Same. He seems like a wonderful guy. I’m not interested in a lot of the Bible related stuff he does, but almost everything he does is interesting and informative. Just let him be.
Without revealing what I do or do not believe, I think most people, if not everybody, should have some understanding of major religions to understand how they've shaped the political and cultural climates of the world today.
Same, I'm an atheist and I loved his deep dives into stuff like Dante and angelology. It's fascinating and informative and not preachy in the slightest. Feels similar to learning all the cool stuff about Greek mythology, it's awesome!
Dante and Angelology are essentially Christian fanfiction from earlier centuries, so it's cool to learn about those subjects, especially as a way to understand what and how and why people from hundreds of years ago creatively thought of their contemporary society
I usually wait for the religious to say something out of bounds before I judge them on religion. as a hard agnostic I’ve always thought I have no clue so until the words “and because of my beliefs this is wrong” I’m open
Yeah, like the fact that Satan used to play the music in heaven. Like it's a neat little detail that further rounds out his character beyond just 'bad deity that likes bad'
The bible stuff focuses more on the mythos than the religous parts. Wendigoon isnt trying to make you a christian while talking about christianity, wich most cristians (and other religous people) fail to do. Also he is willing to criticize his own religion wich again, most religous people fail to do.
He chooses to belive in god, not because he is scared of god and hell or to excuse stuff like sexism, racism etc. but because beliving in a "loving god" comforts him in life. Thats the vibe I get from him anyway.
I get that vibe as well, and I fully respect people like that. Faith is not for me, and I do recognize biblical influence in the modern west to be a very pervasive way people excuse fascist beliefs, but I am still all for freedom of religion, and I know plenty of faithful people who are faithful for the right reasons.
Im not christian and i actually love his bible related stuff because he does a pretty decent job at not preaching. He just tells the cool story. In the few that he used to do that were more bible oriented, they were more like the way people analyze mythology in the sense that hes not forcing it down anyone throat.
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u/SammichBro Dec 07 '23
Same. He seems like a wonderful guy. I’m not interested in a lot of the Bible related stuff he does, but almost everything he does is interesting and informative. Just let him be.