I recently read The World Until Yesterday which compares the way of life between tribal cultures and western cultures. The section about religion has a clumsy preamble that was obviously trying to cushion the blow for religious people reading the book who thought their religion was any different to tribal religions.
The author then goes on to treat them all the same.
It was quite funny to read. I was imagining how it must feel to see your religion laid out side by side with a dozen other equally stupid myths and think “Yep this is the right one. I was super lucky to be born to parents who picked the correct religion!”
Japanese media is full of this, and it’s great. All kinds of absurd cross-shaped guns and militant priests with nothing more than vague aesthetic similarities to practiced christianity. A delightful reciprocation to how western media treats japanese culture.
I maintain that the ending and plotline of Evangelion is actually closer to actual Christian canon than most people’s understandings.
The original ending, End of Evangelion, or Rebuild?
The good one!
which is that?
Do you have any good examples; that sounds entertaining af.
Soul Eater has a bunch of it, tho it’s not a very good anime. Trigun too. Really tho it’s all over, it’ll crop up even if you aren’t looking for it.
It’s full of mercy.
- Wolfwood
This comment reminds me of the japanese cult that beliefs Jesus did not die on the cross but it was his japaneae brother instead and Jesus moved to Japan until he died of old age.
The biggest cult in the Philippines, which dabbles in prosperity gospel and owns an entire arena here, believed it was some Filipino man. I don’t even remember if they view him as Jesus or some other incarnation. But where I live, they have the most followers. Oh and sometimes, they get people killed, like what happened to my uncle years ago.
Shit. Sorry about your uncle. From what I read the japanese cult seems peaceful at least.
believed it was some Filipino man
somehow god always looks like his believers.
lol
“We don’t drink blood here. That’s something Christians do.” ~Satanist member
It’s very important to note that Catholics believe that Jesus was both fully man and fully god, and in times past would straight up kill you for heresy for saying he was half man and half god.
It’s got to have been awful to be neurodivergent in the past. I want to dig into this right now and I grew up Catholic, so I know it doesn’t lead anywhere.
Normalizing a 2D vector is not part of the scripture, apparently.
Well, in scripture a circle can be 10 cubits in diameter and 30 cubits in circumference, so…
I guess all that we can conclude is that through god, all things are possible.
God doesn’t play dice with the universe because the universe got fed up with his 24-sided d20s.
They’re all cults
Nah, emotional support dieties. Useful for pushing responsibility away from one’s self.
Por que no los dos
“Happy Easter…”
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slams book shut
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guitar sting
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No Gods, No Masters.
The Wicker Man (1973) has entered the chat
