Posted: Feb 26, 2010 6:14 pm
theidiot wrote:I'm just curious how atheist here would assess the emotional attraction of the Crucifixion scene, and the attraction of watching torture porn in films like the SAW series and Hostel. Would you consider both of them to be sadomasochistic attractions? Are they products of the same psychology, or differing psychologies?
Is what draws Christians to the image of the passion scene in Gibson film, the same draw that makes the crucifixions in ancient Rome to be attractive for the mobs that come to view them? the same draws that that made the spectacle of lynching trees a family affair? If not, then what sort of other attractions is it like then?
Why do you believe the cross is attractive to many christians? Have christian parents discovered a way to make a particular something they find alluring attractive to their children, in a way that they fail to utilize in getting them to be attracted to their taste in music and clothing? Or is there already a psychological attraction to such imagery, that those raising their children as christians utilize? Is it taping into a sadomasochistic attraction or something else?
They are different. The believer is sucked into the emotional story of suffering for a reason. They think this happened because people were sinners, and god was willing to let his kid be treated that way to somehow shame them into thinking that they should feel guilty for this sin, and look what happened as a result.
It's like the story people hear about military vets. "You better salute the flag and respect the dead, and agree with the government's wars because they died for your freedom...."
Same shit.