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Originally Posted by ScottSF  Living with the Truth is always better on an invdividual basis but perhaps humans aren't evolved enough to live without some religion to keep them in line on a more massive scale. I think it's always better to do the right thing because it's the right thing, not because of coercion from an invisible imaginary man (or invisible people) that watch over us. Qing-jao's reaction to the truth was very disappointing but also very realistic. There are people who won't budge from their beliefs nomatter what evidence is placed in front of them. They can either move the goal poast or make some mental construct that allows their beliefs to remain intact nomatter what the evidence. Qing-jao's "it's a test and I must only pray harder" is very typical, very human. |
I agree with you completely. I mean there are many religions nowadays that have been proven by historical fact to be nothing more than a propaganda for power yet there are still believers that insist that divine inspiration is ultimately at its core. I couldn't help empathizing with Qing-Jao because I was in the same boat a few years back, but thankfully through research I was set free from a stifling belief that was a sad excuse for colonization.
O.S. Card was very sly to have had that inserted into the plotline in such a subtle way that sometimes you don't see it unless you read the book again, which is okay because I love XENOCIDE anyway.
