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> One of the old slurs against Christians was that they followed a "corpse-god." They say the same thing in 40K. Seriously? Wow. Maybe it's because I'm Ameri
by eli_gottlieb 1mo ago
> One of the old slurs against Christians was that they followed a "corpse-god." They say the same thing in 40K.
Seriously? Wow. Maybe it's because I'm American, but I can't imagine actually saying that to someone. I'd sorta expect them to throw hands if I talked like that about Jesus.
And I'm an entirely secular, non-Christian atheist living among many other such people!
- Symbiote 1mo agoSome friends, and possibly a local metal bar, were referring to Easter as Zombie Jesus Day. Why would atheists be offended?
- AngryData 1mo agoAlthough he should really be considered a Lich because he raised himself from the dead, not by some outside force.
- eli_gottlieb 29d agoWell obviously nobody's gonna be offended at the metal bar. That's the point of a metal bar!
- saithound 1mo ago> Maybe it's because I'm American, but I can't imagine actually saying that to someone. I'd sorta expect them to throw hands if I talked like that about Jesus. I mean, that's exactly what a "slur" is. They are not coined with the recipient's comfort in mind, and saying them can sometimes provoke exactly the sort of fight you imagine. But yes, violent consequences ought to be particularly unsurprising to an American, since the US is, by Western standards, an exceptionally violent country. [1] [1] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9535176/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9535176/ (table 2)
- OoooooooO 1mo agoYou can't hurt fantasy stories and their fantasy characters.
- throaway198521 1mo agoWell, if a bunch of Christians come to you and say their God is better than yours. And you look at their "God" and its literally a dead guy on a cross. You might not be too impressed.