DC Comics set to release comic about the ‘Second Coming’ of Christ

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i surely hope this isnt a mockery, and they may portray our religion in a bad light. Hopefully they dont do anything bad…
 
I think it would be different if it were Muhammad or Moses or others. With 1.3 Billion Catholics in the world, we’re a big target.
 
It’s not just Catholicism, it’s Christianity in general.

It gets dissed in Western countries because it’s not a minority religion, it’s perceived to be a religion of the persecutors rather than the persecuted, and a whole lot of people grew up having negative experiences with it and don’t feel a need to respect it now.

Many Western people associate Christianity with people who are stupid, hypocritical, bigoted, etc unless the person is a poor member of an oppressed group in which case they figure the person is just being exploited. When/if they happen to meet a Catholic or other Christian who is actually a decent person who tries to live their faith, they don’t really know what box to put that in.

When people find themselves about to die, many will suddenly get more interested in Christianity, thinking “what if it’s somehow true?”
 
Tis_Bearself said:
Many Western people associate Christianity with people who are stupid, hypocritical, bigoted, etc
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The exception to this, both in media and RL, is Black Protestant Churches.
They’re portrayed sympathetically in media, and I’ve seen in the work setting where a Black person professing faith in Jesus publicly is tolerated in a way that White Christians have to be more wary.

Case in point: I was subbing in a Life Skills class (Autistic Support) at a public school, and one of the students started flipping out, yelling, and saying “J— C— this, and J— C— that”.
Her teacher, a Black Christian, told her to sit down, pull herself together and not to be bringing Jesus into this mess.

I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have gotten away with delivering that line 🙂

But anyway, I’m pleased that there are still work settings where mentioning Jesus doesn’t bring a rebuke.
 
0Scarlett_nidiyilii said:
The exception to this, both in media and RL, is Black Protestant Churches.
They’re portrayed sympathetically in media, and I’ve seen in the work setting where a Black person professing faith in Jesus publicly is tolerated in a way that White Christians have to be more wary.
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It’s tolerated only because the person doing it is perceived to be oppressed. Black churches have also become symbolic of the civil rights movement because they supported so much protest and have often been burned by hate groups or had haters go there to commit violence, in the same way synagogues symbolize Jewish people standing against anti-semitism and have been the targets of vandalism or violence. Nobody is thinking of the actual religious practice going on inside these places.
 
0Scarlett_nidiyilii said:
I like Teen Titans Go , especially when they bust on the fans.
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From everything I’ve heard and seen, Teen Titans Go wasn’t a great follow up to the original show. Maybe it got better, but I think Young Justice did a slightly better job of recapturing what made that show great, even if I think Teen Titans is still slightly better.
 
Are you talking about the live action from last year? I haven’t seen that one and sort of forgot that it existed. I just remember seeing a bit of the promotional material and not caring.

I’m not going to complain. I absolutely loved how they handled her in the original show.

And now all this talk of Teen Titans makes me want to go back and watch the original show…And I can buy it all on YouTube…See you all in a couple weeks!
 
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