Sfinti, copii si dumnezei

Sintem o tara de sfinti … sau mai degraba o tara de moashte de sfinti. Nu stiu cum se face, dar la o luna, doua, mai apar niste moashte in prim plan. Lume buluc, inghesuiala, circ, lume amarata, politicieni in campanii electorale.

Secventa de azi de la televizor, un reporter intreaba o fetita de 2-3 ani tinuta la coada la moashte de niste parinti inconstienti, ceva de genul “ce-astepti tu aici, unde vrei sa mergi?”. Copilul, inca inocent: “la popa”. Mi s-a parut asa tulburator, 2 cuvinte de la un copil, ce va de genul “mergem la unul, popa, nu stiu ce e cu el si nu stiu ce cautam aici, dar stau aici unde m-au adus oameni astia mari”. O minte inca neindoctrinata, dar pe cale de a deveni. Mama soptea, de undeva din afara cadrului: “la prea-fericitul”, iar copilul repeta: “la fericitul”… halal fericit (apropo, titlul asta inseamna ca omul care conduce biserica e nemeritat de fericit ??)

In acelasi reportaj, intrebare catre un baiat, de vreo 6-7 ani, care venea de la moashte: “unde ai fost?”. “La doamne-doamne”. “Si ce-ai facut?”. “I-am dat bani”. Inca inocent, dar nu la fel de mult, oricum confuz, bietul copil. Cam asta intelesese el de la parintii aia care l-au pus sa dea bani sfantului.

Jumatate de ora mai tarziu, secventa pe care am vazut-o in mall. La ghiseul de informatii de la intrare, o fetita de vreo 4 ani, frumushica foc, cu falcute, si bucalata, care se pare ca se pierduse, fusese instalata pe un scaun si vorbea foarte linistita cu fetele de-acolo care ii puneau tot felul de intrebari. Cand am trecut, tocmai o intrebasera ceva de genul cum a ajuns acolo, in mall, si ea raspundea foarte relaxata, arata cu manutza intr-o directie. Scena era, repet, foarte linistita, toata lumea era relaxata, probabil anuntasera deja ca s-a pierdut, asteptau sa vina parintii.

Cand ma indepartam, aud un urlet venind din fata si apare un barbat care striga ceva. “Tatal”, venind spre ghiseu, probabil ca tocmai o vazuse si incepuse sa strige, dar de la distanta: “f…-ti gura matii, ce faci, ma?” … “dumnezeii matii !!”. Probabil un om religios. Am ramas shocat. Striga asa la copilul lui, pe care tocmai il regasise, o “certa” ca se pierduse. N-am stat sa ma uit, ca mi s-a facut sila. N-am mai auzit ce-a zis, am vazut doar cum bietul copil a inceput sa planga. Mi s-a parut ingrozitor, copilul se pierduse, dar era ok, era linistit, relaxat, vine tatal iubitor urland si-l face sa planga. Oare ce-o sa se-aleaga de copilul ala?

Aparent, lucrurile astea n-au nimic in comun, dar mie mi se pare ca da, e vorba de ignoranta, de lipsa de educatie si lipsa de repere si valori. Nu m-as mira ca tatal respectiv sa fi fost sau sa se duca sa vada moashtele, sa-i fi dat lui doamne-doamne niste bani, sa-l ajute sa-si creasca copii.

E vorba ca traim intr-o tara in care lumea e dezorientata, confuza, si apeleaza la cine poate, la cei imaginari daca cei prezenti, inclusiv ei insisi, nu pot reprezenta un sprijin si un exemplu, dar apeleaza tot cu mijloacele realitatii, hai sa-l mituim si pe dumnezeu, poate ne baga o pila si le luam fatza altora la ceva, la orice. O tara in care oamenii care ar putea reprezenta modele adevrate incearca sa-si traiasca viata intr-un mod normal si ies rareori in arena. Ei sint pomeniti doar dupa moarte, pentru ca e un subiect numai bun de emisiuni, dar asta tine doar cateva zile, pentru ca, nu-i asa, lumea se plictiseste. Cate emisiuni au mai fost facute despre Pintea, Paler sau Pittis la o luna-doua dupa ce s-au dus? Zilele astea e randul lui Dobrin, de care toti si-au adus aminte brusc, desi majoritatea nu l-au vazut vreodata jucand (nu ca eu l-as fi vazut), cat de mare fotbalist era. Suporterii afiseaza bannere despre el, dupa care isi sparg fetzele pe strazi.

