“God, he’d said. The old Rusty word for their invisible superheroes in the sky.”
Pg 523
Reaction: I never really noticed how there wasn't really any mention of religion in this series up until this point - apparently it's nonexistent. In this part Tally crash lands in some reservation after taking the pill and and running away from the city. She meets some wild people so the reservation actually ends up reminding me of the reservation from Brave New World. One of the reservation native talks about God and it leaves Tally referring to God as an 'invisible superhero in the sky'. Its definitely weird to have God referred to as that and it makes me question what kind of impact the lack of religion has on this society, whether good or bad. I would think that by not having religion it might make people think more logically by it might also eliminate just one more belief that would divide people and cause them to lash out against things.
Analysis: Here the author brings up the importance or religion, or in this case the lack thereof. Religion is completely nonexistent in this civilization and the main reason for that might tie back to Dr. Cables philosophy. She talked about how the 'Special Circumstances were the cure to human being's destructive behavior and negative impact on the earth. Religion, even though is something that very important for a lot of people and brings many people together, is the also source of many differences between people. If religion were to be allowed in this society then that would be something that could be different in people which would completely go against what this society is all about. Nobody fights or disagrees because everybody is the exact same way. Religion could not exist in this civilization because it would just create differences and separation which would eventually lead to society possibly going back to everyone fighting and competing against each other which is exactly what people like Dr. Cable fight against.
Pg 523
Reaction: I never really noticed how there wasn't really any mention of religion in this series up until this point - apparently it's nonexistent. In this part Tally crash lands in some reservation after taking the pill and and running away from the city. She meets some wild people so the reservation actually ends up reminding me of the reservation from Brave New World. One of the reservation native talks about God and it leaves Tally referring to God as an 'invisible superhero in the sky'. Its definitely weird to have God referred to as that and it makes me question what kind of impact the lack of religion has on this society, whether good or bad. I would think that by not having religion it might make people think more logically by it might also eliminate just one more belief that would divide people and cause them to lash out against things.
Analysis: Here the author brings up the importance or religion, or in this case the lack thereof. Religion is completely nonexistent in this civilization and the main reason for that might tie back to Dr. Cables philosophy. She talked about how the 'Special Circumstances were the cure to human being's destructive behavior and negative impact on the earth. Religion, even though is something that very important for a lot of people and brings many people together, is the also source of many differences between people. If religion were to be allowed in this society then that would be something that could be different in people which would completely go against what this society is all about. Nobody fights or disagrees because everybody is the exact same way. Religion could not exist in this civilization because it would just create differences and separation which would eventually lead to society possibly going back to everyone fighting and competing against each other which is exactly what people like Dr. Cable fight against.
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