dimanche, octobre 24, 2004
is it really that ridiculous?
all it mattered were that the humans worshiped the predator shrine. and sacrificed to it. why.
and the story seemed so ridiculous at that time. as any other sci-fi story, movie.
but is it really that ridiculous?
Aztecs, Egyptians and all the old civilisations worshipped the darnest things. the Sun, the Moon, etc. They were justified, in their minds, in their knowledge, in their technical skills. and yet barely a few thousand human years later, they are but mere fools in their silly fantasies. Let us not be quick to condemn their ideas and thoughts. just like they invented the weapons, the wheels, the machines; just like they evolved, stood and spoke; just like all the marvels of human accomplishment; religion was also evolved from their minds. religion, faith, worship, all centered around the unbelievable, the unexplainable, the unattainable. it was born of simple simple matters like solar eclipses and weather. it progressed as we learnt more and more about the Earth, the Sky, the Universe. it remains pointing to the incredulous, and it now points mainly to the amazing existence and creation of the Universe. the richness of religion grew. just like gossip, like rumours, like stories. after thousands and thousands of years, a simple amazing thing merged with other amazing thing. they were linked, accumulated, filled up. the book grew and grew. there were more and more. it became this mammoth that was so huge it was now unbelievable by itself, from the sum of it's parts. it was so big, so exhaustive, that it's unity lent it strength, that it could not be broken down. 'how can all these be untrue'.
and yet it was built of the same fundamentals, the same reasons, the same processes. no matter how big the glacier, bring it into the sun and it will melt. if you care not to move it, but instead revere it in the mountains, the snow will only accumulate and add layers and layers onto it's thick hide, impenetrable and indestructible.
believe them when they say there is a deity on the moon, there is a god in the sun, believe them as you believe your own. trust their faith as you trust yours.
is it really that ridiculous?
did u watch AVP(alien vs predator)? did you wonder why did the humans worship the shrine-thingy which the predators built? it does not matter right now that the humans were lower beings created to fuel the alien growth, that the aliens were more challenging creatures created for a baptism of fire, that earth was just a recreational outpost.
all it mattered were that the humans worshiped the predator shrine. and sacrificed to it. why.
and the story seemed so ridiculous at that time. as any other sci-fi story, movie.
but is it really that ridiculous?
Aztecs, Egyptians and all the old civilisations worshipped the darnest things. the Sun, the Moon, etc. They were justified, in their minds, in their knowledge, in their technical skills. and yet barely a few thousand human years later, they are but mere fools in their silly fantasies. Let us not be quick to condemn their ideas and thoughts. just like they invented the weapons, the wheels, the machines; just like they evolved, stood and spoke; just like all the marvels of human accomplishment; religion was also evolved from their minds. religion, faith, worship, all centered around the unbelievable, the unexplainable, the unattainable. it was born of simple simple matters like solar eclipses and weather. it progressed as we learnt more and more about the Earth, the Sky, the Universe. it remains pointing to the incredulous, and it now points mainly to the amazing existence and creation of the Universe. the richness of religion grew. just like gossip, like rumours, like stories. after thousands and thousands of years, a simple amazing thing merged with other amazing thing. they were linked, accumulated, filled up. the book grew and grew. there were more and more. it became this mammoth that was so huge it was now unbelievable by itself, from the sum of it's parts. it was so big, so exhaustive, that it's unity lent it strength, that it could not be broken down. 'how can all these be untrue'.
and yet it was built of the same fundamentals, the same reasons, the same processes. no matter how big the glacier, bring it into the sun and it will melt. if you care not to move it, but instead revere it in the mountains, the snow will only accumulate and add layers and layers onto it's thick hide, impenetrable and indestructible.
believe them when they say there is a deity on the moon, there is a god in the sun, believe them as you believe your own. trust their faith as you trust yours.
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