Eye of the Beholder

I just watched the movie JFK. I know it has been out for a while, I just never got around to watching it. This entry is not about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It’s about the perceptions that each and every one of us hold on to based on our beliefs. To me, the movie brings up a logical argument about the killing, and it is backed up by the theorists who believe that JFK was not murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald. Whether you choose to believe those theorists is probably something you’ve already decided upon. A lot of people may just say, “It’s just a movie.” Well let me tell you another story that can result in that same conclusion.

There is a movie out that depicts the dying days of Jesus Christ. It shows very logical methods of beating and torturing the son of god, and it is backed up by the theorists that believe Jesus died for our sins. But in the end, “It’s just a movie.”

What makes either of these movies any truer or falser than the other? Which one has a better likelihood of being true? The one that is based on a story that’s been passed down for years and years, or the one that tells the story of events that were played out on television a mere 40 years ago?

Yet we continue to claim to know right from wrong, good from evil, left from right, blue from red. What you see as reality may not be what I see. In fact what you see may be completely in your head. After all, aren’t our senses mere electrical impulses designed to trigger our brains? Think about an amputated leg. It has been said to remain as a ghost limb. A limb that seems to be there, yet can not be seen, touched, or moved.

Faith has only coached us through life without ever giving us a better understanding of things. You may say, “God has a plan.” I say that if we were given the opportunities to discover the positive and negative impacts from everything that happens on this planet, we may just turn this world around. Every system of society so far has been plagued with crime and corruption, death and destruction. Why not try something else? What do we have to lose? How can you have faith in God so much, yet never believe that God sent me here to open your eyes? Won’t he be pissed when he asks you about me, and you tell him, “I ignored him father…he denounced the church.” To which God replies, “I DENOUNCE THE CHURCH! They have done nothing but exploit you in my name for thousands of years! I send men after men with a message, and you ignored them all. Whatever will I do with you?”