• NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Some of them are literal gods, though. People in the pokemon world just have that Necron rizz and don’t give a fuck, told them to get in the fucking pocket dimension prison ball or they’d beat them to death like Michael Vick.

    • notabot@piefed.socialEnglish
      17·
      4 days ago

      I say that would make it easier, you don’t need to believe in any supernatural entities when you can see them running around causing trouble.

      • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish
        12·
        4 days ago

        I’d argue that you can still worship supernatural beings that verifyably exist, and gods that “cause trouble” are fairly common across religions (this includes the christian/jewish/muslim god). When in doubt, the trouble they cause is punishment for your sins.

        • notabot@piefed.socialEnglish
          3·
          4 days ago

          You don’t need to believe in something you can see, you know it exists. The worship element is just an extension of the massively unbalanced power dynamic between a god and their followers. I’d say that atheism is more about the not believeing than the not worshiping. I consider myself atheist, but if a massively powerful, supernatural, entity shows up ‘in the flesh’ as such, I’ll certainly be doing what it demands, until a better option arises.

          • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish
            3·
            4 days ago

            Would a christian stop being a christian if God or Jesus appeared before them and performed a miracle? What if they don’t actually demand anything or say anything about whether they approve of the christian religion?

            • notabot@piefed.socialEnglish
              4·
              4 days ago

              Stop being a Christian? No.

              Were the apostles Christian? Yes, but their faith wasn’t built on belief without proof, it was based on sure and certain knowledge. Likewise, if a ‘god’ (or suitably godlike entity) turns up, one can be a follower, and follow their tenets as closely as any, but one would not need to be a believer, because any uncertainty has been removed.

              • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish
                2·
                4 days ago

                But earlier in this thread, you wrote that knowing, as opposed to believing, makes it easier to be an atheist.

                And IIRC Arceus never actually wanted to start a religion, so worshipping them would still be firmly in the realm of belief.

                • notabot@piefed.socialEnglish
                  1·
                  4 days ago

                  Yes, I think we may have slightly different views on exactly an atheist is. I’m saying that knowing a god existed would make it easier to be an atheist as you would not need to believe they exist, rather you would know, and have unarguable proof, that they exist. The way I see it, it is the believe/non belief aspect that is core to atheism. The worship is just an attempt not to be smited by a being unimaginably more powerful than one’s self. Equally, if the entity wished not to be worshiped, one would be wise to heed that wish, for fear of retribution.

                  One could add caveats around godhood, such as requiring that they created the universe, or that they are omnipotent and omnicient, to try to diferentiate between gods and mearly massively powerful entities, but I feel that exact definitions are getting into theistic philosophy that isn’t helpful here.

                  As far as I can tell, in the Pokemon universe Arceus is a real, interacts with the wotld and its inhabitants, and either created or shaped the universe. I think that would count as a god by most any definition. Before meeting one, an atheist might maintain that Arceus is just a figment of the imagination, and refuse to believe in it, but after meeting one, there would be no need to believe, making it a lot easier to be an atheist in that regard. Abiding by the Arceus’ wishes would likely be a sound move however.

    • Malgas@beehaw.orgEnglish
      9·
      4 days ago

      “That’s no call to go around believing in them. It only encourages ‘em.”

      —Granny Weatherwax

  • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    39·
    4 days ago

    I think that, deep down inside of the person who created this video, there was an incredible amount of disappointment and betrayal at finding out that the Misty wasn’t a twink.

  • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    Pokemon sounds fucking rad. Do they have drugs, too? What am I asking? Those kids aren’t in school and are hanging out with a dude in his 20s, they definitely have drugs.

  • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
    29·
    4 days ago

    The first Power Rangers iteration was ‘The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers.’

    I remember someone wrote a letter to the local paper complaining that children were being exposed to superheroes using morphine.

      • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
        13·
        4 days ago

        [nerd alert]

        Besides obvious examples like Hour Man and Popeye, I can think of two heroes who used intoxicants to gain superpowers.

        In the Wild Card books [edited and co-created by George RR Martin] Captain Trips uses various concoctions to become a bunch of different heroes, including one female, making him one of the few transgender metahumans.

        IntoxiKate [Heroes Anonymous series] is a telepathic alcoholic. She gets lit, and then can share her trip with anyone else in the area.