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Honestly, if Im living in a world where there are zombies trying to get me the last thing Im going to worry about is practacing my spritual beliefs. Im going to practace keeping my ass alive. I am not saying religon isnt important just during a crisis when dying in a serious risk, not a priority. and even though it is important to some characters in the story they seem to know that its not high on the list. Just my two cents
Another aspect: Would it not be necessary to modify the Christian liturgy after Z-Day? I mean, sacramental wine and bread are symbols for the blood and body of Christ. It has been a rite for centuries if not millennia. But would it not be eminently awkward to continue to celebrate the eucharist while the zombies used to feast on the living / dead?
I do not know whether it was intentional and indeed it could very easily just be my background pointing it out to me but I know I noticed a motif when I realized that Ink had made 12 little ones to follow him.
Still thinking about the significance of that!
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Perhaps TOWTM has been preparing them to go forth and "make disciples"....
Something started to go very wrong on 05/08/2009 then...Quote:
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Ever since #12 was discovered by Victor, I wanted to do a Last Supper-like painting of Ink & the Inklings. We have yet to see which one will fill the roll of Zudas.
I wonder if Randy might play that role.....Quote:
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What about Rob Halford from Judas Priest?Quote:
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Sorry, a really bad joke.
This discussion has got me thinking more about Christian symbolism in the whole WA story. (not really the official topic of this thread, I guess. Oh well...)
So we have Ink and his 12 disciples with their ability to make "converts"
Character names: Michael (the arch angel), Angel (duh), Saul (famous name twice in the Bible)
Cain General Hospital: a name with some notoriety from the Bible (good discussion about it on the wiki page) and it's cross shape and decorations
Perhaps a twisted, macabre take on Holy Communion with the collection and perhaps consumption of the dead Zed bodies (jury is still out on this one, I think)
There are probably a few more I'm missing at the moment but I think it'll be interesting to see if there is some sort of thread that ties this in. Of course, this could all just come from being influenced in naming and numbers from Kc and have no real meaning in the story :hsugh:
These are great questions. I am wondering about how all of the big religions would try to explain what caused z-day and why the survivors had to endure so much pain. Besides, I guess that there would be so *minor* changes to the eucharist celebrations in the long term...Quote:
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