ShiverMeTimbers @ ShiverMeTimbers @lemm.ee

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I hear people say that about Tom and Jerry too. Maybe Tom and Jerry and the Muppets could themselves crossover.

First avatar was Aang, an airbender. Second avatar was Korra, a waterbender. The third and new avatar is going to be Pavi, an earthbender. She is doing the same thing as Korra, with the main difference being Vaatu has his own lineage of avatars now and is the villain (think the Good Twin Bad Twin trope in mythology) and where the avatar gives people very Spiderman-esque vibes (people wondering what her use is in the modern world).

What's the Punisher going to do? Eat some bacon?

My dad calls himself a BuJew Cath, which is Buddhist, Jewish and Catholic. “How does Jewish and Catholic work together?” you might ask. The answer is, it doesn’t. My dad is insane. He does it to prevent people from accusing him of being close-minded and so he can claim he’s a minority.

In such an instance, I go by a rule. If someone is going to say they want their religion to be respected in some instances, they should follow it in all instances. For example, don't ask a taxi client to take their dog out of the taxi due to you being a Muslim only for you to go home and eat pork which is anti-Islamic.

What if no behavior is entailed and it's just someone mentioning they have dual faith?

Which church do you go to?

Most religions don't explicitly say "you can't believe anything else", just small claims like "there is only one creator god" or "wear a hat in church" when others might say "don't wear a hat".

When Christianity took over Greece, the Greek gods became demonic entities and never completely went away.

Didn't Islam fuse with Mongolian mythology at one point once Genghis Khan conquered the Turks?

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I've noticed that's a common one. And one of my favorites.

Yes. Alright, suppose you were raised Shinto. Shinto doctrine has a limited range of what they claim and doesn't call dibs on a whole lot regarding what to make an origin about. Then suppose you went to Australia and thought "I like the Dreamtime beliefs, I want to see if I believe in it". Supposing the matters discussed by Australian mythology doesn't intersect with the matters discussed in Shintoism, you can be both. It wouldn't be like Judaism and Hinduism where, in one, there are declarations of being one god and one son of god, while in the other, there's a whole ecosystem of gods and avatars.

We need a better statistic system.

I like Japan's "whatever" attitude to religion. Like it's just there and you can play around with it if you're bored.

According to that worldview, would the great peacemaker be seen more historically or more mythologically?

What do you mean?

Considering the infinite gravity of black holes, probably both.

I wouldn't really count agnosticism, no. Faith is relative. Even CS Lewis, the leader of the apologetics movement, expressed a "we really don't know in the end" in his final chapter of his final book. One might say everyone has varying degrees of agnosticism. So you're like me then, where my basis for honoring spirituality is that it's better to thank a creator that's not there than end up not thanking a creator that ends up being there?

Worship of Trump baffles me. Said worship isn't even consistent. One moment he's the second coming of Cyrus the Great, another moment he's the second coming of George Washington, and another moment he's the second coming of Jesus himself. At this point, they might as well just max it out by acknowledging he's the latest Avatar, the sixteenth doctor, the latest vessel of Professor Ozpin, and the most infamous and most anime-named Lemmy mod all wrapped up into one and be done with it.

On a slightly more serious but lighthearted note, it does invoke the question "what counts as a religion?"

I technically understand why they'd be upset at you, but why won't they shut up about it? Why are they trying to act up it like you'd act upon your calling to tend to Mormon missions? The fediverse has got to be the world's biggest "no solicitation" sign, and yet there they are.

You calling people out as a form of jest almost seems indicative of trolling.