Well, if I had to pick a fictional character to represent the joy of faith and devotion to god... Let's just say Kratos is not the one I'd choose
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Does religion turn boys into men???
It's a Bar Mitzvah, the "you are now a man" ritual in Judaism.
And turns men into wolves
Welcome to fundamentalist black and white thinking.
Yeah like what the fuck are people on about in this day and age? Get your fairy tales outta here.
While every religion has its crazies (GTFO, orthodox & hassids), I found judaism to be far more critical and questioning than other religions that I’ve been exposed to. Literally the opposite of black & white thinking, a bunch of the religious texts are actually just arguments of different scholars (contemporaries of christ) offering opposing viewpoints and interpretations of older doctrines. (I’ve got an unfounded theory that this is why so many jewish people go into the study of law.)
That being said, I am not a religious person and despite being raised jewish, I now consider myself an atheist. Technically a satanist if we’re talking about giving my money to some kind of church.
Still, chanting at a magical fairy when you are 12 doesn't make anyone a man. It's an outdated tribal rite of passage at best, and a superstition with potential for horrendous implications in general.
Definitely a tribal rite of passage in need of updating to remain relevant. I do take umbrage with the chanting at a magical fairy. That’s far more a chrisitian thing. But what are the horrendous implications?
Shit I meant my other comment as a reply to the commenter one up the chain, not to you. Sorry for my error
The content made it seem that way. No worries.
what's going on in panel 3?
The boy is reading from the Torah at his Bar Mitzvah (someone correct me if I have that wrong), which is part of the ceremony of "becoming a man" for Jewish folks.
I thought those were dumbbells.