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Theater of the mind
Friday, May 11th, 2007 06:40 pm.
Ran across an interesting post over here: Jesus and the Gays.
In it, a guy posts an anecdote about a friend's encounter with a bible-thumping bigot. Said friend came up with a good sarcastic scripture-twisting to poke said obnoxious jerk with. Whether the jerk had the wit to understand that sarcasm is not revealed, however.
But the fun is farther down, in the comments. A discussion ensues (started by a particularly clueless person) on whether Jesus was nasty or humble or sanctimonious or whatever - it's a thread full of opinions on the guy. Watching the interactions in this thread, and reading the particular thoughts of each person, got me thinking about how we view history, and how we believe in things. (Not why, how.)
( See, believing in a story is like making a movie... )
Ran across an interesting post over here: Jesus and the Gays.
In it, a guy posts an anecdote about a friend's encounter with a bible-thumping bigot. Said friend came up with a good sarcastic scripture-twisting to poke said obnoxious jerk with. Whether the jerk had the wit to understand that sarcasm is not revealed, however.
But the fun is farther down, in the comments. A discussion ensues (started by a particularly clueless person) on whether Jesus was nasty or humble or sanctimonious or whatever - it's a thread full of opinions on the guy. Watching the interactions in this thread, and reading the particular thoughts of each person, got me thinking about how we view history, and how we believe in things. (Not why, how.)
( See, believing in a story is like making a movie... )
