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Attitudes towards anime in different religions

A post about anime from me - I think it sounds fun;)

I guess I won't have to explain what anime is. In this post, I want to consider a slightly peculiar question - what do representatives of various religions think about anime? There are no polytheistic religions (including Shinto) in the post.

Both the opinions of the clergy and ordinary believers will be taken. I think it will be interesting. 

I wanted to insert an icon in anime style, but for this in the "best country in the world" they can attract.

I wanted to insert an icon in anime style, but for this in the "best country in the world" they can attract.

Orthodoxy

The attitude of the Orthodox towards anime, in many ways, depends on how conservative and orthodox they are.

So, ardent zealots of Orthodoxy very often give out something like this. And in general, conservative Orthodox are extremely negative about anime for several reasons at once.
The first is the dislike of everything "not Orthodox", which means, in their opinion, heretical.
The second is the stereotypical idea of anime as something exceptionally obscene and depraved.

To sum up, the logic of many Orthodox believers boils down to the following: "here the youth will see enough anime that is alien to us, and there is cruelty, then they will go into the dark forest and start killing." 
And I'm not even being ironic, there really are such people. But this is a typical feature of many of our citizens - the fear of something previously unknown to them.

The situation is different with the so-called "progressive Orthodox" (or just not so crazy fanatics). They, in turn, believe that watching anime is acceptable with some exceptions. For example, they are still against hentai and works where same-sex love is shown. However, compared to the Orthodox Orthodox, this is already something. Although, unfortunately, there are more such conservatives in our country.

Religion and anime should be approached very carefully so as not to offend anyone's "feelings". Therefore, here is just an Orthodox priest for you.

Religion and anime should be approached very carefully so as not to offend anyone's "feelings". Therefore, here is just an Orthodox priest for you.

Catholicism and Protestantism

To tell the truth, I found almost no information about Catholics. But, I believe, there is the same principle as that of the Orthodox - conservative Catholics are categorically against, and more liberal Ones are in favor, with some exceptions. 

The situation with Protestants is slightly different. Since they are not united and are divided into many different currents, then the situation must be looked at relative to their "flow".

For example, the same Amish are forbidden to watch not only anime, but also anything else, since they cannot use communications and mains electricity, and they have nowhere to watch anything. 
The situation is about the same with other radical conservative movements in Protestantism, for example, anime (like any other non-religious products) is banned by Jehovah's Witnesses.

Some Amish are forbidden to even have refrigerators, where is modern media culture?

Some Amish are forbidden to even have refrigerators, where is modern media culture?

Muslims

The situation with Muslims is already clearer and simpler - the clergy forbids them to watch anime. This is due to several reasons.
Firstly, in the anime there are images of girls and women in "unacceptable" clothes (without hijab, with exposed areas of the body). This is serious for Muslims.
Secondly, there is music in anime. Muslims are forbidden to listen to any non-religious music, as it distracts from thoughts about Allah. 
Thirdly, there are examples of same-sex love in anime, and Muslims treat this worse than even the most orthodox Christians.

Of course, there are several movements in Islam that do not follow part of these rules, and which, most likely, can be watched anime, but there are very few of them against the background of adherents of the dogmas of Islam.

Maybe I'll even make a post about all the strange and unusual rules in Islam.

Maybe I'll even make a post about all the strange and unusual rules in Islam.

Judaism

For Jews, there is one basic rule - do not watch anything pornographic, this also applies to anime.

Opinions on the display of same-sex relationships are radically different. Some consider this acceptable, and some consider it unacceptable.

Well, all this does not apply to Hasidim, an extremely conservative trend in Judaism. They are forbidden to have a TV, and the same computers are allowed to use only for work.

Many "stereotypical Jews" are Hasidim.

Many "stereotypical Jews" are Hasidim.

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So we have considered the main world religions. 
The main thing to remember is one thing. All of the above are just religious dogmas, many of which have long been outdated. Therefore, it's up to you to decide what to watch or not to watch;)

I hope you enjoyed it!

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