The Wood Between the Worlds

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Nose full of Snot


Today I am sick, hence the time for a new post. I have a cold. My eyes feel heavy and achy. My nose is currently plugged up with tissue to stop it from leaking. Yes, I decided to shove gobs of tissue up there so that i wouldn't have to keep wiping my nose as it leaked all over me. The tissue shoved up there is quite handy but it does make my nose tickle.

I just watched "United 93". It was well done; I liked how towards the end of the film everything was jumbled. The passengers really did look wild as they were scrambling for the controls of the plane with bloody fingers and what have you. I was a bit dismayed though at the slant the film took. In the beginning the directors have the terrorist praying to Allah, and then the next scene you see a sign in the US flashes across the screen with the words "God bless America" written in bold. Coincidence? I think not. Towards the end this is even more pronounced as the camera switches back and forth from passengers frantically praying Psalm 23 and the terrorists chanting out incoherent prayers to Allah. Unless you're a moron you can't help be become skeptical of both religions. Why? Because those people praying Psalm 23 die - thus they're prayers are apparently of no avail, their God did not come and rescue them - and those who are praying to Allah are clearly extremists - terrorist performing a mass slaughter due directly because of their religious beliefs.

Although it's not made a large focal point in the film, this subliminal message is only too clear, "religion is the reason why 9-11 happened." As though it's not just the Muslim's fault but also the Christians, the Islamists, the Hindus etc - It's religion's fault that this has happened, as though we need to abolish all religion so that this will never happen again. The movie is definitely taking that type of a slant and it bothers me. But on the flip side, the bible does emphasize that there will be one World religion during the end times, so I guess there's no use fighting what's ultimately going to come to pass one of these days.