Fiction is the religion of the world
People go crazy for a good story or movie and can become so invested in it that they even dress up as the characters. The recent release of the latest Star War movie proves that there is nothing like fiction to attract money and influence the majority. Actors are sought after, admired and even adored, while some fans may undergo plastic surgery to restore their features. Elvis Presley’s followers are one example, with tens of thousands imitating his ways nearly 40 years after his death.
So what is it about fiction that draws people to this point? What happens to your mind and your spirituality if the only thing that matters to you is what has come out of other people’s imaginations? The behavior of humanity is intertwined with the idealism dreamed of by the ancestors and refined into great stories.
Recently, when a major computer company released a new device, people lined up overnight to be among the first to get their hands on it. But there is nothing special about being the first except that they can brag about it. That hits the nail on the head because everything worthwhile in this world is about pride and vanity.
Images of heavenly bodies transformed into humans are worshiped as gods; prayed to; breastfed; care with love; and they parade on the shoulders of men who treat them like supernatural beings. Expecting them to have power and be able to answer one’s prayers is as foolish as the human mind can be, and yet that is what is at the heart of religions today.
“They throw gold in abundance out of the bag, and weigh silver in the scales, and hire a goldsmith: and he makes him a god; they bow down, yes, they worship him. They carry him on their shoulders, they carry him, and they put him .he in his place, and he is standing…yes, one will cry out to him, but he cannot answer, nor save him from his troubles.” Isaiah 46:6,7
Religions like all fiction are based on magic and worship. They are based on what one cannot see and the tricks or nonsense associated with things like the afterlife or one’s state in this life. The fools who follow them are unable to separate reality and search within themselves for the spiritual connection with the real God, the Spirit of the Universe. Now he has his sights set on all idol worshippers.
“These two things will come to you at one time in the same day, orphanhood and widowhood; they will come upon you in their perfection by the multitude of sorceries, and by the great abundance of your goods… Therefore evil will come upon you, you will not know where it comes from, and evil will fall on you; now you can remove it, and a sudden desolation will come upon you, which you will not know.” Isaiah 47:9,11