I watched this TV series “Private Practice” last week. Actually I’m a little bit of a fan of this character Dr. Addison Montgomery in that series. She’s mature, sexy, high-achiever, and equipped with alluring eyes and a killing smile. I want one Dr. Addison Montgomery of my own! Hahaha…
But it’s not about that character I want to talk about. It’s about the storyline of this particular episode. It depicted a number of Catholic nuns who caught typhoid fever. Everyone was confused on who transferred that tropical disease to them, while none of them ever left America soil. It turned out that the parish Pastor who transfers it to one of them. At the first time I cringed, since I thought this would be another blasphemy on Catholicism by Hollywood. I braced myself and followed the story:
Pastor : I would sneak in at the night and we would…
Sam : You don’t have to say…
Pastor : I would sneak in at night and we would… cook
Naomi : Cook?
Pastor : I couldn’t boil water before she arrived, never had to. But then I would see her and she was just so graceful and smart. When anyone else was around, I would ask her for pointers. It’s been years now, we have never touched. I knew it was forbidden. She would be away on missions and was I just... A part of me was always waiting…
Sam : That the next time you can be together
Pastor : I missed my friend.
Oh. I smiled. This one is good. No blasphemy, just a smart twist around it. Actually a mocking on the usual blasphemy genre.
I never get it, blasphemies. Why people bother so much to undermine other people belief? If we are true believers, faithful practitioners of our religion, we will have no time to disgrace other religion. We will be busy minding our own business, racing to do each other good, since no religion teaches to do evil to your neighbors.
But it’s not about that character I want to talk about. It’s about the storyline of this particular episode. It depicted a number of Catholic nuns who caught typhoid fever. Everyone was confused on who transferred that tropical disease to them, while none of them ever left America soil. It turned out that the parish Pastor who transfers it to one of them. At the first time I cringed, since I thought this would be another blasphemy on Catholicism by Hollywood. I braced myself and followed the story:
Pastor : I would sneak in at the night and we would…
Sam : You don’t have to say…
Pastor : I would sneak in at night and we would… cook
Naomi : Cook?
Pastor : I couldn’t boil water before she arrived, never had to. But then I would see her and she was just so graceful and smart. When anyone else was around, I would ask her for pointers. It’s been years now, we have never touched. I knew it was forbidden. She would be away on missions and was I just... A part of me was always waiting…
Sam : That the next time you can be together
Pastor : I missed my friend.
Oh. I smiled. This one is good. No blasphemy, just a smart twist around it. Actually a mocking on the usual blasphemy genre.
I never get it, blasphemies. Why people bother so much to undermine other people belief? If we are true believers, faithful practitioners of our religion, we will have no time to disgrace other religion. We will be busy minding our own business, racing to do each other good, since no religion teaches to do evil to your neighbors.
My message to blasphemers: mind your own business. Get a life.
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