He represents the Western religions. And in the poem, what do they do? They dupe all the oysters into following them. Then, when the oysters collective guard is down, the Walrus and the Carpenter shuck and devour the helpless creatures, en masse. I don't know what that says to you, but to me it says that following faiths based on these mythological figures insures the destruction of one's inner-being.
Organized religion destroys who we are or who we can be by inhibiting our actions and decisions out of fear of an intangible parent-figure who shakes a finger at us from thousands of years ago and says "No, no!"
Bartleby smiles at the meet-and-greets, warmed. Loki saddles up beside him, kneeling on one of the seats, facing the Nun.
LOKI
'Through the Looking Glass' - a children's tale? I think not.
NUN
(really dazed)
I've... I've never really thought about it like that... What have I been doing with my life...?
LOKI
Don't look back. Just get out there and taste life.
(off donation can)
Leave this for the unenlightened. Poverty is for the gullible - it's another way the church is trying to control you. You take that money you've been collecting for your parish reconstruction and go get yourself a nice piece of ass. You deserve it.
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(the above is just a portion of the film's script and it does not mirror my own personal thoughts or religious preference. nor is it meant to insult anyone, cool?)
dunno about you but ima loving it all! hahahaha maybe itz my current fascination and pseudo-affinity with questions of the all-mighty. or maybe im just grasping at straws for answers to my life? i've been a default-buddhist all my life tho i've
been to church more than a coupla times last year. in the end, does it really matter? itz just a movie only, innit? ... heh :)
(didn't really like it at all the first time around tho) and thot i'd share a wee
bit of the script here:
.................................................................................................................................
INT. AIRPORT - DAY
LOKI walks beside a NUN in a semi-busy terminal. They pass through the metal detectors. The Nun carries a donation can.
LOKI
Leaving 'Alice in Wonderland' aside, look closely at 'Through the Looking Glass' - particularly 'The Walrus and the Carpenter' poem: what's the metaphorical meaning?
NUN
I wasn't aware there was one.
LOKI
Oh, but there is - it colorfully details the sham that is organized religion. The Walrus - with his girth and good-nature - obviously refers to either the Buddha, or - with his tusks - the lovable Hindu elephant god, Lord Ganesha. This takes care of the Eastern religions. The Carpenter is an Obvious reference to Jesus Christ, who was purportedly raised the son of a carpenter. He represents the Western religions. And in the poem, what do they do? They dupe all the oysters into following them. Then, when the oysters collective guard is down, the Walrus and the Carpenter shuck and devour the helpless creatures, en masse. I don't know what that says to you, but to me it says that following faiths based on these mythological figures insures the destruction of one's inner-being.
Organized religion destroys who we are or who we can be by inhibiting our actions and decisions out of fear of an intangible parent-figure who shakes a finger at us from thousands of years ago and says "No, no!"
Bartleby smiles at the meet-and-greets, warmed. Loki saddles up beside him, kneeling on one of the seats, facing the Nun.
LOKI
'Through the Looking Glass' - a children's tale? I think not.
NUN
(really dazed)
I've... I've never really thought about it like that... What have I been doing with my life...?
LOKI
Don't look back. Just get out there and taste life.
(off donation can)
Leave this for the unenlightened. Poverty is for the gullible - it's another way the church is trying to control you. You take that money you've been collecting for your parish reconstruction and go get yourself a nice piece of ass. You deserve it.
.................................................................................................................................
(the above is just a portion of the film's script and it does not mirror my own personal thoughts or religious preference. nor is it meant to insult anyone, cool?)
dunno about you but ima loving it all! hahahaha maybe itz my current fascination and pseudo-affinity with questions of the all-mighty. or maybe im just grasping at straws for answers to my life? i've been a default-buddhist all my life tho i've
been to church more than a coupla times last year. in the end, does it really matter? itz just a movie only, innit? ... heh :)
