Last Blog (sorry it's late)

I was actually a little disspointed that we didn't get into the topic of religion- though I know that it is a "touchy, touchy" subject that has to be discussed with care...

I grew up going to a non-denominational Christian church (my mother converted to Christianity from Catholicism in college before coming to the states) and although I have thought a lot about my personal faith since attending Columbia College, this class make me think even more about it.

I guess, even though I feel guilty about it, I sort of thought of Adorno's theory about how we're drones and accept whatever is put in front of us, without even questioning it or trying to fight it. Now, I would not say that my mother or other people from my church (which are some of best people I know) are brainwashed and that they need a reality check- because it works for them. For me- not so much. So I thought about how every single Sunday of my life since I was 3 years old, until I moved out after my senior year in highschool, Sunday School and church became a routine and how I never really questioned why I went willingly even though a lot of times I never even listened and just doodled until the closing song was sung.

Also it seems to me that Christianity HAS become a sort of Industry, just as Adorno believes in the "Culture Industry." I'm not sure if you are familiar with the Willow Creek church in the suburbs, or with the "church-chain" of Harvest Bible Chapel, but I mean come-on, a church with multiple chains? Especially because I grew up in a small church, it seems like these Wal-Marts of the Christian world are making Christianity less personable and that people are more concerned with the what "church brand" they are associated it- similar to the way industrilization and mass production was seen as cheapening or devalue-ing art.