One of Us
"Born into the Straightjacket" could have been the title.
This documentary on the lives of three people who decide to leave the Chassidic community, and how hard that was....is heart breaking. How fair is this to the victims, those that want to leave? We can feel strongly, but is that enough to dare to question, and how much?
Seeing that made me realize again how strongly I am for Anabaptism, (only baptize when you are grown up) you don't get to baptize kids, being born into a religion is very close to abuse by definition. You cannot see, compare, choose. There is no choice, and this is very unfair.
Also, the movie shows other dark sides to religion so strongly, I think most people who watch this will get the feeling that religion is like a cancer.
When the motivation to preserve a faith takes such a toll, and neglects the rights of those who may want to make different choices, the real value is demeaned, and is it is shown to be a prison or maybe we should call it a cancer?
Religion may help people to feel like they belong, and it may help wih the fear of ding, but at this documentary shows the true cost, religon is damaging.
"Born into the Straightjacket" could have been the title.
This documentary on the lives of three people who decide to leave the Chassidic community, and how hard that was....is heart breaking. How fair is this to the victims, those that want to leave? We can feel strongly, but is that enough to dare to question, and how much?
Seeing that made me realize again how strongly I am for Anabaptism, (only baptize when you are grown up) you don't get to baptize kids, being born into a religion is very close to abuse by definition. You cannot see, compare, choose. There is no choice, and this is very unfair.
Also, the movie shows other dark sides to religion so strongly, I think most people who watch this will get the feeling that religion is like a cancer.
When the motivation to preserve a faith takes such a toll, and neglects the rights of those who may want to make different choices, the real value is demeaned, and is it is shown to be a prison or maybe we should call it a cancer?
Religion may help people to feel like they belong, and it may help wih the fear of ding, but at this documentary shows the true cost, religon is damaging.