a colored spectrum

demons and angels

watched Constantine yesterday at J8.
for those who have yet to caught it, too bad. i'm going to review it anyway.

firstly, it's a very enthnocentric film.
don't tell me it's Hollywood.
it's the mainstream American discrimination towards the colored people.
the devil's son possesed a Hispanic man from Mexico.
that Mexican was a dirt poor garbage rummager..
dirt poor man kills American white guy to steal his car and illegally enters LA.
implicit notion: Hispanics are mostly bad. they're mainly those who commit crime in USA.
they kill without guilt.
right... no one said that this stereotype was over-rated.
number of Afro-Americans and Hispanics in prison are blown up in proportion to their population.

who are the communicators between the mankind and demons?
who can hear the devil speak? who can 'see' the beings of the netherworld?
ohh... it's those schizophrenic mental patients! it's those psychiatric patients in mental hospitals.
*applause applause*
another fine example of mainstream Americans discrimination act towards the mentally handicapped people. psychiatric = devil's advocate. suicide cases are encouraged by the devil.
wow. and no apologies offered towards those whom they insulted. such gracious behavior.

secondly, Catholicism and exorcism.
let me clarify this. Catholicism does not believe in Exorcism.
at least in this contemporary era.
no, no possession of the body by demons. no priest as cute as Constantine either.
what's with horror flicks and Catholicism?
i know that Catholicism has a really long history dating back to the Roman times,
the Church has always been very shy from the public eye, we've got monastery and all..
but it doesn't mean that we deal with the supernatural!
they should really check out the Toaist priest instead. more fun. jungle bells and waving swords.

thirdly, it's about the distortion of the Bible.
Christ was speared by a soldier indeed. and it's believe that the Holy Grail holds his blood.
congratulations to the successful commericalization of religion. wow..
Da Vinci Code and now Constantine. what's next? David and Goliath?
c'mon. there's no spear of destiny for God's sake.
and the dried blood on the spear (if there's ever one) cannot give birth to the son of Satan!
by the way, there isn't the Holy Bible (Hell version either).
Gabriel the archangel is not a fallen angel as depicted in the movie.
Gabriel is an archangel who brings good news to the world, and shields us from evil with the sword of fire.
and why do demons look like alien? bloody hell. can't Hollywood be more creative?

well... you can find both heaven and hell on Earth.
jus look around you. the eternal struggle between the good, the evil and the neutral.

want to see hell? i'll show you.
go to the night clubs.
promiscuous sex. heavy chained smoking. drug abuse. rape. murder.
go to the office.
siphoning of money. unapproved transaction. insider trading. cheats. scams.
go home.
adultery. extra-marital affairs. underage sex. incest.

want to see heaven? i'll give it to you.
voluntary organizations. counselling groups. help-lines.
botanic gardens, zoo, beaches, mountains.
friends, family, love.

therefore, we don't have to wait till we're dead to see both hell and heaven.
it's on Earth we already experience and account for both.
it's not demons that are scary. it's not ghosts that haunts people.
it's human nature that's scary. it's human guilt and conscience that haunts people.
it's not heaven that's beautiful. it's not saints that bless us.
it's human who seeks his own blessing through discipline and repent.

where's God?
God is watching over us.
God is the happiness we feel when we share and care.
God is the conscience that urges us not to fall to sin.
Gos is the love that warms out lonely hearts.

ash to ash. dust to dust.

posted by Veen @ 16:28