Saw this quote today in my Sojourners email:
"I was raised to believe that you could question the church and still be a Catholic. What is worthy of satire is the misuse of religion for destructive or political gains. That's totally different from the Word, the blood, the body, and the Christ."
- Stephen Colbert, of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report
(originally quoted in TimeOut New York).
He's put into words my opinion on religious satire--and criticism of misuse of any religion. This is why I think Dogma is one of the finest religious movies ever made. It doesn't satirize or criticize Christ, or God in any of Her manifestations, it criticizes (to quote one of the characters) "the shit that goes down in His name."
A lot of abuse and destruction has been going down in the name of the Divine all around our world. To quote one of my favorite Michael Card songs, "Will you not listen? God has spoken Love to us..."
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