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Ok, I know this will likely never ever happen, but I just have to wonder....MY LITTLE PONY hasn’t been shy about throwing Christianity themes in the animated series- ever since g1 (though it seems far more prevalent in g4)...Demonic centaurs, witches, demonic gods of chaos, the literal realm of HELL (Tartarus), Horned devil costumes worn by the ponies in the background, Moochick mentioning “heaven”, PARADISE estate, Characters named Angel Bunny and Angel Wings, name swaps with “Celestia” being used in phrases with “God” in them.....
Quote from: Mana Minori on July 31, 2020, 06:53:08 PMOk, I know this will likely never ever happen, but I just have to wonder....MY LITTLE PONY hasn’t been shy about throwing Christianity themes in the animated series- ever since g1 (though it seems far more prevalent in g4)...Demonic centaurs, witches, demonic gods of chaos, the literal realm of HELL (Tartarus), Horned devil costumes worn by the ponies in the background, Moochick mentioning “heaven”, PARADISE estate, Characters named Angel Bunny and Angel Wings, name swaps with “Celestia” being used in phrases with “God” in them..... Given how a lot of these references permeate secular popular consciousness and casual usage (and have for ages), I think you are reeeeeeeally reaching here.Also, Tartarus is from Greek mythology. Although FiM does conflate it with the punitive portion of Hades' realm
The moment you actively try to conflate religion with a kid's toy, however benign your intent, you're asking for trouble.Fantasy is designed to be fantastical. End of.And MLP is not meant to appeal to the adult audience. I agree with ZeldatheSwordsman. It would just be feeding the brony trolls.Now I'm gonna put my academic hat on for a moment, but carefully, because I think this is the kind of subject that some people might take amiss.Assuming every theme in a story that relates to god, heaven, demons etc has to be evoking Christianity just demonstrates lack of awareness of global and cultural traditions across the world. Most of the things you mention don't immediately indicate a connection to Christianity.I think maybe before you jump to those conclusions it'd be a good idea to do some wider reading on other cultures, legends, myths, other faiths, and fantasy in general.For example, the sunstone in the End of Flutter Valley could easily be linked with the Aten in ancient Egypt, but there are also many other solar-based religions and 'pagan' faiths that might use that kind of a concept. Demons are very common in Japanese mythology. Gods are present in multiple faiths, they just use different words depending on the language that dominates them. The words you emphasise are used in multiple contexts and cultures, too - just maybe in translation. But since MLP was translated, that's not really an argument either. I feel like you're also trying to paint the other generations with the G4 cartoon brush, which you should never do. I don't know what the intention of the G4 animators was, because I don't care at all about FIM. But I know that things like kirins, which are asian in origin, are part of the mythological construct.Just because we use a word in English to denote something doesn't mean it's the correct word, either, or that by using our word we're not conveying the wrong meaning on the cultural concept behind it. But going back to MLP on the dark side, let's not forget this is a kid's franchise.
D&D ponies aren't anti-christian enough? /s(I joke with this because my childhood friend's mom flipped out on us for playing a "devil's game". We were playing dodgeball on a jungle gym which we had called dungeons and dragons).But really, I agree with what Taffeta said.
Quote from: banditpony on August 01, 2020, 05:19:35 AMD&D ponies aren't anti-christian enough? /s(I joke with this because my childhood friend's mom flipped out on us for playing a "devil's game". We were playing dodgeball on a jungle gym which we had called dungeons and dragons).But really, I agree with what Taffeta said.well Some Christians tend to see dragons as evil and Satanic, due to The Devil being associated with a dragon...