Why does the unknown = evil?
September 24th 2010 20:33
Why do some people and cultures put a label of "evil" on something that they do not understand or are fearful of? While we have all seen the effects of discrimination towards other cultures through time, even to the point of genocide, why does it spill over to the paranormal?
Hollywood has made millions on horror movies that enforce the belief that ghosts, UFO's and even medical advances are evil. Remember when Frankenstein's monster was the "evil" monster to grace the big screen of the 1940's and in reality it set the stage for future discrimination against transplants. Even as late as the 1990's there were movies based on people accepting transplanted organs and then becoming evil because of it. I know they are pure fantasy, but there are a group of people that really believe that. All you have to do is read some of the comments left on this blog to see idiots at work.
Let's not put all the blame on the movies. The lions share of the blame falls manly on the shoulders of religion, not all religions mind you, just the major ones. Everyone of them have engaged in wars for their "religion" based on fear of other people or their perception that what they were fighting was "evil."
Religion insists they know that there are no other beings in the universe and that the Earth was the beginning of everything. They also profess to know what happens to us after death.
Why can't people keep an open mind about something that is strange, unknown or difficult to understand? It sure would make the little planet we live on a much nicer place.
Hollywood has made millions on horror movies that enforce the belief that ghosts, UFO's and even medical advances are evil. Remember when Frankenstein's monster was the "evil" monster to grace the big screen of the 1940's and in reality it set the stage for future discrimination against transplants. Even as late as the 1990's there were movies based on people accepting transplanted organs and then becoming evil because of it. I know they are pure fantasy, but there are a group of people that really believe that. All you have to do is read some of the comments left on this blog to see idiots at work.
Let's not put all the blame on the movies. The lions share of the blame falls manly on the shoulders of religion, not all religions mind you, just the major ones. Everyone of them have engaged in wars for their "religion" based on fear of other people or their perception that what they were fighting was "evil."
Religion insists they know that there are no other beings in the universe and that the Earth was the beginning of everything. They also profess to know what happens to us after death.
Why can't people keep an open mind about something that is strange, unknown or difficult to understand? It sure would make the little planet we live on a much nicer place.
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