Judasland

You want to know what's ironic, /book/?

How about the fact that all secular western societies have 90% of their values and laws deeply rooted in Christianity (be it Protestantism or Catholosism). This we can all agree on, right?

But perhaps the most central aspect of Jesus' messages, that of forgiveness for everyone, is really not reflected in these societies. Redemption is only achievable through death and martyrdom, that's the lesson literature, theater, opera, film and tv has given us. A bad man cannot become a good man unless he seizes to be a man.

I find this ironic.

Also I'm not a christfag.

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Go go gadget meerkat

is it true that forgiveness isn't reflected in society? it seems that forgiveness has become even institutionalized (a "forgiven" loan -- is that not a christian ideological construction?). i think that the opposite has occured, forgiveness as an act that is featured in our society as a sign of its modernity, as a clue to how far we've come along from our barbarous roots, but the manner in which it is used is itself barbarous and made of a wrenching type of control. as it is constituted in guilt, it ends up being used as a force, a perpetual guilt trip of the superego, in order to manipulate behavior.

but the key point is that there is an investment in forgiveness that is visible in our culture. while the redemption story is generalized and probably more popular, the act of forgiveness is cathartic and there are many examples of powerful moments in cinema or literature that involve this simple act.

[Nice beat]

Sir, you have a typo in your text.