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Horton Hears a Who & Religion

The Sum of Awe

The Sum of Awe

Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
It's obvious Horton Hears a Who has religious or philosophical background in it, what do you think of it?

Basically, what I got out of it is that there are bigger people outside Earth, and there are bigger people outside the Earth that contains Earth, etc. and there are also smaller people inside Earth and even smaller inside that smaller Earth, etc.

I think it is interesting, but don't believe it... It felt awkward buying that movie around my friends, felt like I was acting like a 7 years old -shy-
 
Orias

Orias

Left Hand Path
You will come to learn that Dr. Seuss books and stories have some strong references.

On another note, a lot of movies posses some type of metaphysical meaning behind...or at least to the viewer.
 
SageTree

SageTree

Spiritual Friend
Premium Member
Theodor Geisle is the closest the US has come to accepting a Communist/Socialist/Ecological message in the last 50 years.

Read on Children...

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Teach the children well ( with lyrics) - Crosby Stills - YouTube


As for Horton, maybe it's not God-based or whatever....
Maybe it's just exemplifying layers of existence or a responsibility to the 'lower' folks, so to speak,
Or duty to the environment, which we have vast impact on, etc....

And then on the flip side, not to be God-based either, maybe it's just saying that there are bigger things/ideas/goals than ourselves that we might not know or understand.
 
Falvlun

Falvlun

Earthbending Lemur
Premium Member
Many of Dr. Suess' books had deeper meaning in them. Some not so veiled-- think of the Lorax.

I always got that feeling too, Sum, with Horton Hears a Who. Who's to say we aren't the Who's on some flower on some Horton's world? It's just an expansion of the effects of Copernicus' bombshell: We aren't the center of the universe.
 
Orias

Orias

Left Hand Path
Falvlun said:
Many of Dr. Suess' books had deeper meaning in them. Some not so veiled-- think of the Lorax.

I always got that feeling too, Sum, with Horton Hears a Who. Who's to say we aren't the Who's on some flower on some Horton's world? It's just an expansion of the effects of Copernicus' bombshell: We aren't the center of the universe.
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Like that right now, we could be the Sims playing the Sims.

Heh, I love it :D
 
The Sum of Awe

The Sum of Awe

Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
Orias said:
Like that right now, we could be the Sims playing the Sims.

Heh, I love it :D
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You actually can make your Sims play Sims. So it could continue forever, We're Sims playing Sims that play Sims that also play Sims etc. that are being played by bigger Sims that are also being played by bigger Sims, etc. :p
 
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connermt

Well-Known Member
The Sum of Awe said:
You actually can make your Sims play Sims. So it could continue forever, We're Sims playing Sims that play Sims that also play Sims etc. that are being played by bigger Sims that are also being played by bigger Sims, etc. :p
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Back in 1995, I took a picture of a friend taking a picture of me taking a picture of him......
It's still going on.
 
dyanaprajna2011

dyanaprajna2011

Dharmapala
It may not be about what's "out there", as in bigger than us, but about what's "in here", what's inside of us. A bit mystical, I know, but it does make you think.
 
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