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Re:Tokyo’s internet Jesus uses secret creed to command CEOs by quadrifoliate on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @09:06PM (#24783645)
Even if he is Christian; it's kind of strange to me that people don't realize that other cultures will use Western cultural references that might be very "heavy" in a different, much more casual way. I mean, Western companies talk about code "ninjas" all the time; and I have heard a few samurai and zen references too.

Japan talking about Christians isn't particularly different. Christianity and comparisons to it are made relatively casually, with much less cultural weight than they would have in the US or Europe. Here's a Japanese rap song [1] whose lyrics [2] go, "As the Bible is to a devout Christian, so to me is is the Zulu Nation" (translation [2]).

So in my opinion the "internet Jesus uses secret creed" thing is at least mildly clickbaity. It'd be the equivalent of seizing upon the name "Zen of Python" to write an article about "A Language with a simplicity driven by Buddhism".

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[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnJMBcQFNME#t=2m51s

[2] https://genius.com/Genius-english-translations-aklo-rgto-eng...

Re:Tokyo’s internet Jesus uses secret creed to command CEOs by mr__y on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:38AM (#24788516)
>Western cultural references that might be very "heavy" in a different, much more casual way

Just to prove your point - crucified Santa Claus [0]

[0] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-21/how-the-iconography-o...

Re:Tokyo’s internet Jesus uses secret creed to command CEOs by vagrantJin on Thursday October 15, 2020 @05:05AM (#24786449)
I'm Zulu. What on earth are they singing about?
Re:Tokyo’s internet Jesus uses secret creed to command CEOs by throwawasdf on Thursday October 15, 2020 @06:52AM (#24787091)
Re:Tokyo’s internet Jesus uses secret creed to command CEOs by ljm on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:28AM (#24788403)
The lyrics reference that directly.
Re:Tokyo’s internet Jesus uses secret creed to command CEOs by vagrantJin on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:06AM (#24788168)
That makes sense.
Re:Tokyo’s internet Jesus uses secret creed to command CEOs by tomc1985 on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @10:12PM (#24784093)
Japan in particular is completely unsurprising as Christianity features prominently in a lot of anime
Re:Tokyo’s internet Jesus uses secret creed to command CEOs by presentation on Thursday October 15, 2020 @12:30AM (#24784943)
Many people I know here in Japan wear crosses and have figurines of the Virgin Mary and so on not because they care about Christianity at all, but because it looks cute.
Re:Tokyo’s internet Jesus uses secret creed to command CEOs by Hamuko on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:08AM (#24788189)
That clip where Anno is asked why the Evangelions are named that way is always relevant.

https://youtu.be/rGJ_Kq8qifQ?t=379