Religion In Media

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118). Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” sets forth the notion that religion is a bad thing, and that it only leads to problems.
“But if you know about God, why don’t you tell them?”
asked the Savage indignantly. “Why don’t you give them
these books about God?”
“For the same reason as we don’t give them Othello:
they’re old; they’re about God hundreds of years ago. Not
about God now.”
“But God doesn’t change.”
“Men do, though.”
“What difference does that make?”
“All the difference in the world,” said Mustapha Mond. (Huxley, 229)

On these religious shows, people are shown with obvious handicaps such as paralyzed limbs, or walking handicaps. They join these religious clubs, or are shown on television speaking with these “electronic preachers” as they are called, and they let Jesus into their hearts. All of a sudden ...

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have been avoided. Although the story of the suffering woman was no more than a well played act, this does happen in real life. However in the Brave New World society you are not given the chance to be sad. You are forced to be happy and are not given time or the will power to think on your own. As a child, you are conditioned to like certain things both awake and asleep. Love and emotion are outlawed in this society, both of which are associated strongly with religion. With contributions running in the millions, today’s religious television shows have no problem competing with other more popular shows, as they believe they are relaying a more important message. It has been ...

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