In sociology class this past week we watched a video about religion and how it is cultural and affects cultures. One of the images in the video was a statue (I think it looked sorta like a buddha) and singing coming from people who were off camera. I have no idea what words the people were singing, as it was not in English, but it was very pretty sounding. It had nice harmony and rhythm.
This scene made me really sad. I didn't cry, but it's the saddest I've felt in sociology class. These people were singing beautifully to a false god in worship. This god would not save them from anything. It's a statue. Their works of worship to this statue would not get them into heaven, or have a better reincarnation, or anything.
There were other simmilar scenes, but none that made me as sad as this one.