Culture & Brimstone

[Abishai100]

Why do human beings celebrate the sport of golf, which involves directing a tiny hard ball (into a designated faraway hole in the grass) with an metal stick (or club) across a field? Are we naturally fascinated by dips and curves and ditches and holes?

Why do Americans celebrate the kamikaze vigilante Deadpool (Marvel Comics), a mercenary with a smart-aleck mouth and a predilection for wanton violence? Are we naturally fascinated by deformations in muscular control?

Such questions can help us psychologically evaluate esoteric terms in the Christian Book of Revelation such as the Bottomless Pit, the Mysterious Harlot of Babylon, and the AntiChrist. These terms signify a human curiosity about navigation and sculpting turbulence.

We can use the Bible to understand society totems (e.g., golf, Deadpool, etc.) that symbolize 'turbulence geometry,' which suggests that the question for social dialogue is, "How do religion and culture perforate?"



Prince of Darkness (Film)

 

[emilynghiem]

Abishai100 people are social animals
There are cultural traditions and groups built around
* quilt making and bake sales for schools
* pep rallies and homecoming games as part of team building and sportmanship
* tattooing and piercing as a tribal ritual and rite of passage
* pets, breeding and hunting of animals
* cars, bikes, motorcycles, boating fishing etc.

1. golf for one is a sport with a long history and tradition of people
golfing for leisure or with groups for business. for sport and for world records.
there is even a book on meditations and wisdom learned from golf.

2. as for deadpoole and other media icons and entertainment,
cartoon superheroes are another tradition. and this one happens
to be a spoof on that whole genre. So it is popular with its following
with both superhero/cartoon fans and also those who enjoy making fun of this whole cult or culture.

people are creative and express themselves through diverse ways of Sharing with others.
it can be good or bad, negative or positive, but people are social and that's how we learn.
by sharing with others. and golf and this cartoon culture are ways to focus on sharing.

 

[Abishai100]

The Amityville Horror

I like what you're referencing, but emilynghiem, have you considered how pulp fiction or mass-marketed pop art offers us images of lifestyle and pseudo-religious deformity?

 

[Abishai100]

The Destiny Wizard

Here's another consideration.

From popular culture, we have the depiction of the AntiChrist in the film The Omen III (starring Sam Neill) as a grown adult of social influence and prestige using his power to create spheres of corruption.

If the AntiChrist is indeed a sort of leader, then what does he preside over? Could the AntiChrist be a 'bandleader' over multiple layers or levels of profiteerism? Such a model suits our discussion of capitalism culture, surely.