Thursday, August 30, 2007

C'mon, Kids! We're going to Orlando for ...

YES!
The Holy Land Experience!!!!!
Bitchin', dad!!
KICK ASS, mom!

Wait. The What?

That's right, guys the Holy Land Experience. You're going to LOVE it.

Poor Kids.

I can't imagine a more soul draining experience myself. I'm not a big fan of theme parks anyway, but this just looks mind-numbingly boring. It is also quite deceptive to be teaching these innocent kids -- probably from the mid-west and likely home-schooled -- that Jerusalem is all about Jesus and how the holy land is going to be rebuilt for them and their fair skinned freckled friends and cleansed of all non-believers when really there are rich religious traditions from three major faiths running deep in the city. They will be groomed to believe that Jerusalem belongs to them and their god before they ever get a chance to learn about the people who live there today and what they believe. If they learned from the beginning that there are three main faiths here, they all think they alone are right, they all try to kill each other every several years because they know they are right, and it doesn't look like they will ever stop killing each other until they admit that their own particular fairy stories are not true and not the only perspective from which to see the world, we might be a little better off.

5 comments:

garth2 said...

you know, i think if the entire world was dissolved to its constituent molecules, the molecules that make up Jews, Muslims, Christians, etc,, would still try to kill each other. It's a weird personality/upbringing/whatever thing. Makes me a little vomity most days, i generally try to spend my free time in the Discworld.

j-bone said...

On that note, I started The Color of Magic recently.

That One Girl... said...

...until they admit that their own particular fairy stories are not true and not the only perspective from which to see the world, we might be a little better off.

Good point. I think we'd all be a little better off if we could admit that there are other perspectives out there and if we acknowledged that they might be valid.

j-bone said...

T.O.G., you're right; there are other perspectives out there, but I hope you're not suggesting that any of them but mine are valid.

That One Girl... said...

different opinions