http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIHRGTVG5qI
So I posted this video on my family website, because I thought it was amusing and apparently that was the wrong thing to do. My Aunt expressed her distain and made it clear she was offended by the video’s religious material. I explained to her that was not my intent, and also quoted the people that posted the video on youtube….
“This is a satire and IN NO WAY does it portray our feelings about Christianity or any other religion. We respect and admire all people of faith and offer this piece only as a form of entertainment. From one set of Judaeo-Christians to another, we apologize to those that are offended and invite you to comment with your thoughts.”
She then explained to me that the makers of this video could very well not be good Christians. So I deleted the video because it was not worth getting her so worked up, but to be quite honest I felt sort of bullied into deleting it. I don’t see the harm in having a sense of humor about even something as serious as religion. I mean life is too short. She explained to me because I was not religious I would not understand, but the fact is I’ve done my share of religious research, I am not completely ignorant to how others feel about Jesus and Christianity. The fact that the makers of this video are in fact Christian makes me think that they are just more secure in their religious beliefs; enough to find some humor in it. It also irked me that she assumed just because I am not religious, that I am not spiritual, or believe in Jesus and what he was trying to do. She informed me that she would be happy to have a conversation about Christianity if I was ever curious about it, but still the fact remains I HAVE explored all types of religions, I have just made a decision not to conform to one particular religion. I just have a problem blindly believing in anything I can not see concrete proof of, not to say I would not like to, my life would be a lot easier if I could just believe it’s all in God’s hands, but my nature is to be skeptical, and I think I am okay with that. I think I would not be me if I didn’t question the validity in things. Anyway I guess I just needed to vent here , because I really didn’t want to voice my opinion to someone that has already made up her mind as to what is her absolute belief, and frankly that is her right, just as it is mine to not have an absolute belief and to venture to assume I don’t know everything.
It's just too bad I don't feel like I can have open conversations with some of my family. It's like walking on eggshells , and we can only discuss surface level subjects. Oh well guess that's why I have therapy. LOL
BTW I really don't want to offend anyone else, so if you are religiously sensitive please do not view the video.
haha. but i thought the arguments the "jesus" made were quite clever. the parallels between "i died for you" and some bloke spilling the "i bought you dinner... so you owe me now" kinda pop up in my mind. it does show "jesus" as a human character though, and sadly, the idea that he was a person with human qualities is quite different from that he was of "god". this can really freak out some people, particularly if they are a tad insecure about having their religion publically questioned (which is kind of inevitable because there are countless different religions).
