Chapter III brings it all together. The church is focused on organization instead of their main purpose. Thus, in an attempt to make themselves clear by organization, they are instead making themselves unclear. The Bible is put aside and the "manuals" of how the church ought to be run and is run are put in its place. They only care about the number of people and how much money those people can give instead of how much hope they can give the people. The church...excuse me...organization is beyond recognition.
You've got it. That couldn't have been said better. I'd like to point out something, though (I never, ever do this, except now). A recurring theme of The Absence Of Clarity is the Medusa Head Stamp, seen in the first chapter defacing the Notre Dame Cathedral, the second defacing Scream and an artistic portrait of skulls, and in the final chapter, it is placed upon the Bible. These things have been thrown out of the Christian circle. The first three things stamped (Notre Dame, Scream, Skulls) were works of art. When the church gets their hand on something beautiful (music is the main culprit), they make every effort to twist the art into the shape and form that they want it to be in, changing the original intent of the minds that conceived it. The last stamp, seen marking the Bible, hits a different point, which you have stated very nicely above. Bravo. Your interpretation was flawless.
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Chapter III brings it all together. The church is focused on organization instead of their main purpose. Thus, in an attempt to make themselves clear by organization, they are instead making themselves unclear. The Bible is put aside and the "manuals" of how the church ought to be run and is run are put in its place. They only care about the number of people and how much money those people can give instead of how much hope they can give the people. The church...excuse me...organization is beyond recognition.
You've got it. That couldn't have been said better. I'd like to point out something, though (I never, ever do this, except now). A recurring theme of The Absence Of Clarity is the Medusa Head Stamp, seen in the first chapter defacing the Notre Dame Cathedral, the second defacing Scream and an artistic portrait of skulls, and in the final chapter, it is placed upon the Bible. These things have been thrown out of the Christian circle. The first three things stamped (Notre Dame, Scream, Skulls) were works of art. When the church gets their hand on something beautiful (music is the main culprit), they make every effort to twist the art into the shape and form that they want it to be in, changing the original intent of the minds that conceived it. The last stamp, seen marking the Bible, hits a different point, which you have stated very nicely above. Bravo. Your interpretation was flawless.
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