Postby Kagan » Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:55 am
Anyone here follow the manga? The manga is very dark. I haven't seen the anime, but by your description, I would presume that the anime is pretty tame in comparison. Personally, I would like to discuss it in-depth with another person with Christian beliefs, as even though the manga is very pagan, blasphemous, ridden with sex and debauchery, it is a reflection on how people, paritcularly a single Japanese person's view of Christianity and the world. It contains some truths that are so real, and so profound, and yet the fact is, he is still blinded by his view of religion and the by the past sins and the power-hungry tendencies of the Catholic church and the Vatican.
His description of people's loss of paganistic spirituality and superstition due to the rise of the church is a good description of how Satan's tactics change over time in order to match humanity. In the past Satan would have no doubt used possession and manifestations more often as the separation between people and cultures made them easy prey. As the world grew smaller due to technology and with the advent of Rationalism, such tactics are no longer as effective, with such events happening to people who are more open to 'spiritual events.' The fact that this person, a non-Christian, probably pagan manga writer, has written about this phenomenon in a twisted, falsified way shows how much contact there truly is between our world and the spiritual. If you have any doubt on wether this manga's true inspiration is demonic, understand that the concept of god in the manga is a being that is made by the culmination of evil in all of humanities hearts. Thus in the manga, it depicts humans as inherently evil and that gos is therefore made by humans to control humanity's fates and destiny. That and the orgies and rape, etc., etc.