Reality Perception

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Reality Perception

What is real? Our perception of reality is often in the hands of the community
we live in. We formulate ideas of reality using experience of our own as well as
those of others around us. Our lives are constantly being influenced by our
surroundings. The idea that our perception of reality is determined by the
consensus of our community can be seen throughout history, movies and
literature, as well as our personal lives. During the Holocaust, in the movie
Stigmata, and in my personal experience in boarding school, my perception as
well as the cognition of others were shaped by the community associated with the
situation. Throughout history many events have occurred involving false
perceptions of reality. The holocaust is a great example of the community
molding the perception of the individuals within the society. Adolph Hitler, for
example, used the media to degrade darker skinned races. The media convinced
people that the darker skinned race hurts their community and economy, and
genocide was a necessary action. The people of that time based their perception
of reality on what they heard from the media, and from leaders of their country.
A movie that I have recently seen changed my perception of reality in a
religious aspect. The movie is titled Stigmata, and the message that the movie
portrays involves criticizing the Catholic Church. This film implies that the
Church is not necessary to worship God because God is everywhere and in all
aspects of life. According to the movie the Church is aware of this, however,
and they refuse to tell the people because they will loose power if the members
of the Catholic community become aware that they have false perceptions. Within
the movie, in a religious aspect, the perception of reality of the Catholic
society is completely shaped by the Catholic Church. Believers of Catholicism
will modify their own perception of religion depending on the messages that the
Church portrays to them. The church has great power over the beliefs of its
religious followers. On more of a personal level, after watching this movie, my
views regarding the purpose of the Church were slightly altered. I questioned
and thoroughly thought of the Church and the reason for attending Mass on
Sundays. I finally...

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