In Passion Week
Brainwashing or comforting?
I've been watching Bill Moyer's series Faith and Reason and this story has many connections to the show.
We see how religion and faith can be very meaningful to people and actually helps many get through life. A promise of eternal salvation and forgiveness of sin is not a bad deal.
But of course it comes at a cost.
Rationality and reason has to take a backseat.
Through the boy's eyes we see the mystery and lure of the church and its rituals and we also witness the absurdity and repression.
The quest for something greater than ourselves -- a place in the cosmos -- an understanding of what it's all for -- is part of our DNA -- unfortunately so is the pettiness and the fear.
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