is it Ganesh or Ganesha? I've seen it written both ways so I'm not sure.
Well its Ganesh, but for some reason the english language puts -a in front of all our Gods names.. Rama, Krishna, Shiva...
why Ganesh, Baldur and Zao Shen being there at all? Exactly. Ganesh is a peaceful god. In fact we start anything, a journey, an exam, a new home, a job, for some people a new day, with his name, he is supposed to be that lucky/holy. I didn't get their point at all. Oh and that elephant in the room, does not even make sense, because while he does have an elephant for a face, there's a long story as to why it is that, but the last thing he is signified by is an elephant.
granted it is their story line and it is the driving force of this season's myth arc and so it must have some importance for the characters. Agreed, they needed to sort of get their point across, but by showing that Christianity is the all important religion, it is the one that controls the planet, my god, is one of the writers hired right out of Vatican? I did not get the needless need to sort of portray other existent religions in the poor light that they did, (I can't seem to find the word, degrade, reduce?). Why marginalize them like that?
And again CANNIBALISM WTF?? Ph I'm not even going there. Cannibalism is such a sin in our culture, to portray our Gods in that way, ::shudder:: ::hells anger:: I can understand that Pagan's demanded human Sacrifice, so did many Norse gods while the Greeks looked down on humans, but Baldur, Ganesh, srly? I understand exploring other religions but why not show them for what they are instead of distorting them so badly that they are so far off from the original, it hurts people sentiments? FAIL, Kripke, MAJOR fail!
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Date: 2010-04-24 07:16 pm (UTC)Well its Ganesh, but for some reason the english language puts -a in front of all our Gods names.. Rama, Krishna, Shiva...
Exactly. Ganesh is a peaceful god. In fact we start anything, a journey, an exam, a new home, a job, for some people a new day, with his name, he is supposed to be that lucky/holy. I didn't get their point at all. Oh and that elephant in the room, does not even make sense, because while he does have an elephant for a face, there's a long story as to why it is that, but the last thing he is signified by is an elephant.
Agreed, they needed to sort of get their point across, but by showing that Christianity is the all important religion, it is the one that controls the planet, my god, is one of the writers hired right out of Vatican? I did not get the needless need to sort of portray other existent religions in the poor light that they did, (I can't seem to find the word, degrade, reduce?). Why marginalize them like that?
Ph I'm not even going there. Cannibalism is such a sin in our culture, to portray our Gods in that way, ::shudder:: ::hells anger:: I can understand that Pagan's demanded human Sacrifice, so did many Norse gods while the Greeks looked down on humans, but Baldur, Ganesh, srly? I understand exploring other religions but why not show them for what they are instead of distorting them so badly that they are so far off from the original, it hurts people sentiments? FAIL, Kripke, MAJOR fail!