First, I just finished reading I Am Forbidden, by Anouk Markovitz. It's about the Satmar Chasidic community - one of the strictest of the Ultra-Orthodox sects - and covers four generations, from pre-Holocaust to the present day. It was a good book, but unsettling. It's hard to believe that people can be indoctrinated in such a severe fashion... and the religion is technically my own. I think I was looking for a more Hollywood ending that just never came.
On a lighter note, I saw this on Facebook and thought it was cute:
Amen to that.
Love this! And it's so true. And people say English is easy. Tain't so!!!!
ReplyDeleteHave you ever noticed how it is indoctrination, propagandizing, brainwashing, etc., when it is someone else's religion (even if, technically, it is one's own religion-squared), but it is "just what we believe," or "worthwhile passing on to our children," or "the right way," when it is our own style of worship or living?
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying that some parents aren't heavy-handed and closed-minded about how they educate their children (regardless of whether we're talking about religion, values, politics, gender roles, history, etc.), just that everyone else's religion is mythology or an example of values inculation, and our's is always great example of values dissemination.
Frankly, isn't it the purview of religion to propagandize and inculate morality, values, ethics and practices? Just a thought.
I totally agree to all.
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