The Second Post (NOW WITH BEARS!)

It's interesting that when we were talking about the definition of a religion, even though we all agreed that devotion is an important component, it wasn't what made a religion a religion.  I think that that says something about what has become of the faiths of the world.  That actual belief isn't the defining characteristic.  What has become the defining characteristic are the symbols of a religion, whether or not you believe in it.  Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, I do not know.

On an almost entirely unrelated note, I found almost nothing worthwhile in "GrizzlyMan".  I understood the point of asking "were we ever 'one' with animals?", but I don't think that watching half an hour of a half-crazed man flip out over bears with a heavily accented narrator was the way to go.  The most worthwhile part of the movie (especially for what we were talking about), came when the Alaskan man talked about how there has always been a boundary between the bears and man.  But I guess that's just how it is, you gotta wade through the junk to find the good stuff, eh?

And so this concludes the second post (and first week), of the blog.  Anyone actually read this?