Religion = chuunibyou?

Arlong

So I just finished watching chuunibyou, pretty good, would watch again. Got me thinking though, isn't religion sort of like that? I mean you have people like Rikka who wears an eyepatch and religious people also wear things like crosses, or turbans, or yamakas. And priests or gurus whatever sometimes act like they have supernatural powers with their holy water and chakras and they wear robes. Similar to Mori Summer for most religions. I'm not saying religious people are delusional, maybe some are, but I'm religious myself. Just comparison in behavior. It's like if the chuunibyou delusions were for real. Hesiod definitely had chuunibyou though.

if you haven't watch the show, chuunibyou is 8th grade syndrome. You know, when we were in middle school with ridiculous imagination and we imagined ourselves as having special powers, or we thought some people were robots/aliens, or we could control and communicate with animals. you know, that. That embarrassing time of our life we wish didn't happen.

omg I had a friend that thought she could harness the power of the wind spirit (wut?), had a chant and arm motion too. holy lol. I swear it wasn't me, it was a friend, A FRIEND I SAY. But is it really any different with me thinking I have the Holy Spirit with me?

I think it's possible that an element of chuunibyou is present in some parts of religion

KamiNoBeniMizu

Never had that part in my life. But then again, many says I am quite "unique". Now, whether they dared to say that in a bad way... HOW dare they!

WillScarlet

Arlong said:

So I just finished watching chuunibyou, pretty good, would watch again. Got me thinking though, isn't religion sort of like that? I mean you have people like Rikka who wears an eyepatch and religious people also wear things like crosses, or turbans, or yamakas. And priests or gurus whatever sometimes act like they have supernatural powers with their holy water and chakras and they wear robes. Similar to Mori Summer for most religions. I'm not saying religious people are delusional, maybe some are, but I'm religious myself. Just comparison in behavior. It's like if the chuunibyou delusions were for real. Hesiod definitely had chuunibyou though.

if you haven't watch the show, chuunibyou is 8th grade syndrome. You know, when we were in middle school with ridiculous imagination and we imagined ourselves as having special powers, or we thought some people were robots/aliens, or we could control and communicate with animals. you know, that. That embarrassing time of our life we wish didn't happen.

omg I had a friend that thought she could harness the power of the wind spirit (wut?), had a chant and arm motion too. holy lol. I swear it wasn't me, it was a friend, A FRIEND I SAY. But is it really any different with me thinking I have the Holy Spirit with me?

I think it's possible that an element of chuunibyou is present in some parts of religion

funny coming from a person who hates Atheists...

Arlong

I don't hate atheists. They're annoying especially the new atheist type but I don't hate them.

AKradian

There's the famous quote by Richard Dawkins: "“We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.”

To an atheist, a religion is basically a cult that survived the death of its founder. They are all as silly and absurd as chuunibyou.
To a believer, their own religion, despite having some of the external trappings similar to other religions (as you pointed out, the special clothes, the clergy, etc), has The Truth at its core, while those other religions (and cults, and children's covens, and whatever other mystic nonsense) don't.

Arlong

Ehh I think there is an element of truth in most religions. I may not be muslim but I know Mohammed was real. I know Confucius was real. Probably the fantastical ones like Hindu and folk religions are loosely based on or inspired by true events but maybe we're romanticized by people with chuunibyou. If anything I think this will make me more religious. It sounds like fun. Dress up in a robe and hold a giant cross and shout "angels whisper, spiritual cleansing, Heavenly Aura!!" And then I'll fight the demons of Lucifer. Oh man it's so much like chuunibyou. And I love it.

AKradian

Arlong said:

Ehh I think there is an element of truth in most religions. I may not be muslim but I know Mohammed was real. I know Confucius was real. Probably the fantastical ones like Hindu and folk religions are loosely based on or inspired by true events but maybe we're romanticized by people with chuunibyou. If anything I think this will make me more religious. It sounds like fun. Dress up in a robe and hold a giant cross and shout "angels whisper, spiritual cleansing, Heavenly Aura!!" And then I'll fight the demons of Lucifer. Oh man it's so much like chuunibyou. And I love it.

I don't think there's any question about Mohammed being real.
The question is whether he was a prophet, a madman, or a liar.

I know there are Christian churches that are more into "chuunibyou" trappings/rituals than others. Sounds like just the thing for you.