I just caught wind of a proposed theme park involving the Bible for my state. Concept art on the news showed a walk-thru attraction based on the parting of the Red Sea, a Soarin'-like attraction over what I concluded was Jerusalem, and other Disney-like attractions.
Yeah. If there was any proof needed that religion, specifically the Christian and Catholic faith, is being commoditized, this is it.
The proposal is going before an open house meeting with the locals to see if the thing will actually get built or not.
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Jon,
Because of a previous comment by Jason, I looked up commoditication in wikipedia which says there are several definitions. I take it that you are following one that includes this:
performance oversupply -- which means that the market is performance saturated and any differentiation, even when being offered, is more than what the market demands.
I suppose that means art for the artist's sake since the consumer no longer cares about the details. That is one of the criticisms of the religious cooperation groups, especially by the fundamentalists who insist that not caring about the details is denial of "the" truth.
This BibleLand would be about forty miles from my house. A substantial indicator of the end of Western Civilization. They don't built things the way they used to but perhaps it will last until December 22, 2012.
Robert
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