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[–] 112 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 65 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I think that's canonically true for Goku and Hulk

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Since Goku existed and has always been a Christ figure?

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years 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.

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    [–] 91 points 2 years ago (10 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.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Protestants are fucking weird.

    To be fair, transubstantiation.

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    [–] 59 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

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

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    [–] 44 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years 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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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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    In turn, could Jesus lift Mjölnir?

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Jesus, known for lifting up crosses

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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago

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

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