In schimb, avem din belsug politicieni piosi, dar care fura pe toate partile, dude, la fel de pioase, care isi expun silicoanele si-si declara admiratia pentru irinei si o multitudine de senzationali si descoperitori de senzational, care scot toate mizeriile la suprafata si le declara de interes public.

Sfantul Dumitru, asta, ultimul scos la produs de catre “biserica neamului”, cica ar fi protectorul si aparatorul Bucurestiului. Desi pare cam coplesit, bietul de el, de task-ul asta, poate face totusi vreo minune, ca cica ar avea mai multe la activ, si ne scapa de clica asta de oameni valorosi care ne sufoca si ne distrug generatia de maine. E bine si numai de astia din Bucuresti, ca aici e concentratia mare. Dar ma tem ca sintem obligati sa ne multumim cu minunile sfintilor, sau de-acum, euro-sfintilor,  Basescu, Videanu, Geoana, Becali sau Tariceanu … sau cu moashtele lor ? One can only hope.

Ingrozitor …

Asa arata o sala de clasa in Romania, intr-o capitala din Uniunea Europeana, in secolul XXI (mai multe detalii aici):

 

Cica ar fi cabinet de religie, dar de fapt se fac ore normale cu copii de clase primare. Dar trecand peste tertipul asta penibil, dar minor in comparatie cu aberatia ideii, ma intreb ce-o fi in capul celor care promoveaza religia in halul asta?

Bine, ca de fapt nu e vorba de religie in general, ci de religia crestin ortodoxa, dar hai sa zicem ca e “cabinet de religie”. Dar incaperii asteia, daca ii schimbi mobilierul, ii pui vitralii si inlocuiesti lumina cu lumanari, ai o capela. Asa vor ei sa faca un copil curios in legatura cu religia, sa-l faca dornic sa invete despre materia asta? Eu as fi speriat de moarte, ca si copil, intr-o clasa dintr-asta. Asta e invatatura a la Gigi Becali, marlaneste, mai lipseste o cruce de 2 metri si obligativitatea ca orele sa se desfasoare in genunchi.

In fine, nici nu se prea pot spune multe, e dincolo de zona in care se poate argumenta. In ce tara traim ??

The Evaporation of the Powerful Mystique of Religion ???

http://edge.org/q2007/q07_1.html#dennett

DANIEL C. DENNETT
Philosopher; University Professor, Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University; Author, Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

The Evaporation of the Powerful Mystique of Religion

“I’m so optimistic that I expect to live to see the evaporation of the powerful mystique of religion. I think that in about twenty-five years almost all religions will have evolved into very different phenomena, so much so that in most quarters religion will no longer command the awe it does today. Of course many people–perhaps a majority of people in the world–will still cling to their religion with the sort of passion that can fuel violence and other intolerant and reprehensible behavior. But the rest of the world will see this behavior for what it is, and learn to work around it until it subsides, as it surely will. That’s the good news. The bad news is that we will need every morsel of this reasonable attitude to deal with such complex global problems as climate change, fresh water, and economic inequality in an effective way. It will be touch and go, and in my pessimistic moods I think Sir Martin Rees may be right: some disaffected religious (or political) group may unleash a biological or nuclear catastrophe that forecloses all our good efforts. But I do think we have the resources and the knowledge to forestall such calamities if we are vigilant.

