tmazanec1
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Post by tmazanec1 on Oct 1, 2006 11:21:10 GMT -5
In the deleted scenes is an intersting one..."We have to work twelve hour shifts because of this energy shortage!""Well, at least they gave out the free Christmas octopus this year."
Anyone want to speculate on what kind of religions the monsters might follow? The monsters are psychologically human, and almost every human culture (except modern atheism) has a religion.
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Post by lizardgirl on Oct 1, 2006 11:25:24 GMT -5
I'd agree that yes, they definitely have some form of religion, and that this religion is probably very similar to ours- divided up into many different sections, but based around the whole God idea. The form that this God would take, on the other hand, I've no idea about, because there are so many different types of Mon that it could look like anything.
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Post by pitbulllady on Oct 1, 2006 12:02:59 GMT -5
It would be hard to say exactly which kinds(and surely there would be more than one belief system, just as is the case in our world)of religions there are in the Monster World, but that deleted line specificially mentions the word "Christmas", which literally means "Christ's Night", so apparently they do have a form of Christianity, with a belief in a Messiah by the same name as the One that Christians in our world believe it. That's interesting, because in the New Testament, just prior to His Assension into Heaven, when His diciples are begging him to remain with them on Earth, Jesus tells them that the reason he cannot, is that He "has sheep in other folds" that He must attend to. Theologians and Bible scholars have long debated just who those "sheep" were, whether they were humans living in a very different part of the world, such as the Native American tribes(this is the core of the belief system of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or Mormons), or beings living on other planets(Rev. Dr. Billy Graham is a big proponent of that theory), or beings living in a parallel universe.
Other evidence in at least a belief in a Supreme Being is that of Mike praying as he's running down the hall towards the Scare Floor, hoping that Randall had lived up to his word of putting the kid's door out for Mike to rid himself of his problem(Boo). Mike certainly strikes me as one of those individuals who never give a thought to God or whatever until he gets in trouble, and prays just for someone to bail him out.
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tmazanec1
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Post by tmazanec1 on Oct 1, 2006 12:07:10 GMT -5
I saw a religious calendar at work. All the people in the paintings were African. I hear Orientals do the same thing.
If the Human World became aware of the Monster world (as I speculated) would we try to send missionaries?
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Post by lizardgirl on Oct 1, 2006 12:47:40 GMT -5
Other evidence in at least a belief in a Supreme Being is that of Mike praying as he's running down the hall towards the Scare Floor, hoping that Randall had lived up to his word of putting the kid's door out for Mike to rid himself of his problem(Boo). Mike certainly strikes me as one of those individuals who never give a thought to God or whatever until he gets in trouble, and prays just for someone to bail him out. pitbulllady Oh yes, that's a good point! Then, their religious ways are similar to ours. |
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Post by tmazanec1 on Oct 1, 2006 13:58:04 GMT -5
Maybe MI2 will end with a wedding of an eyeball and a snakehead in a church...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2006 14:06:58 GMT -5
Heheh, of course they do, though as mentioned, there are various sects. What those sects are.....I'm not entirely sure myself, heheh, still learning ^_^
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Post by RandallBoggs on Oct 1, 2006 15:10:00 GMT -5
Each race has their own "god" if you will, or whomever they pray to. Although no one is "locked" into a religion specifically unless they desire it. (of course is a family is keen on religious members of the family, that's something else)
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Post by tmazanec1 on Oct 29, 2006 13:26:33 GMT -5
What about an afterlife? Is there any evidence (besides the Christmas reference) about their belief in a life after death? After all, one can believe in a God without believing in an Afterlife, or even vice-versa.
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Post by pitbulllady on Oct 29, 2006 17:19:34 GMT -5
What about an afterlife? Is there any evidence (besides the Christmas reference) about their belief in a life after death? After all, one can believe in a God without believing in an Afterlife, or even vice-versa. don't see how anyone can believe in God, not in the Judeo-Christian or Muslim concept, and NOT also believe in an immortal soul, and therefore an afterlife. THAT is in an of itself one of the primary defining points of virtually every single human religion, even among primitive people. It does not matter whether the belief system in question believes in one diety or many, or how they view that diety's role in human lives, all religions have a belief in an Afterlife and the contiuation of the soul in one form or another as their core. IF there is a parallel form of Christianity in the Monster World, it would surely have as its doctrine that there is a Heaven and a Hell, and depending on whether or not you accept their version of the Messiah as your Savior, you will wind up in one or the other when your physical life has ended. pitbulllady |
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Post by RandallBoggs on Oct 29, 2006 18:06:57 GMT -5
There can be said allot of controversy about "God". Is there just one? Or is there a whole bunch?
I mean I think it's Christian I'm thinking, but the bible states about the 10 commandments. Well whomever started the bible, or the stories about the 10 commandments and such, is so believeable because it's been around so long.
Personally, I'm not a religious person, but I believe, for Mons, their thoughts on Afterlife are just as controversial as those here.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Oct 29, 2006 18:07:45 GMT -5
But I will say this....
The mistranslation (or alteration) of the whole "snake and the apple" part contribute to reptilian prejudice.
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Post by lizardgirl on Oct 30, 2006 3:21:04 GMT -5
I think the only key difference there would be in their religions and beliefs would be their attitude to humans. Possibly a human had tempted their Adam and Eve, much like a snake did in our world's Christian religion?
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Post by RandallBoggs on Oct 30, 2006 18:34:21 GMT -5
Interesting view Cool, and possibly right.
Then again, the snake could have remained the same....though the apple was probably something much different heh heh...
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