Due to the Christian Church becoming heavily involved with life theater has now been banned. They have made the once lively Broadway barren and desolate. It is rather saddening to see glimpses of Lion King playbills in the rubble that once was the Minskoff theater.
In order to try to get back theater people have tried to make operas similar to musicals this did not work and operas were only used in the original way they were intended to be.
The church felt that there were too many horrible things happening in the world and on television to allow something as immersive and influencing as theater to bring in the murder, lust, greed, and depravity that was being shown.
Despite the fact that theater is fun and enjoyable it is still not something you should do. Tertullian says "no offence is offered to God, in any form by human enjoyment...all due honour and reverence secured to him". God wants humans to enjoy their life and theater is quite enjoyable, however it is not …show more content…
Yes, you can ban it but it will continue to pop up waiting for every permit or law to run out so that they can continue to do something that means a lot to them. Theater has been something that has been influential over the years and that is a good thing. While it may be hard to watch political theater or any theater that shows what’s happening in the world but what better way than a contained space that can show the repercussions after someone commits a crime or goes through a traumatic experience. Banning theater won’t stop people from seeing bad things or doing immoral things. To ban something important to our culture is not allowing the future to learn from us and setting them back similar to the burning down of the library in Alexandria. You lose a lot when you ban things because it is not written down due to fear and that keeps others away from important things that could be used in the
In order to try to get back theater people have tried to make operas similar to musicals this did not work and operas were only used in the original way they were intended to be.
The church felt that there were too many horrible things happening in the world and on television to allow something as immersive and influencing as theater to bring in the murder, lust, greed, and depravity that was being shown.
Despite the fact that theater is fun and enjoyable it is still not something you should do. Tertullian says "no offence is offered to God, in any form by human enjoyment...all due honour and reverence secured to him". God wants humans to enjoy their life and theater is quite enjoyable, however it is not …show more content…
Yes, you can ban it but it will continue to pop up waiting for every permit or law to run out so that they can continue to do something that means a lot to them. Theater has been something that has been influential over the years and that is a good thing. While it may be hard to watch political theater or any theater that shows what’s happening in the world but what better way than a contained space that can show the repercussions after someone commits a crime or goes through a traumatic experience. Banning theater won’t stop people from seeing bad things or doing immoral things. To ban something important to our culture is not allowing the future to learn from us and setting them back similar to the burning down of the library in Alexandria. You lose a lot when you ban things because it is not written down due to fear and that keeps others away from important things that could be used in the