ARRANGED

So, last night...

Me, My wife, My daughter...


On the couch after some awesome filet mignon wrapped in bacon!


A movie swoops in from out of nowhere (well...blockbuster)

"Arranged"

it's a story that is created like a fine soup...and the stalk is most definately Jesus...in the form of love.

So we are watching this movie, and despite the ignorance of the side characters in the film, and perhaps even a little of our own, a friendship blossoms in the midst of an orthodox jew and muslim who are school teachers together at a NY public school, and who also happened to be in the midst of their traditions' respective arranged marriage processes...(which actually aren't as arranged as they seem) Rocks my socks!

Family structure: at one point can be so wonderful and rewarding...at another can be oppressive and against all intuition or spirit of truth.

Which brings me to what the tangent thought the film caused in me:

Governemt structure: at one point can be so wonderful and rewarding...at another can be oppressive and against all intuition or spirit of truth.


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Often through discussions I had in the midst of my philosophical education, a regular question was posed:

How ought any nation condone something like ...a golden calf ...a profiteering temple structure...a crucifiction...a cival war...a holocaust...a war?

I think this film gives some insight:

How ought any person condone something like...an arranged marriage...a profiteering father...a racist...a failing religious structure...the disowning of family members...violence?