Anti-religious and anti-Christian themes in JRPGs

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Re: Anti-religious and anti-Christian themes in JRPGs

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o.pwuaioc wrote:
Forlorn Drifter wrote:Kratos was a Titan, why did the gods cause him problems? He was already chopped up into pieces by the time the gods were established.)

http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Kratos.html

I think you're thinking of Kronos, though even then he wasn't chopped into pieces. But yes, dear gods above, quite a few of my students had distorted views of the Greek gods thanks to God of War, Disney's Hercules, Xena: Warrior Princess, etc. It's bad.


Don't worry, we complain about hollywood distorting mythology, but most of our students don't have it clear in their mind either.....to be fair, it was the ancient equivelant of the DC Universe continuity, so good luck with that :lol:
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Re: Anti-religious and anti-Christian themes in JRPGs

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o.pwuaioc wrote:
Forlorn Drifter wrote:Kratos was a Titan, why did the gods cause him problems? He was already chopped up into pieces by the time the gods were established.)

http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Kratos.html

I think you're thinking of Kronos, though even then he wasn't chopped into pieces. But yes, dear gods above, quite a few of my students had distorted views of the Greek gods thanks to God of War, Disney's Hercules, Xena: Warrior Princess, etc. It's bad.

:oops: Oops. See, I made my own point.
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