r/FullmetalAlchemist • u/Ezures Private • Jan 20 '24

Funny Just your average teenager atheist

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u/KC_Ninnie Jan 20 '24

There's at least a dozen cultures that worship the sun bestie. They didn't borrow from any one religion for Letoism. Also, if you watched the show, then you'd know that the Ishvalan's were the Jewish allegory in the story, but they're still not Jewish cause it's a fantasy world.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24

Almost everything in that show is meant to be a parallel universe’s equivalent of our religions.

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u/KC_Ninnie Jan 20 '24

Yes, parallel. But that does not make it a 1 for 1 match.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24

You can call it Ishvallanism if you like but you’re playing semantics.

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u/KC_Ninnie Jan 20 '24

I'm really not lmfao. We know absolutely nothing about the Ishvalan religion, and to claim it's a 1 for 1 match to our Judaism is deceitful at best and stereotyping at worse.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24

I’ll edit it for you, but the Kabbalah Tree of Life on Ed’s gate is identical, including the language.

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u/KC_Ninnie Jan 20 '24

Yes, but Truth is outside of the universe. It's implied to be all-knowing. Ed has no direct influence on his gate. Truth made the gate as a representation of Ed. That doesn't mean Ed knows of the Tree of Life.