• PositiveControl
    840·
    6 months ago

    Well, if I had to pick a fictional character to represent the joy of faith and devotion to god… Let’s just say Kratos is not the one I’d choose

    • dustyData
      270·
      6 months ago

      Now I want to see Kratos fighting Jesus hand to hand and killing him. Maybe have the holy ghost be a monstrous gigantic dove. Punch the Abrahamic god in the face. Or just kicking Muhammad in the groin. But have it all happen in the exact same fight. That would rile up a bunch of people.

        • essteeyou
          90·
          6 months ago

          Holy cow, I looked up Penny Arcade because of this and it’s still going! I think the last time I read it was next to an xkcd comic in Google Reader.

        • ripcord
          40·
          6 months ago6 months ago

          Oh, good ol’ Penny Arcade. Those were good days, with Penny Arcade TV, and PAX just starting up and whatnot.

          Before Mike decided he loved the “stylized” work of another cartoonist and made the characters ridiculously exaggerated. And before Jerry found the Jesus.

          It’s still good, just not…what it used to be.

          I’m glad it’s still going though!

      • Gutek8134
        100·
        6 months ago

        Don’t spoil the plot of third reboot

      • rockerface 🇺🇦
        100·
        6 months ago

        Make it a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure version of Jesus, so that Kratos has an appropriate challenge

        • agamemnonymous
          31·
          6 months ago

          a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure version of Jesus

          A? Is there more than one?

    • wander1236
      561·
      6 months ago

      It’s a Bar Mitzvah, the “you are now a man” ritual in Judaism.

        • Vespair
          70·
          6 months ago

          Wtf is this comment? This is just blatantly false.

          Chill with the unchecked antisemitism these days, Jesus fucking Christ guys

    • dustyData
      219·
      6 months ago

      Welcome to fundamentalist black and white thinking.

      • unexposedhazard
        1311·
        6 months ago

        Yeah like what the fuck are people on about in this day and age? Get your fairy tales outta here.

        • Match!!English
          64·
          6 months ago

          is the distinction between “boy” and “man” also a fairy tale?

      • jaaake
        75·
        6 months ago

        While every religion has its crazies (GTFO, orthodox & hassids), I found judaism to be far more critical and questioning than other religions that I’ve been exposed to. Literally the opposite of black & white thinking, a bunch of the religious texts are actually just arguments of different scholars (contemporaries of christ) offering opposing viewpoints and interpretations of older doctrines. (I’ve got an unfounded theory that this is why so many jewish people go into the study of law.)

        That being said, I am not a religious person and despite being raised jewish, I now consider myself an atheist. Technically a satanist if we’re talking about giving my money to some kind of church.

        • dustyData
          810·
          6 months ago6 months ago

          Still, chanting at a magical fairy when you are 12 doesn’t make anyone a man. It’s an outdated tribal rite of passage at best, and a superstition with potential for horrendous implications in general.

          • jaaake
            91·
            6 months ago

            Definitely a tribal rite of passage in need of updating to remain relevant. I do take umbrage with the chanting at a magical fairy. That’s far more a chrisitian thing. But what are the horrendous implications?

            • Vespair
              80·
              6 months ago6 months ago

              My guy it’s just a ritual to signify the progression of age and a child becoming old enough to take on more responsibility and exert more autonomy of their choices.

              You’re way overthinking and projecting way too much on this.

              Yes, religion sucks and is unnecessary, but this particular ritual is little more than an acknowledgement of growing older. It’s basically “Jewish sweet 16.”

            • Vespair
              30·
              6 months ago

              Shit I meant my other comment as a reply to the commenter one up the chain, not to you. Sorry for my error

              • jaaake
                41·
                6 months ago

                The content made it seem that way. No worries.

    • jaaake
      72·
      6 months ago

      And turns men into wolves

    • The Picard ManeuverOP
      130·
      6 months ago

      The boy is reading from the Torah at his Bar Mitzvah (someone correct me if I have that wrong), which is part of the ceremony of “becoming a man” for Jewish folks.