Recall that only fifty years ago smoking was a high status activity and it was considered rude to ask somebody to stop smoking in one’s presence. Today we’ve learned that we shouldn’t make the mistake of trying to prohibit smoking altogether, and so we still have plenty of cigarettes and smokers, but we have certainly contained the noxious aspects within quite acceptable boundaries. Smoking is no longer cool, and the day will come when religion is, first, a take-it-or-leave-it choice, and later: no longer cool–except in its socially valuable forms, where it will be one type of allegiance among many. Will those descendant institutions still be religions? Or will religions have thereby morphed themselves into extinction? It all depends on what you think the key or defining elements of religion are. Are dinosaurs extinct, or do their lineages live on as birds?

Why am I confident that this will happen? Mainly because of the asymmetry in the information explosion. With the worldwide spread of information technology (not just the internet, but cell phones and portable radios and television), it is no longer feasible for guardians of religious traditions to protect their young from exposure to the kinds of facts (and, yes, of course, misinformation and junk of every genre) that gently, irresistibly undermine the mindsets requisite for religious fanaticism and intolerance. The religious fervor of today is a last, desperate attempt by our generation to block the eyes and ears of the coming generations, and it isn’t working. For every well-publicized victory–the inundation of the Bush administration with evangelicals, the growing number of home schoolers in the USA, the rise of radical Islam, the much exaggerated “rebound” of religion in Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union, to take the most obvious cases–there are many less dramatic defeats, as young people quietly walk away from the faith of their parents and grandparents. That trend will continue, especially when young people come to know how many of their peers are making this low-profile choice. Around the world, the category of “not religious” is growing faster than the Mormons, faster than the evangelicals, faster even than Islam, whose growth is due almost entirely to fecundity, not conversion, and is bound to level off soon.

Those who are secular can encourage their own children to drink from the well of knowledge wherever it leads them, confident that only a small percentage will rebel against their secular upbringing and turn to one religion or another. Cults will rise and fall, as they do today and have done for millennia, but only those that can metamorphose into socially benign organizations will be able to flourish. Many religions have already made the transition, quietly de-emphasizing the irrational elements in their heritages, abandoning the xenophobic and sexist prohibitions of their quite recent past, and turning their attention from doctrinal purity to moral effectiveness. The fact that these adapting religions are scorned as former religions by the diehard purists shows how brittle the objects of their desperate allegiance have become. As the world informs itself about these transitions, those who are devout in the old-fashioned way will have to work around the clock to provide attractions, distractions—and guilt trips—to hold the attention and allegiance of their children. They will not succeed, and it will not be a painless transition. Families will be torn apart, and generations will accuse each other of disloyalty and worse: the young will be appalled by their discovery of the deliberate misrepresentations of their elders, and their elders will feel abandoned and betrayed by their descendants. We must not underestimate the anguish that these cultural transformations will engender, and we should try to anticipate the main effects and be ready to provide relief and hope for those who are afflicted.

I think the main problem we face today is overreaction, making martyrs out of people who desperately want to become martyrs. What it will take is patience, good information, and a steady demand for universal education about the world’s religions. This will favor the evolution of avirulent forms of religion, which we can all welcome as continuing parts of our planet’s cultural heritage. Eventually the truth will set us free.”

Amin !! … ca sa zic asa Sper sa traiesc si eu ziua aia … si sper sa se-ntample si la noi. Nu mai stiu unde am auzit ca 99% din romani ar fi religiosi … daca e asa , e tragic. Sau poate normal dupa jumatate de secol de comunism, pendulul e in partea cealalta. Cred totusi ca multi nu au curajul sa afirme ca sint atei, ca nu da bine in ziua de azi, altii se declara religiosi doar asa, just in case, ca o polita de asigurare … una foarte ieftina.

Din noiembrie de cand m-am intors in tara (dupa 5 ani si de Danemarca), am observat ca in librarii nu exista loc pentru carti stiintifice, nu academice, ci popular science … putinele aparute, dintr-o colectie de la Humanitas, sint de obicei ascunse, trebuie sa le cauti cu insistenta … oare chiar nu exista piata pt asa ceva ?