What obscure thing you enjoy do you never get to talk about?
What obscure thing you enjoy do you never get to talk about?
Loosely inspired by how much people seemed to enjoy a similar question I asked on Games about unappreciated titles. But answers don't have to be media related (they still can be though).
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Theology. I've read so many religious texts from all sorts of religions and while many people might discuss the organizations of religion a lot, or make fun of religious people, I rarely get to talk about the belief systems and their cultural relevance to various peoples both now and in the past or even discuss the possibilities of God and what God may be if one existed. I don't study for the belief itself, I personally am an atheist; but knowing these belief systems helps understand people a bit better. Plus some of them are actually full of kick ass stories. Hindu is insane with space battles and shit.
Tell me more about Hindu space battles.
As someone who grew up with those stories, I'm also curious what are considered space battles since I don't recall any.
The Vehemas and some of the wars depicted where they used them are pretty spacey.
I think it's more abstract than "space"
I'm also an atheist who's read most of the major religious texts, and you're right, this is the best way to read them. If I'd sat there going, Ha ha, this is all very illogical, I can prove this didn't happen... well, I wouldn't have had a lot of fun!
I love the bit early in the Mahabharata where two brothers keep fighting and causing chaos. Eventually the gods get annoyed at them and turn one of them into a turtle and the other into an elephant. BUT! They find a shallow lake, so that they can keep fighting, but that causes loads of flooding, so then another god (who's a bird) comes and picks them up and puts them in a giant tree.
Absolute classic, pure mad mythology.
Are you telling me a bird picked up an elephant? That's preposterous!
And a giant turtle. In its other claw.