The idealistic nature of religion is the barrier that forces people away from their personal beliefs, thus, consequently, blocking them away from their pursuit of happiness instead of helping them to achieve it. This, of course, does not exactly apply to everybody who practices religion but rather points out the idealistic nature of religion which abides practitioners to follow a certain set of rules while forfeiting aspects that the religions deem to be taboos. In this context of Angels of America, the greatest example we could potentially investigate is the character Joe \u2013 a Christian who sets the example for what it’s like to be a \u201cgood man\u201d. When others look at Joe, they see a true Christian who had been working diligently and doing all the \u201cright\u201d things he possibly could to where he is now. However, it is obvious that in the play, Joe is one of the unhappiest characters in the story due to his obedience to the idealistic nature of Christianity, which caused him to be missing a huge part of his life. To be specific, his struggle is shown in this line: \u201cDoes it make any difference?…., with everything I have, to kill it.\u201d (Kushner, 40-41). \u201cIt\u201d here implies Joe\u2019s past and things that he aspired to, but according to the Christian doctrine, Joe\u2019s \u201cit\u201d is wrong, and Kushner\u2019s word use heavily suggests that Joe was and still is battling the wrongs in him. At this point it comes to the question for us: is homosexuality wrong? The answer, for people with common sense, is no; however, in the context of Joe, homosexuality is wrong even when it is hinted that he himself is also a homosexual, and this is only wrong due solely to the fact that the idealistic nature of religion dictated so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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