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Even if he is Christian; it's kind of strange to me that people don't realize that other cultures will use Western cultural references that might be very "heavy

Even if he is Christian; it's kind of strange to me that people don't realize that other cultures will use Western cultural references that might be very "heavy" in a different, much more casual way. I mean, Western companies talk about code "ninjas" all the time; and I have heard a few samurai and zen references too. Japan talking about Christians isn't particularly different. Christianity and comparisons to it are made relatively casually, with much less cultural weight than they would have in the US or Europe. Here's a Japanese rap song [1] whose lyrics [2] go, "As the Bible is to a devout Christian, so to me is is the Zulu Nation" (translation [2]). So in my opinion the "internet Jesus uses secret creed" thing is at least mildly clickbaity. It'd be the equivalent of seizing upon the name "Zen of Python" to write an article about "A Language with a simplicity driven by Buddhism". ----------------------- [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnJMBcQFNME#t=2m51s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnJMBcQFNME#t=2m51s [2] https://genius.com/Genius-english-translations-aklo-rgto-english-translation-lyrics https://genius.com/Genius-english-translations-aklo-rgto-eng...

tomc1985 6y ago
Japan in particular is completely unsurprising as Christianity features prominently in a lot of anime
- presentation 6y ago
  Many people I know here in Japan wear crosses and have figurines of the Virgin Mary and so on not because they care about Christianity at all, but because it looks cute.
- Hamuko 6y ago
  That clip where Anno is asked why the Evangelions are named that way is always relevant. https://youtu.be/rGJ_Kq8qifQ?t=379 https://youtu.be/rGJ_Kq8qifQ?t=379
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vagrantJin 6y ago
I'm Zulu. What on earth are they singing about?
- throwawasdf 6y ago
  Probably a reference to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Zulu_Nation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Zulu_Nation
  - vagrantJin 6y ago
    That makes sense.
  - ljm 6y ago
    The lyrics reference that directly.
mr__y 6y ago
>Western cultural references that might be very "heavy" in a different, much more casual way Just to prove your point - crucified Santa Claus [0] [0] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-21/how-the-iconography-of-easter-gets-lost-in-translation/11023774 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-21/how-the-iconography-o...

tomc1985 6y ago

Japan in particular is completely unsurprising as Christianity features prominently in a lot of anime

presentation 6y ago
Many people I know here in Japan wear crosses and have figurines of the Virgin Mary and so on not because they care about Christianity at all, but because it looks cute.
Hamuko 6y ago
That clip where Anno is asked why the Evangelions are named that way is always relevant. https://youtu.be/rGJ_Kq8qifQ?t=379 https://youtu.be/rGJ_Kq8qifQ?t=379

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vagrantJin 6y ago

I'm Zulu. What on earth are they singing about?

throwawasdf 6y ago
Probably a reference to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Zulu_Nation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Zulu_Nation
- vagrantJin 6y ago
  That makes sense.
- ljm 6y ago
  The lyrics reference that directly.

mr__y 6y ago

>Western cultural references that might be very "heavy" in a different, much more casual way Just to prove your point - crucified Santa Claus [0] [0] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-21/how-the-iconography-of-easter-gets-lost-in-translation/11023774 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-21/how-the-iconography-o...