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How much did the old fans care about the media tie-ins? Were there that many people writing “Princess Promenade” fanfic?
I would argue that those are two distinct fandoms. If G4 fandom fades out, then this fandom is effectively gone, old school mlp fans sticking around or not.
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My Little Pony Fair has had a convention every year since 2004, the second year of G3, which ended in 2009. MLP fandom was here before (most of) us and will still be here when the G4-only fans are gone, there’s no real reason to worry on that score.
I just hope it’ll remain strong after gen 4 is over.
“Full potential” isn’t usually in the cards for a show aimed at eight year olds, that’s why we have a fandom.
That would be a really good idea. Except it’s something that’s never going to happen considering Hasbro’s tendencies to hold back the show from it’s full potential.
At least as far as he knows; there is clearly a vast amount of Destiny and Fate involved in Equestria, it is entirely possible that the Pillars were just filling a role in something else’s Grand Scheme.
“Yadee yadee da bla bla bla ding dong daga daga dung swoop pla.”
You know Texas, you’re quite the cynic. For a dude who himself claims to be a “Christian”, you seem to put little stock in what the Bible itself says.
Don’t imagine that I’m out to start an internet fight here, but you come off as a little bit of a know-it-all when it comes to this kind of stuff. Suffice it to say I disagree with your assessment. The religious authorities had already attempted to stone Jesus for making Himself out to be the same as God, and when they held Him on trial, they condemned Him for doing so again. The Romans may have had cause for wanting Him dead, but they aren’t the ones who arrested Him.
Yes, I’m sure that local magistrates with a reputation for careless cruelty and thoughtless unilateral punishment quite often took the time to stage theatrical public handwashings for the sake of sectarian spats amongst the native population. Jesus was a popular figure with a great many devout followers who believed Him the literal Son Of God; if Pilate had ordered him executed directly, those followers would have blamed Roman authority for the execution, and he would have risked being blamed for any resultant uprising. By making a great show of failing to find just cause for punishing Jesus– which is just patently ridiculous, Jesus told His disciples to follow God even if it meant disobeying Rome, which was a crucifying offense anywhere in the Empire– Pilate placed all the blame squarely on the local religious leaders, who would have a much easier time controlling the populace once Jesus was gone. That was the entire point of the handwashing scene.
First Century Jerusalem had a new Messiah on every streetcorner, it was a land in constant religious and ethnic turmoil and was awash in apocalyptic sects and street preachers warning of the End Of Days. They were almost universally ignored, because none of them had enough of a following to present any real threat to the power structure. Jesus was dangerous, because He actively encouraged the people to ignore the faithless religious hierarchy and connect with God directly, which was a direct threat to the secular leadership’s political and economic power… which was an indirect threat to Rome, because keeping those corrupt leaders fat and happy and under their sandalheel is how Rome controlled the populace and kept them from constant revolt.
To say that it was because of any actual religious belief on the part of the political priesthood is to believe that modern right wing pseudoevangelists are acting in a “Christian” manner by encouraging followers to abandon the poor and discriminate against minorities. It was politics, dirty and simple; religion, then as now, was just a cheap excuse.
That isn’t quite accurate; the point is repeatedly stressed that the Roman authorities could not find any legal reason to execute Jesus. However, the Romans, in the interest of keeping the peace and satisfying the Pharisees and Sadducees, the major religious authorities to the Jews in that era (ones who considered Jesus to be a blasphemer and a fraud for declaring himself to be the son of God and the Messiah, and of a greater authority than their own), granted their demands and had Jesus executed.
Jesus was executed because He was a populist revolutionary and a threat to both the Roman government in Judea and the corrupt local religious leaders they used to keep the uprising-prone populace in line. That’s why He was crucified instead of just hung, it’s the execution method Rome used to make an example of anyone who threatened their authority.
…That He went to the cross willingly because He was reading from a script and deliberately hitting all the prophesied plot points is a separate issue.
I guess. It just seems like you’re trying to inject a viewpoint in it under the guise of it just technically fitting the definition.
Though I guess if you’re just religious and want to browse ponies in peace without being offended, I suppose that would be a fine reason to tag it.
This isn’t an arbitrary thing at all, though. Since this is the “Proper” name of God as given in Exodus 3:14, it’s sacredness is very pronounced. Hinduism and Bhuddism may have something similar, but I’m not aware of it. I know Islam sure does. Anyway, the point is that it’s not random, and it certainly wouldn’t hurt to add such a tag.
Just as sort of an interjection here, blasphemy would depend on the religion would it not? And that’s really what my initial point in asking about why a blasphemy tag should be added. It seems like a sorta random point of view kind of thing. I’m sure plenty of things are blasphemous to various religions here, should we tag all of those too?
Well, my point stands regardless, just sans you. They always get so worked up about “blasphemy” and all that. It wouldn’t be an issue if folks wouldn’t get so offended.
As I suspected that someone would do, you’ve misunderstood completely. You’re the one getting worked up here, not me. I’m simply arguing about the definition and application of the word “blasphemy.” It’s not like I’m calling down fire from heaven here, I’m just trying to clarify the facts.
It’s a fucking glowing tree with a quote from some deity that may or may not exist slapped on it, big whoop. Monotheists, always so thin skinned. Don’t see me getting my jimmies rustled when someone cracks a joke about my faith. You know how many time’s I see Pagan stuff misused?
What in the world are you blathering about?