The General Discussion Thread

Originally posted by Piggle Humsy
Japanese religion is so low key that it's beautiful and serene and gentle

Like there never used to be flood or earthquake relief or support because the 'zen' idea was that "well, it was meant to happen this way"

It took a Japanese Christian called Toyohiko Kagawa to start the first disaster relief projects, he basically brought a Japanese sensibility to Christianity and brought social care and social activism to Japan in the early-to-mid 20th century

He was also the only notable Japanese figure to be explicitly anti-war throughout WWII and as such was for many years seen as a traitor, although after the war he helped to reform Japan again, and was placed in a number of important positions throughout his life. He was a great guy.

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All I know is that during WW2 the Japanese worshipped the Emperor like a living God, and he was kept away from the people cuz...you know, God. This God couldn't stop nukes though(shitty God, no?).

First time a lot of people heard the Emp's voice? When he was telling them to surrender during WW2.

Sounds backwards as f*ck, but hey meh.

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Originally posted by Surtur
All I know is that during WW2 the Japanese worshipped the Emperor like a living God, and he was kept away from the people cuz...you know, God. This God couldn't stop nukes though(shitty God, no?).

First time a lot of people heard the Emp's voice? When he was telling them to surrender during WW2.

Sounds backwards as f*ck, but hey meh.

Originally posted by Scribble
Yeah Pre-WWII Japan was pretty crazy with all that stuff, their surrender really broke the illusion of the God-Emperor for most people though

Even worse was, before the war ended Japan was all 'We'll surrender as long as can keep our emperor!" We told them no.

After we nuked them and they surrendered we...let them keep their emperor.

True, but he was demoted to a much lower power position, he essentially just became a symbolic figurehead type thing like the British monarch is

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Originally posted by Piggle Humsy
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Originally posted by Piggle Humsy
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