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caesar zeppeli & religion
Spoilers for JJBA, Battle Tendency.
I'm rewatching JJBA with my dad and sister. We just watched Caesar die and we were dead silent. Despite all of us having already watched this scene before, it was still as impactful as it was the first time each of us picked up Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. My sister and I were making jokes up until we noticed that Caesar was about to engage in combat with Wamuu.
The rock being cross-shaped- his death was obviously religiously metaphoric. I know his death was avoidable and near pointless, but the metaphor makes me think about my bridge between Islam and Christianity. It has nothing to do with JJBA, but that just happened to be what prompted this post.
I grew up with Islam and it was imbedded into my identity since birth. I quickly concluded that the religion was not for me at a very early age, but because it was so ingrained it me- I could never completely let it go. Till this day, I still do not agree with the religion, but I often feel alienated in my new Christian school, so I attached myself to my "Muslim" identity. I only joke about it in order to not fully burden myself with the title and the beliefs that come with it, I've never properly proclaimed myself as a Muslim in my new school. I know everyone would be welcoming of me, whether they are accomodating or not isn't the problem. I latch onto the label because it makes me feel as though I belong to a community.
Coming to this school and being exposed to Christianity made me feel like I had been sheltered from everyone else. People at my old school were virtually the same, no new ideas were spread.
Seeing the different between "fear Allah" and "Jesus loves you" was all too jarring.
Everyone here is so much nicer to me.
I'd like to be religious, but religion remains unconvincing to me. I would like to have a God to lean on and thank them. I wish to explore Christianity more in the coming years, in my current school and in University.
I'm rewatching JJBA with my dad and sister. We just watched Caesar die and we were dead silent. Despite all of us having already watched this scene before, it was still as impactful as it was the first time each of us picked up Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. My sister and I were making jokes up until we noticed that Caesar was about to engage in combat with Wamuu.
The rock being cross-shaped- his death was obviously religiously metaphoric. I know his death was avoidable and near pointless, but the metaphor makes me think about my bridge between Islam and Christianity. It has nothing to do with JJBA, but that just happened to be what prompted this post.
I grew up with Islam and it was imbedded into my identity since birth. I quickly concluded that the religion was not for me at a very early age, but because it was so ingrained it me- I could never completely let it go. Till this day, I still do not agree with the religion, but I often feel alienated in my new Christian school, so I attached myself to my "Muslim" identity. I only joke about it in order to not fully burden myself with the title and the beliefs that come with it, I've never properly proclaimed myself as a Muslim in my new school. I know everyone would be welcoming of me, whether they are accomodating or not isn't the problem. I latch onto the label because it makes me feel as though I belong to a community.
Coming to this school and being exposed to Christianity made me feel like I had been sheltered from everyone else. People at my old school were virtually the same, no new ideas were spread.
Seeing the different between "fear Allah" and "Jesus loves you" was all too jarring.
Everyone here is so much nicer to me.
I'd like to be religious, but religion remains unconvincing to me. I would like to have a God to lean on and thank them. I wish to explore Christianity more in the coming years, in my current school and in University.