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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Charismatic on February 23, 2009, 12:32:25 pm

Title: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: Charismatic on February 23, 2009, 12:32:25 pm
Message to mods-[This does relate to freespace, but i think it belongs here, because this is a place for news and modern discussion. And i think the croud more often talks about poilitics and religons here more then in General Freespace. So mods plz don't move.]

Ok. Lets say Sol (earth) finds out teh Shivans are coming to assrape us and destroy all of humanity. Which of the modern (or past) religons would rise to become the modern day, Hammer of Light.

AFAIK they believed the Shivans would come and cleanse all the world of their sins or impurities. All the shivans really did was kill everybody.
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That aside, Tho it is a little of a stretch, the first thing that comes to mind when I think of extremists, is Islam. I know its only a small portion thats radical and all, but they want to kill westerners or unbelievers etc. Kinda like cleansing?
Title: Re: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: Commander Zane on February 23, 2009, 12:36:16 pm
You're refering to the type that set out to kill those who don't believe in Allah / oppose him?
Title: Re: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: Charismatic on February 23, 2009, 01:01:22 pm
Yeah.
Title: Re: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: Blue Lion on February 23, 2009, 01:26:27 pm
Westboro
Title: Re: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: MP-Ryan on February 23, 2009, 01:49:25 pm
It's fairly safe to say that the HoL of the FreeSpace universe is based heavily on a combination of radical Christianity, radical Islam, and a smattering of doomsday cults for good measure.
Title: Re: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: Galemp on February 23, 2009, 04:46:16 pm
The HoL works because the Shivans are the gods of their legends, the Great Destroyers and cleansers of the cosmos. I imagine if Jehovah appeared in the sky over Iran and started tossing fireballs, there'd be a huge number of people willing to hasten the end times. In fact there's quite a few modern political leaders who are willing to throw the fireballs themselves, with or without Jehovah.
Title: Re: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: admiral_wolf on February 24, 2009, 06:10:54 am
The HoL works because the Shivans are the gods of their legends, the Great Destroyers and cleansers of the cosmos. I imagine if Jehovah appeared in the sky over Iran and started tossing fireballs, there'd be a huge number of people willing to hasten the end times. In fact there's quite a few modern political leaders who are willing to throw the fireballs themselves, with or without Jehovah.

Blasphemy!  You said the name of our Lord....STONE HIM!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erthun0Pauc
Title: Re: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: azile0 on February 24, 2009, 11:06:49 am
I think it'd be a kind of radical Islam/Christianity mutant lovechild. The concept of "kill the infidels" and "Our lord will walk again/is walking with us now".
Title: Re: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: Charismatic on February 24, 2009, 08:59:51 pm
I think it'd be a kind of radical Islam/Christianity mutant lovechild. The concept of "kill the infidels" and "Our lord will walk again/is walking with us now".

So the second part, you all refer to as the christianity part?

Westboro

Definition or link plz? example?

the Great Destroyers and cleansers of the cosmos........hasten the end times.

There has to be some sects, religons, or cults that believe in great destroyers..., anything in the greek myths perhapse?

"Cleansers of the cosmos", i am certain there is something like this in modern day beleifs. Something like a world spirit cleansing impurities iirc??

Hasten the end times-- anyone know any 'end of the world' cults currently operating?
Title: Re: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: redsniper on February 24, 2009, 09:54:07 pm
Well, what about Hindus and, you know, Shiva.
Title: Re: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on February 27, 2009, 09:40:03 pm
I imagine that if the HoL had a recruit slogan, it might say..."Existence is futile. Join the Hammer of Light and perish in a blaze of glory."
Title: Re: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: Dilmah G on February 28, 2009, 03:13:34 am
I imagine that if the HoL had a recruit slogan, it might say..."Existence is futile. Join the Hammer of Light and perish in a blaze of glory."

The Imperial Japanese Navy would've benefited from something like that during the end of the war.
Title: Re: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on February 28, 2009, 04:39:10 am
:lol:
Title: Re: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: Molybdenum on February 28, 2009, 08:32:03 am
Granted that the attacking aliens would be Xenu then I would say the Church of Scientology.
Title: Re: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: Dilmah G on February 28, 2009, 09:15:38 am
Granted that the attacking aliens would be Xenu then I would say the Church of Scientology.

 :wakka:
Title: Re: Modern Day Hammer Of Light
Post by: karajorma on February 28, 2009, 09:20:24 am
Granted that the attacking aliens would be Xenu then I would say the Church of Scientology.

I think they'd fight against Xenu actually. :p