The most random thread ever!!!

[Delthion]

NOBODY CARES! SORRY!

(Favorite song currently.)

[HeadInAnotherGalaxy]

If every Onion vaz pokey, vid ze zaladz ever get o'er ze mountain?

[The Skarzs]

Siri say that question does not make sense.

[HeadInAnotherGalaxy]

If zat iz vot ah zink it iz, *Zetz zaid abomination on fire*

[The Skarzs]

Siri is a hivemind. You cannot kill it.

[HeadInAnotherGalaxy]

*Zetz zaid 'oive on fire*

[The Skarzs]

In other words, it can never completely be killed.

[Jukka the Sling]

I'm kinda curious about Avatar: The Last Airbender, but I hear there's a lot of weird spiritual stuff and a lot of Christians don't like it.

...Do any of the Christians here have some insight to share?

[Maudie]

I mean, yeah, it does have some wierd Asian spirit stuff going on, but it's no big deal. It doesn't go too in depth and they're not sacrilegious or anything. I've never considered it an issue. It's just part of the ATLA world.

[Rusvul]

Not a Christian, but:

It portrays the world with a somewhat animistic and/or pantheistic worldview; I don't recall any organized religion, but there's spirits and monks and the like. The whole show does have a somewhat 'spiritual' air to it, with a lot of reverence of (though not necessarily worship to) the natural world and the spirits.

As far as bending goes, you could definitely class it as magic. As it's portrayed, though, it doesn't feel like magic - it's more like a natural extension of martial arts (and the spirituality and philosophy that goes along with martial arts). Even though there is quite a lot in TLA that would be supernatural in real life, it's all portrayed as a natural part of the world.

You could say that The Last Airbender is Buddhist (and to a lesser extent, Hindu) the way that Lord of the Rings is Christian - not explicitly so, but the themes are there.

Do with that what you will.

[Jetthebinturong]

Yeah Avatar's themes and philosophy are largely inspired by Buddhism, and as Rus said, Hinduism to a much lesser extent. There doesn't appear to be any sort of organised religion, but there are many spirits who protect certain areas, and the people living in these areas offer them deference, though not worship, which is reminiscent of Shintoism.

But mostly it's just a fictional story, pulling elements of real religions in order to create its own world.

[Jukka the Sling]

Thanks, guys!

[Russa Nodrey]

I'm warming my cold toes on my charger adapter thingy. It's kind of working.

[Rosie Willowwater]

Oh, I do that a ton

[Russa Nodrey]