Comment on What mythologies have poor representation in media, in your opinion?

ogmios@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• PillowTalk420@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They’re deliberately slandering it because they understand it, and it’s history.

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  • ogmios@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If your understanding of Christianity is based upon how well mainstream Christianity understands it, then you don’t actually understand it, only the warped form that it takes after thousands of years of infighting and political manoeuvring. For example, did you know that at one point it was actually taboo to depict Christ as a human?

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    • monarch@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      all religions change. The gnostics were my favorite offshoot because it seems more believable than God being good after committing multiple genocides.

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      • ogmios@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        … I think you’re confusing the false god “Forethought” with the real God from gnostic writings.

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