The Manga Hellsing - a parable for the Society of Jesus?
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Just as Jesus often used parables to illustrate the failings of the Pharisees, so some writers have used books and various media to send the message across to fellow believers.
In the manga, the followers of section XIII(an order in the manga's fictional catholic church) were a bunch of deeply loyal and courageous people who were willing to use any means to achieve their noble ideals. They believed in making the ultimate sacrifice by killing their enemies - so that they were condemned to hell while their enemies could be liberated and ascend to heaven. On arriving in hell, they would meet the greatest of Jesus' disciples Judas Iscariot, who would lead them in their crusade against Satan to cleanse hell of evil for their master Jesus Christ himself. -
Will they make this into a movie, like Initial D and Deathnote?
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get a grip... it's just a manga. The Japanese have traditionally been very keen in tweaking religious symbols in their cartoons. Anything from Digimon to Ninja Resurrection can be seen laden with religious symbols, nothing new lah
No need to read between the lines. -
eh, u got watch them?Originally posted by Chin Eng:get a grip... it's just a manga. The Japanese have traditionally been very keen in tweaking religious symbols in their cartoons. Anything from Digimon to Ninja Resurrection can be seen laden with religious symbols, nothing new lah
No need to read between the lines. -
ahbutthen.... just finished watching Fate:Stay Night... another one... with a priest who is also playing the occult.Originally posted by laurence82:eh, u got watch them?
or else how to keep track with my boys? but actually I influence them one lah....
I also build into the household, the ability to appreciate such subculture. If needed, do some research on such genre... enjoy them for what they are, and move on.... currently trying to finish Samurai 7. Finished Fullmetal Alchemist not too long ago. Reason why take long time is because everyone has to be watching at the same time lah....
My younger son is a Marvel expert. Older son use to be the Pokemon Consultant for his peers (not anymore - he does not want to be associated with this genre). He use to get calls..... now it's DOTA time...... -
i stopped playing dota, coz either i spend money going to LAN shops, or i will spend money trying to upgrade my pcOriginally posted by Chin Eng:ahbutthen.... just finished watching Fate:Stay Night... another one... with a priest who is also playing the occult.
or else how to keep track with my boys? but actually I influence them one lah....
I also build into the household, the ability to appreciate such subculture. If needed, do some research on such genre... enjoy them for what they are, and move on.... currently trying to finish Samurai 7. Finished Fullmetal Alchemist not too long ago. Reason why take long time is because everyone has to be watching at the same time lah....
My younger son is a Marvel expert. Older son use to be the Pokemon Consultant for his peers (not anymore - he does not want to be associated with this genre). He use to get calls..... now it's DOTA time......
dota and world of warcraft, two very addictive game that have consumed some of my friends and forumers...better watch out for your kids
for more manga, come here
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=forum_display&forum_id=2023 -
Funny,Originally posted by laurence82:i stopped playing dota, coz either i spend money going to LAN shops, or i will spend money trying to upgrade my pc
dota and world of warcraft, two very addictive game that have consumed some of my friends and forumers...better watch out for your kids
for more manga, come here
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=forum_display&forum_id=2023
Im not interested in either. -
DOta is ok what, its merely warcraft 3, nothing fantastic about the graphics.Originally posted by laurence82:i stopped playing dota, coz either i spend money going to LAN shops, or i will spend money trying to upgrade my pc
dota and world of warcraft, two very addictive game that have consumed some of my friends and forumers...better watch out for your kids
for more manga, come here
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=forum_display&forum_id=2023
Invest money in a good PC will keep you away from the LAN shops for 5 years. -
-_-!Originally posted by shade343:DOta is ok what, its merely warcraft 3, nothing fantastic about the graphics.
Invest money in a good PC will keep you away from the LAN shops for 5 years.
DOTA also addictive
i got friends who played and even joined clans
warao, lectures also dont want to come -
I have a time limit for him to play. Usually he does that in the day, and at night, he will need to do something else.... and nothing else after 10 pm.Originally posted by laurence82:i stopped playing dota, coz either i spend money going to LAN shops, or i will spend money trying to upgrade my pc
dota and world of warcraft, two very addictive game that have consumed some of my friends and forumers...better watch out for your kids -
actually I don't think anybody cares if you are interested or not.Originally posted by davidche:Funny,
Im not interested in either. -
Originally posted by Chin Eng:actually I don't think anybody cares if you are interested or not. This is becoming a classic
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Computer lags more during the day due to either hot weather(heats up computer) or rain(disrupts signals).Originally posted by Chin Eng:I have a time limit for him to play. Usually he does that in the day, and at night, he will need to do something else.... and nothing else after 10 pm.
