http://wildhunt.org/blog/2006/05/ratcheting-up-hate-and-fear-maybe-its.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:24:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2006/05/ratcheting-up-hate-and-fear-maybe-its.html/comment-page-1#comment-385 Bernulf Fri, 19 May 2006 11:49:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2006/05/1151.html#comment-385 With luck, people will take a look at this movie and want to explore the history for themselves. Perhaps the movie is grounded in fiction - but if it inspires people to take a more critical look at the history of the Church and its religious politics over the past centuries, then at least people (Christian and non-Christian alike) will be more aware. Perhaps it is the potential for this self-directed awareness that the religious right fears so much? The concept of allowing Jesus to be the shepherd comes to mind, and I think the Church would consider Pagans and Heathens as either lost sheep or wolves...but it's funny that these concepts are used so overtly to prevent people from self-directed awareness, and that so many people still allow their self-direction to be dangled over their heads by others. With luck, people will take a look at this movie and want to explore the history for themselves. Perhaps the movie is grounded in fiction – but if it inspires people to take a more critical look at the history of the Church and its religious politics over the past centuries, then at least people (Christian and non-Christian alike) will be more aware. Perhaps it is the potential for this self-directed awareness that the religious right fears so much? The concept of allowing Jesus to be the shepherd comes to mind, and I think the Church would consider Pagans and Heathens as either lost sheep or wolves…but it’s funny that these concepts are used so overtly to prevent people from self-directed awareness, and that so many people still allow their self-direction to be dangled over their heads by others.

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