Ice God
I agree. Especially if the regular ice sculptures don't melt, why does this one
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Shortyy01 wrote:
I wish the Ice God didn't melt because I really liked having it in front of my Buddhist Temple.
I'm right there with you. I was so sad when I scrolled up to my temple and the statue was a blob.83jonrotton1 wrote:
Shortyy01 wrote:
I wish the Ice God didn't melt because I really liked having it in front of my Buddhist Temple.
Why would you put a Hindu god in front of a Buddhist temple?
Anyone wondering why the snow sculptures melted but the ice sculpture didnt should think really hard about it. Makes perfect sense that one was carved for a party at a mansion and the others were made of snow, in the winter time.
Hindu ICE God and ICE Sculptures are both basically the same thing. No one is wondering why the snow sculptures are melting. The question is why do the normal ICE Sculptures not melt but the Hindu ICE God does.83jonrotton1 wrote:
Shortyy01 wrote:
I wish the Ice God didn't melt because I really liked having it in front of my Buddhist Temple.
Why would you put a Hindu god in front of a Buddhist temple?
Anyone wondering why the snow sculptures melted but the ice sculpture didnt should think really hard about it. Makes perfect sense that one was carved for a party at a mansion and the others were made of snow, in the winter time.
The Ice God is not a snowman. And no, it doesn't make perfect sense.83jonrotton1 wrote:
Shortyy01 wrote:
I wish the Ice God didn't melt because I really liked having it in front of my Buddhist Temple.
Why would you put a Hindu god in front of a Buddhist temple?
Anyone wondering why the snow sculptures melted but the ice sculpture didnt should think really hard about it. Makes perfect sense that one was carved for a party at a mansion and the others were made of snow, in the winter time.
I know they were two different religions but it looked nice there.- I just like the 2.25%, it looked kinda lame anyway
83jonrotton1 wrote:
Shortyy01 wrote:
I wish the Ice God didn't melt because I really liked having it in front of my Buddhist Temple.
Why would you put a Hindu god in front of a Buddhist temple?
Hinduism and Buddhism have some common symbolism. There are Buddhist symbols with multiple arms, such as Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion:
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t62/PRbackup/d65cfe04-078f-4706-bceb-d78a618d2e6d_zpsf74a59f9.jpg
Or a dancing Buddha:
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t62/PRbackup/lcABysQ_zpsfc60e594.png
The ice god is generic enough that it's tough to even tell which Hindu god it's supposed to be, as it has things in common with depictions of both Vishnu
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t62/PRbackup/vishnu_zpsd54c50b0.jpg
...and Shiva.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t62/PRbackup/20100329115424Shiva_zps47e7f7b4.jpg
Since there hasn't been an actual Buddha statue released, and there's no Hindu temple in Tapped Out, putting the ice god in front of the Buddhist temple is a fairly sound decorating decision.neuroheart wrote:
Since there hasn't been an actual Buddha statue released, and there's no Hindu temple in Tapped Out, putting the ice god in front of the Buddhist temple is a fairly sound decorating decision.
I heard this argument here often enough, yet it still reminds me of Reverend Lovejoy referring to Apu's religion as 'miscallaneous'.neuroheart wrote:
83jonrotton1 wrote:
Shortyy01 wrote:
I wish the Ice God didn't melt because I really liked having it in front of my Buddhist Temple.
Why would you put a Hindu god in front of a Buddhist temple?
Hinduism and Buddhism have some common symbolism. There are Buddhist symbols with multiple arms, such as Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion:
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t62/PRbackup/d65cfe04-078f-4706-bceb-d78a618d2e6d_zpsf74a59f9.jpg
Or a dancing Buddha:
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t62/PRbackup/lcABysQ_zpsfc60e594.png
The ice god is generic enough that it's tough to even tell which Hindu god it's supposed to be, as it has things in common with depictions of both Vishnu
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t62/PRbackup/vishnu_zpsd54c50b0.jpg
...and Shiva.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t62/PRbackup/20100329115424Shiva_zps47e7f7b4.jpg
Since there hasn't been an actual Buddha statue released, and there's no Hindu temple in Tapped Out, putting the ice god in front of the Buddhist temple is a fairly sound decorating decision.
Thank you for shutting up the people who whined about the religious differences.neuroheart wrote:
83jonrotton1 wrote:
Shortyy01 wrote:
Thanks for the back-up !MrWhiplash82 wrote:
neuroheart wrote:
Since there hasn't been an actual Buddha statue released, and there's no Hindu temple in Tapped Out, putting the ice god in front of the Buddhist temple is a fairly sound decorating decision.
I heard this argument here often enough, yet it still reminds me of Reverend Lovejoy referring to Apu's religion as 'miscallaneous'.
:roll:
I like how you ignore all the stuff I said about the common symbolism between the two religions (Buddhism having originated in India and all) and how the "ice god" could be any number of different symbols/deities from both religions, just because you think the "miscellaneous" comment is just so hilarious. This is the second time you've done this after I outlined some of the similarities of symbols and how many different things have been depicted with multiple arms.
(Also, I still find it kind of sad and amusing that so many people put the golden calf by the temple without batting an eye, even though the idea of the sacred cow is very Hindu and is not one of the things that migrated to Buddhism, yet I see multiple objections to putting the ice god with the temple.)
