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Created on 2001-07-04 13:51:42 (#224398), last updated 2007-12-21
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Basic Info| Name: | Mike |
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| Birthdate: | 03-28 |
| Location: | Kingston, Massachusetts, United States |
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I don't understand - how can you base your lack of belief in God on the writings Lewis Caroll?
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 "do it and I’ll fucking spank you!" 'Through the Looking Glass' - a children's tale? I think not.
*a rough version of a scene in Kevin Smith's Dogma
taken and adapted for an online script found at http://victorian.fortunecity.com/manet/360/movies/scripts/ks-dogma.html "
I don't understand - how can you base your lack of belief in God on the writings Lewis Caroll?
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 "do it and I’ll fucking spank you!" 'Through the Looking Glass' - a children's tale? I think not.
*a rough version of a scene in Kevin Smith's Dogma
taken and adapted for an online script found at http://victorian.fortunecity.com/manet/360/movies/scripts/ks-dogma.html "
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