Bible Fandom - Zoomers rediscover western canon

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By the way, there is a YouTube channel I occasionally watch. I don't know if they have a particular denomination, I take it as generically Protestant, and I don't know how accurate it is in terms of "correctly" interpreting scripture, but what I find remarkable is that it's the only mainstream explanation of the Bible/Christianity I've ever heard that makes any fucking sense when I hear it. It identifies major narratives in the Bible, discusses the rich meaning of Hebrew terms (that is lost in translation), explains the structure of the Bible and different literary forms in it.

I was reminded of it, here, because it talks in some videos about aspects of the Old Testament that the "Bible fandom" would find fascinating, like the whole world of little minigods, the elohim, the Heavenly Host, that appears but which Christians tend to just ignore. There was a rich mythology of Judaism and Christianity that was forgotten by Protestants due to lack of formal education and was shoved aside by Catholics due to the need to promote their own bullshit mythology.

 
Ghost of Wesley Willis said:
"Bible fandom" in the best explanation I can give, just basically boils down to a mentality of "I want to be a Christian but I don't want to have the moral disciplines, impulse control, or restraint necessary to be a Christian, so instead I'm just gonna draw cutesy fanart of it instead."
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Its the old "spiritual, but no religious" mindset

People want a "feel good" religion, but damn if it gets in the way of their hedonistic enjoyment of things
 
Ughubughughughughughghlug said:
By the way, there is a YouTube channel I occasionally watch. I don't know if they have a particular denomination, I take it as generically Protestant, and I don't know how accurate it is in terms of "correctly" interpreting scripture, but what I find remarkable is that it's the only mainstream explanation of the Bible/Christianity I've ever heard that makes any fucking sense when I hear it. It identifies major narratives in the Bible, discusses the rich meaning of Hebrew terms (that is lost in translation), explains the structure of the Bible and different literary forms in it.

I was reminded of it, here, because it talks in some videos about aspects of the Old Testament that the "Bible fandom" would find fascinating, like the whole world of little minigods, the elohim, the Heavenly Host, that appears but which Christians tend to just ignore. There was a rich mythology of Judaism and Christianity that was forgotten by Protestants due to lack of formal education and was shoved aside by Catholics due to the need to promote their own bullshit mythology.

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Elaborate on the part about little minigods, Elohim, and the Heavenly Host.
 
AnsemSoD1 said:
Elaborate on the part about little minigods, Elohim, and the Heavenly Host.
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If I remember correctly the original Hebrew used the same word for God's servants - what we might now think of as angels - as Mesopotamians would use for gods. These collectively form the Heavenly Host the Bible keeps referring to, host being an old-fashioned term for an army, a retinue, the powers that fight on behalf of something. There's stuff about God having a sort of council of beings that he consults with, which again seems very odd from a modern perspective but makes more sense when compared to Mesopotamian religion of the time.

 
This must be the most roundabout way of turning Reddit atheists into Christians. I don't know how to feel about Jesus being drawn like Disney fanart.
 
WelperHelper99 said:
Muhammad is a god in Islam, change my mind
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Ibn Abbas reported: Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, went to the door of the mosque when he heard the news of the passing of the Prophet. Abu Bakr said, “To proceed: Whoever among you worships Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, then Muhammad has died. Whoever worships Allah, then Allah is alive and cannot die. Allah Almighty said: Muhammad is not but a Messenger. Messengers have passed before him. If he dies or is killed, will you turn back on your heels?” (3:144) Ibn Abbas said, “By Allah, it was as if the people had not known that Allah revealed this verse until Abu Bakr recited it.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1241
 
Reject "modern" depictions of Jesus, return to Iconography!
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Ughubughughughughughghlug said:
By the way, there is a YouTube channel I occasionally watch. I don't know if they have a particular denomination, I take it as generically Protestant, and I don't know how accurate it is in terms of "correctly" interpreting scripture, but what I find remarkable is that it's the only mainstream explanation of the Bible/Christianity I've ever heard that makes any fucking sense when I hear it. It identifies major narratives in the Bible, discusses the rich meaning of Hebrew terms (that is lost in translation), explains the structure of the Bible and different literary forms in it.

I was reminded of it, here, because it talks in some videos about aspects of the Old Testament that the "Bible fandom" would find fascinating, like the whole world of little minigods, the elohim, the Heavenly Host, that appears but which Christians tend to just ignore. There was a rich mythology of Judaism and Christianity that was forgotten by Protestants due to lack of formal education and was shoved aside by Catholics due to the need to promote their own bullshit mythology.

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They're protestant, so their theology has errors, but it's a great way to grasp the narrative aspect of the Bible.

BiggestKai said:
The second coming of Jesus will be a tiktok influencer who makes shorts of each bible story, complete with zoomer lingo, adhd subtitles, a split screen with Noah's Ark 3D gameplay and church organ music slowed down with added reverb.
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You mean this?
Full channel
 
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Named User said:
There should definitely be more high quality cartoons covering the Bible stories for kids and teens. Christians (or I guess specifically Thomists) have the tradition of Scholasticism and High Art, so they should be excelling at creating media like this, but it hasn’t happened for moving pictures yet.

The 50s Hollywood Biblical epics and Dreamworks cartoons come close, but these are Jewish creations with Jewish undertones.
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If we're talking about children, it's hard to make a decent media without censoring the source material, as it contains many disturbing moments. For older audiences, like teen and adults, it's a different problem: you do either follow the source material and get "boring Christianity propaganda" from the perspective of non-religious people, or you reinterpret it or tell your own story in the same setting and get accusations of heresy from religious people.

It's a no-win situation, and I'm afraid we'll only get more decent works when the Bible becomes seen more as mythology than actual religion, as it is now with Egyptian and Scandinavian mythologies.
 
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Cascade said:
If we're talking about children, it's hard to make a decent media without censoring the source material, as it contains many disturbing moments. For older audiences, like teen and adults, it's a different problem: you do either follow the source material and get "boring Christianity propaganda" from the perspective of non-religious people, or you reinterpret it or tell your own story in the same setting and get accusations of heresy from the perspective of religious people.

It's a no-win situation, and I'm afraid we'll only get more decent works when the Bible becomes seen more as mythology than actual religion, as it is now with Egyptian and Scandinavian mythologies.
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There are decent channels out there, such as Bible project mentioned previously. But if you want to go way deeper and intellectual, the Dominican monks over at the Thomistic Institute have a very good playlist titled Aquinas 101. This isn't your granny's theology, this is heavy duty stuff by some big brained monks who try to make it accessible for laypeople.
 
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