Divine Kala
17 March 2011, 05:29 AM
I am watching an episode of the American law drama 'The Good Wife' and a line was spouted by the protagonist's daughter 'Jesus was the first rebel' and something about it just made me twitch.
Clearly it is just the actress playing her part but so many people seem to believe this. It is almost as if people believe that the world began with the birth of Jesus and that nothing important was happening prior.
What about Sidddhartha Gautama, the Buddha? He was a rebel some - what - 500 years prior to Jesus. He rebelled against the status quo much longer before Jesus was even an inkling in someone's mind.
It just... frustrates me. I could even go so far as to say that Shiva is the first rebel; he disregards the social constructs of humans and shows us that we are more than just the body. Others would argue that since he does not take form as Visnu does (major avatars vs minor, personal avatars to help his devotees) that he is hardly a rebel but... still...
Clearly it is just the actress playing her part but so many people seem to believe this. It is almost as if people believe that the world began with the birth of Jesus and that nothing important was happening prior.
What about Sidddhartha Gautama, the Buddha? He was a rebel some - what - 500 years prior to Jesus. He rebelled against the status quo much longer before Jesus was even an inkling in someone's mind.
It just... frustrates me. I could even go so far as to say that Shiva is the first rebel; he disregards the social constructs of humans and shows us that we are more than just the body. Others would argue that since he does not take form as Visnu does (major avatars vs minor, personal avatars to help his devotees) that he is hardly a rebel but... still...