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[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 month ago (3 children)

the original undermines its own message: they are lifting it, even if barely and with difficulty, which implies that those characters are within an order of magnitude or so of literal divine power.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think that's canonically true for Goku and Hulk

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Since Goku existed and has always been a Christ figure?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Goku has died way more times than Jesus. That probably gives him an edge.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What if Jesus had prep time tho?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sun Wukong is way cooler than Jesus

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Jesus fed the 5000. Goku eats that much every day.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

So this is the power of God and anime

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Worshiping Goku is a one way ticket to the Home For Infinite Losers.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (3 children)

To be fair, Jesus' message (some of it, scripture is not univocal) is that divine power is within the grasp of us mere mortals. That everyone who follows him would be able to do miracles like his.

(Apologists suggest he was referring to just the apostles to explain why the rest of us are bound by naturalism, but there are implications that's not what he meant.)

Note that Gospel Jesus was big on direct evidence.

That said, the cross was made of wood, and Jesus wasn't the only convict tasked with carrying one. The gravity is in being willing to die for one's principles which all of these characters would do unflinchingly.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Pointing out that Jesus was absolutely not the only person who carried a cross and was crucified is an excellent point. The cartoonist absolutely missing the whole... thing with thos image.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Matthew 17:20, NIV He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

I was raised Evangelical and yeah, my parents took that literally.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Hell, he wasn’t even the only one carrying his. He stumbled three times and a stranger helped him carry it

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Ok as an ex catholic the level of sacreligiosity here is impressive. The cross isn’t the heavy bit, it’s heavy sure, he was tortured to death, but a stranger helped him carry it when he couldn’t carry it alone. The heavy bit was choosing to go be tortured to death for everyone including his killers. It was refusing to use divine power to save himself. The cross? No, a thief, a murderer, and a prophet died on that hill that day, each carried their cross, each died on it.

Protestants are fucking weird.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Protestants are fucking weird.

To be fair, transubstantiation.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The idea that the crackers catholics eat during mass turn into the literal not figurative flesh and blood of Christ because the High Fairy said the magic words.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

And as a paragon of good I wouldn't think Jesus would be so smug about it

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Not to detect from your final point, but I'm quite sure the point of this super dumb religious meme is the symbolic weight of the cross.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's not protestants, it's wacko us pseudo Christian sects that are anything but (but that seem to be dominant in the religious landscape in the US).

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

If your god's greatest act is "willingly becoming a murder victim", you might be in a death cult.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

What does Protestants have to do with this?

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Regarding the original panel: Powerscaling is so dumb. Fine, your imaginary character is stronger than mine. Now, what?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Might makes right, obv.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Now we do it again with two other characters, because it's fun. =D

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sometimes it's just fun to write fanfic regardless of who you think is stronger. If the characters have strong motivations good stories are bound to unfold.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago (4 children)

OK so I have questions about this cartoon. I get Hulk, Mr Incredible and Goku, but why Mighty Mouse?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (4 children)

To appeal to children, which is an important focus of religious propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Need to get the programming in early to make it stick. Especially developing brains can be put into a completely fictional world and their young brains assume it's reality. The CIA did some fun stuff on this, but religion has hundreds of years of experience with child abuse in all of its forms.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Curious what sins mice do.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Fun fact: all mice are devil worshippers

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

It's like they've never seen an episode before. He was always lifting up crosses and crucifying Jews.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why would the first three make sense, but not Mighty Mouse?

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In turn, could Jesus lift Mjölnir?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Probably. Dude was a prototypical pacifist and would probably use it for carpentry.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nah, the comics make a point that "worthy" is based on Asgardian morals, not Christian. Pacifists couldn't lift it because Asgardians are expected to be warriors.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Darn, today I learned that Mr. Rogers was ready for war.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

People said it was just a rumor that he was a Navy Seal, but that artist knew the truth.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mfer could drive 9 inch nails with 1 hit

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Jesus, known for lifting up crosses

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Someone helped him carry it after he collapsed a few times.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's what they call crossfit

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

So weird to see this without Mr. Incredible twerking

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

SMH I can't believe they did goku like this.

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