[SIZE="7"][color="MediumTurquoise"]Cobalt Figure 8[/color][/SIZE]UC Pseudonym wrote:For a while I wasn't sure how to answer this, and then I thought "What would Batman do?" Excuse me while I find a warehouse with a skylight...
Spice and Wolf is set in a fictional medieval European setting. Any opinion on the God and the Church that's presented in Spice and Wolf has to be taken in understanding the layperson's impressions of God and the Church during that period in history and the fact that the Church in medieval Europe was not the nicest institution. The Church dominated life in medieval Europe and it abused its authority. Average people are very aware of this fact and aren't exactly pleased with that. The Church is more of a political institution in Spice and Wolf and God and religion are used by the Church (like it did in historical medieval Europe) to bludgeon people into submission and their thoughts on God reflect this.
SnoringFrog (post: 1370015) wrote:I read about this on The Escapist recently, and was wondering if anyone here had seen it and what they thought about it? I'm still debating whether or not to go and watch it.
blkmage (post: 1370220) wrote:Lots of people have said stuff about Spice and Wolf over here.
Actually, Horo does like wearing clothes (and very expensive, fancy clothes at that) and remains that way for the rest of the series. And I'm not sure what you were expecting a pagan goddess of the harvest to say about the Church. I'll repost what I've said about how Christianity is portrayed in Spice and Wolf.
Ultimately, Spice and Wolf's portrayal of Christianity is one that attempts to be historically accurate, particularly in the Church's influence on society in that time. It would be foolish to blow it off as a negative depiction of Christianity when it is, in fact, modelled after the real-world Church's unfortunate history.
Anyway, I love Spice and Wolf. It's got a unique setting that isn't often explored in anime and it's got some of the best characters and character development in anime. The interactions and dialogue between Horo and Lawrence are incredibly charming and their relationship is one that's developed realistically.
[SIZE="7"][color="MediumTurquoise"]Cobalt Figure 8[/color][/SIZE]UC Pseudonym wrote:For a while I wasn't sure how to answer this, and then I thought "What would Batman do?" Excuse me while I find a warehouse with a skylight...
She does. At the end of episode 1.Song_of_Storms (post: 1373011) wrote:[SIZE="1"]You see, Snoringfrog, anime is full of naked women, and men who defend the fact these women are naked. Who really cares if there is no "detail"? Nudity is nudity. The fact is people are going to justify what they don't want to give up. If Holo likes clothes so much she should try wearing them.
Song_of_Storms wrote:[SIZE="1"]Luthor did commit a heresy, because he turned his back on Christ's own words.[/SIZE]
The Crusades were sparked by renewed Islamic aggression from the Turks. After the initial wars that swept across the Middle East, North Africa, and the Southern and Eastern tips of Europe, the Muslims and Christians actually got along pretty handily, even permitting Christian pilgrims to visit various holy sites, including Jerusalem. However, with the conquest of the Turks over the existing Arabian states, they decided to break the long standing understanding and attempt to take Constantinople. Constantinople, summarily, called upon Pope Urban II to call the European nations to arms to defend his city. Pope Urban II, in turn, took it as an opportunity to declare war on the whole of the Islam world, framing it as an excuse to take back the holy land. It was an incredibly political affair, almost completely separated from religious context.Song_of_Storms (post: 1373029) wrote:The Crusades were not a war for Catholic superiority, and it defiantly wasn't political or prejudice. The Crusades were instituted in order to reclaim the Holy Lands, which had since been taken under control by the Muslims. (about 600-700 A.D) In the early centuries after Christ, a majority of Bethlehem was Christian. Even though the Muslims had forced their way in, they still allowed Pilgrims into the Holy Land. It wasn't until they began attempts to forcibly convert Christians did the notion of the Crusades begin.
The Crusades had nothing to do with "racial" issues. The Church at that time, as it is today, was a universal operation with Christians from every race, culture and ethnic.
Adhering to CAA's policy about not debating theology, I will cheerfully attempt to skirt this topic, except to point out that the majority of this site's membership is actually Protestant, so really, you may wish to reconsider your words.Song_of_Storms (post: 1373029) wrote:No, Luthor's reformation began because he could not grasp the concept of the Eucharist. It had nothing to do with Church power. Luthor "fixed" that which was not broken. Luthor's reformation was because of his own arrogance, he couldn't accept what Christ himself talks about on numerous occasions.
Luthor did commit a heresy, because he turned his back on Christ's own words. Not surprisingly, I'm under the assumption the Church is infallible because Christ himself says so. Christ is in the Church, and as such the Church cannot contradict itself or Scripture.
Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Falx (post: 1373060) wrote:To be perfectly accurate, the episodes Holo appears nude in are: (First season only)
Approx. 50% of the first
Approx. 05% of the second
Approx. 05% of the last
The second season the only time she ever shows any skin is a few seconds of the OP.
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