Normally i play com during night.
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That is why Jesus often spoke in parables. To avoid the hassle of legal lawsuits and censure.Originally posted by Chin Eng:get a grip... it's just a manga. The Japanese have traditionally been very keen in tweaking religious symbols in their cartoons. Anything from Digimon to Ninja Resurrection can be seen laden with religious symbols, nothing new lah
No need to read between the lines. -
A little known news...
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1113827719517
Just in time for the picking of a new pope, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Monday that Holocaust survivors can pursue the Vatican Bank for profiting from a Nazi puppet regime.
The decision in Alperin v. Vatican Bank, 05 C.D.O.S. 3216, revives a class action that had been dismissed by San Francisco U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney.
Groups of Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian Holocaust victims -- potentially hundreds of thousands, according to plaintiffs attorneys -- had sued the Vatican Bank, the Franciscan Order, the Croatian Liberation Movement and various banks in 1999.
Plaintiffs allege the defendants "profited from the genocidal acts of the Croatian Ustasha political regime," which was installed by the Nazis during World War II, according to the opinion.
The Ustasha regime operated death camps where as many as 700,000 Serbs died. After the Croatian government collapsed at the end of the war, its leaders fled to Italy and some assets went into Vatican control, according to a State Department report. Plaintiffs allege that the Vatican Bank, an arm of the sovereign Vatican government, essentially laundered the money, said plaintiffs lawyer Thomas Easton of Eugene, Ore.
Easton said he believed it was "just a coincidence" that the decision came on the first day cardinals deliberated who will be the next pope.
However, Easton hopes the Catholic church takes advantage of the timing and agrees to settle the case.
"I would think a new pope might want to clean the decks of this kind of stuff," Easton said. "I'm thinking we have a good chance to settle now."
The claims could exceed $100 million, according to a press release put out by Easton's partner in the case, Jonathan Levy of Ohio. Pepperdine University School of Law Professor Kathryn Lee Boyd argued the plaintiffs case at the 9th Circuit.
Chesney had granted a motion to dismiss because she believed the case wasn't justiciable under the political question doctrine. That legal test requires courts to stay out of business normally conducted by the executive and legislative branches.
Monday's divided 9th Circuit panel said Chesney was right, but only regarding the so-called "war objective" claims. Two of the three panel judges -- 9th Circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown and Senior Illinois District Judge Milton Shadur, sitting by designation -- said they would allow the more "garden variety" tort of conversion claims.
"In the landscape before us, this lawsuit is the only game in town with respect to claimed looting and profiteering by the Vatican Bank," McKeown wrote for the majority. "No ongoing government negotiations, agreements or settlements are on the horizon. The outside chance that the executive branch will issue a statement in the future that has the 'potentiality of embarrassment' when viewed against our decision today does not justify foreclosing the Holocaust survivors' claims."
But the third panelist, 9th Circuit Judge Stephen Trott, said that's not good enough.
"With all respect to my valued colleagues, I see it as a mistake to measure this issue of justifiability by a 'this lawsuit is the only game in town' standard," Trott write in dissent. "This is not our 'game,' period, and we do not become vested with jurisdiction by default of the other branches."
The defendants have not yet decided whether to appeal, said Paul Vallone of San Francisco's Hinshaw & Culbertson, who represents the Franciscan Order.
Although Monday's decision was a setback for his client, Vallone pointed to sections of the opinion that tell the plaintiffs they are by no means home free.
"There are several other obstacles that plaintiffs need to get through," Vallone said.
Indeed, several times the judges noted the complexity and difficulty of the massive case, calling it a "behemoth" and comparing the district court's work on it to Sisyphus, the mythological figure who rolled a boulder up a hill only to have it roll back down for eternity.
Easton, on the other hand, found those comments encouraging. "Those are signals to both sides to settle the case," he said.
The lawyer for the Vatican Bank, Jeffrey Lena of Berkeley, Calif., could not be reached for comment.