PARALLELS IN FAITH

Um, I notice ALOT of parallels in anime to real life and other anime. So I was reading Life of Pi and Pi practices three religons: His native Hinduism, Christianity and Islam, and the way he described it, I started relating those three religons to different anime, like Hinduism would be parallel to Naruto with it's many many gods and stories. And Christianity to Neon Genesis Evangelion with it's humanity and sacrifice. And then Islam, I wasn't so sure for a while what to compare it to, Yann Martel described it as a beautiful brotherhood; a wonderful fellowship of people who help each other in their small communities. I dun know, but I thought Kingdom Hearts would be perfect for Islam.

I don't know why I like picking things apart so much. ^_^ It's the psychologist in me.

Any thoughts?

ummmm personally i veiw Naruto as shintoism.... if you look they basically took many shinto myths and put them into a new story.... like the 9 tailed fox use to be a myth

Yeah, I was kinda thinking on where to put FMA, I think it's kinda Pagan, but I'm not familar with that faith, so I'm not sure.

I'm also not familar with Shintoism, so... ^_^

Aw, doode, d'ya think it's possible that Jesus was actually a super secret ninja and actually used chakra to walk on water? ^_^

pst no, NEVER! but yeah, alchemy can be dark.... i too have read into it, the Thule Society did exist too and that was some scary shit right there.... tobad most were morons =P but hitler personally funded them 0.0: FMA though has close ties more to Christianity, they go by allot of the same morals, and FMA even uses the christianity vs islam fights as their main fued taking place. =P when you first look at it, it looks allot like alchemy but even their basic laws of alchemy are laws that god set.

woah i think Psyche has an idea but yeah um ^^; anyway the way I see it is all religions are strung together with their thoeries(sp?) in mind....yeah thule society... e.O all insanos if you ask me...you prolly aren't but yeah ^^;

actually Alchemy became greedy, thats why it was outlawed eventually, but that outlaw made it possible for modern day alchemy, chemistry. Allot of kings used the alchemists power but in the end the kings felt betrayed by the alchemists shelfishness =P i saw a history channel program about it.

anyways if anyone wants to talk about parrels in faith, i am free to, i have attended 2 discussions about it and have learned allot on how religion plays a part in cartoons and anime and how anime is different. even mechs are a big part of religion and where the pilot controls from. so lets start with a list-

astroboy- had the embodiment of a soul in him. He was controlled by his heart and felt robots and humans should live in peace although no one saw that. He protected both sides depending on who was being hurt or abused. he fought for good.

I wont name names- this was an anime created in WWII so for ovious reasons i will not go into much discussion about this. This robot was created by the father and was Piloted by the son by means of remote control. It was japans secret weapon against america so i wont go into much, but just that it was piloted by a 3rd party from a difference says allot of how the creators felt.

more to come, ran out of time in class

True alchemist wern't in it for their own greed, it is people who used them that caused a bad turn in alchemy. Personally, I wish alchemy would have panned out for them. Wouldn't that be amazing? Anywho...

What is this anime that you won't name? I'm very interested >.<

EDIT: waitwaitwait...it sounds sorta like Eureka Seven

...but it probably isn't

The Thule Society was founded August 17, 1918 by Rudolf von Sebottendorff, a German occultist, as the Munich branch of the Germanenorden. Von Sebottendorff later claimed that he originally intended the Thule Society to be a vehicle for promoting his own occultist theories, but that the Germanenorden pressed him to emphasize political, nationalist and anti-Semitic themes. Since this claim was made while the Nazis were in power and von Sebottendorff had little to gain by denying anti-Semitism, it may well be true. Primary focus of Thule-Gesellschaft was a claim concerning the origins of the Aryan race. While it has been claimed that Adolf Hitler was a member there is no evidence for this claim. After Hitler came to power, the Thule Society was one of many organizations suppressed.

In the history of science, alchemy refers to both an early form of the investigation of nature and an early philosophical and spiritual discipline, both combining elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism, spiritualism, and art. Alchemists believed that the universe was composed of the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, and spent most of their time concocting remedies, poisons, and magic potions. The goals of alchemy are really simple. The transmutation of metals. The creation of an elixir that would prolong life indefinitely. The transmutation of human life. To search for the Philosophers Stone. As for the evil and dark world of alchemy most of that would be propaganda put out by the Holy Roman Catholic Church. They saw there power fading from the masses due to the growing power science. The demise of Western alchemy was brought about by the rise of modern science with its emphasis on experimentation.