ecome the television star. For most, that alone is enough to stay. In order to join these clubs, and give up your hard earned dollars, you must believe in what you are investing in. In the book Faith On Earth, H. Richard Niebuhr defines belief as, “a state or habit of mind in which trust is placed in some person or thing.” (Niebuhr, 31). He also defines it more strongly and more to the point as, “conviction of the truth or reality of a thing based on grounds insufficient for positive knowledge.” (Niebuhr, 31). These people are made to believe. These shows give people what they want to see. They are subconsciously being forced into these groups. The case is the same in Brave New World. However, in that novel, you are being forced into society a certain way. For example, babies in the novel were being conditioned to dislike books and flowers by using electric shock and noise. Although unaware, they were being forced to dislike something. “Observe,” said the Director triumphantly, “observe.” Books and loud noises, flowers and electric shocks – already in the infant mind these couples were compromis- ingly linked; and after two hundred repetitions of the same or a similar lesson would be wedded indissolubly. What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.” (Huxley, 36) The cruel intentions this electronic religion is demonstrating is not “just another scam,” but it can be classified as a mockery of religion itself. In Brave New World, religion is completely outlawed, and therefore for the author to prove his point even further, he pokes fun at our religion. For example, their God, or the person they worship is Henry Ford. They label him “Our Ford”. “Our Ford himself did a great deal to shift the emphasis from truth and beauty to comfort and happiness.” (Huxley, 226). In our time, their Ford was a carmaker. God is be...
