Thinking Back on the Grizzly Man

Looking back on my last post regarding "The Grizzly Man," I found my self contemplating not only what we talked about in class regarding religion and nature, but also about another way Timothy Treadwell's life could cause us to reflect on religion.

Regardless of what others, like myself, have thought about his endeavors, Treadwell always believed in what he was doing. He had complete and utter faith that the line between man and animal could be crossed, but that no one had had the patience or understanding to do so before. Although it's a stretch, one might compare his unfailing faith to that of early Christians or the early believers in any faith. Many people thought they were crazy - that what they believed was completely out of this world and that they surely must have been a little crazy. But now, hundreds of years later, there are even more people who follow those same beliefs.

I still hold that Timothy Treadwell, while an interesting individual, was a little off in his beliefs as far as a lifestyle goes. But then, who am I to judge? If he had that much faith in what he was doing, there are probably others who believe the same things. Maybe hundreds of years down the road we will be living in the same environment as bears. Whatever the case may be, there is no doubt that his life and death illustrated a level of faith that many people never experience.