The opiate of the masses
March 5, 2009 at 2:41 pm in Social issues, West Side
This sign struck me on an evening walk on Olympic, near Fairfax. Not quite Korea Town, but heading in that direction, linguistically and geographically. The sign, which read “An English Speaking Christian Congregation,” had a reminiscence of bad old discrimination/ exclusion signs, but I think its intention is almost exactly the opposite. Next door to these Lutherans is a Korean Episcopalean church. That one was written mostly in Korean (which I don’t read, nor speak, unfortunately), but with a small caption saying “English services in basement”.
While I certainly cannot see any good in anyone in whatever linguistic community receiving religious indoctrination, I like the addition of factual consumer warnings to their signage, roughly: “If you want the benefit (or harm) of religion, here’s an ingredients label to evaluate.”
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