FIFTEEN MINUTE BREAK April 10, 2003
Do I have a political or a religious agena? I never really thought about it. I know when I'm writing The Deposit Man, I throw in a few lines in here or there of things that I wish would disappear off the face of the earth. One thing that truly galls me is Scientology- I just think this religion based on a bet made between two now deceased science-fiction authors to who could start up a cult first is appalling ( it also served as the inspiration for the movie Trading Places starring Dan Ackroyd and Eddie Murphy)- I mean, c'mon folks: the jokes over. In recent years, a now defunct alternative area newspaper here in the Los Angeles area ran a series of scathing exposes exposing L Ron Hubbards work carrying automatons for the money grubbing frauds they are. These vulture pus sucking leeches will prey on the weak and the helpless ( including the physically challenged) and try to siphon these poor hardworking people of their every last cent through brainwashing and deceit. In fact, come to think of it, I have a beef with all religion in generals. I even get accosted by Jewish people who try to flaunt their beliefs in my face and insist that I join their synagogues- which is a first for me- Jewish people hawking their torahs. There's usally a waiting list if you want to be converted to a Jew. I wonder why some rabbi was willing to give me a free pass? Heck, I usually got to hold the Christian fanatics at bay who try to sneak their worthless Watchtower magazines or pamphlets in my book bag while strolling down Ventura Blvd- now I gotta go knocking off yamulkes off people's heads, too?
But anyway, yeah, the abolishment and the complete denial of religion plays a prominent role in the creation of the Deposit Man - it's like a atheist coming in uninvited in a internet catholic chatroom and wrecking the place up and then try to reconstruct all the shit you were shoved down in Sunday School into his own image. The reason why I went on this rant was because I was rewriting this scene in my Deposit Man book and it dealt with a turf war between the made up religions of Scientogolists and Self -Relationship Followers (swami shit). I keep going back to re-tweak it now and then, because I want to get it just right. But- I think the most important of writing an epic book of the Deposit Man is propeling the story along- something I'm not gettting the knack of.
Well, as usual, my fifteen minutes are up.
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Coat
Do I have a political or a religious agena? I never really thought about it. I know when I'm writing The Deposit Man, I throw in a few lines in here or there of things that I wish would disappear off the face of the earth. One thing that truly galls me is Scientology- I just think this religion based on a bet made between two now deceased science-fiction authors to who could start up a cult first is appalling ( it also served as the inspiration for the movie Trading Places starring Dan Ackroyd and Eddie Murphy)- I mean, c'mon folks: the jokes over. In recent years, a now defunct alternative area newspaper here in the Los Angeles area ran a series of scathing exposes exposing L Ron Hubbards work carrying automatons for the money grubbing frauds they are. These vulture pus sucking leeches will prey on the weak and the helpless ( including the physically challenged) and try to siphon these poor hardworking people of their every last cent through brainwashing and deceit. In fact, come to think of it, I have a beef with all religion in generals. I even get accosted by Jewish people who try to flaunt their beliefs in my face and insist that I join their synagogues- which is a first for me- Jewish people hawking their torahs. There's usally a waiting list if you want to be converted to a Jew. I wonder why some rabbi was willing to give me a free pass? Heck, I usually got to hold the Christian fanatics at bay who try to sneak their worthless Watchtower magazines or pamphlets in my book bag while strolling down Ventura Blvd- now I gotta go knocking off yamulkes off people's heads, too?
But anyway, yeah, the abolishment and the complete denial of religion plays a prominent role in the creation of the Deposit Man - it's like a atheist coming in uninvited in a internet catholic chatroom and wrecking the place up and then try to reconstruct all the shit you were shoved down in Sunday School into his own image. The reason why I went on this rant was because I was rewriting this scene in my Deposit Man book and it dealt with a turf war between the made up religions of Scientogolists and Self -Relationship Followers (swami shit). I keep going back to re-tweak it now and then, because I want to get it just right. But- I think the most important of writing an epic book of the Deposit Man is propeling the story along- something I'm not gettting the knack of.
Well, as usual, my fifteen minutes are up.
~
Coat
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