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Exodia is literally the Hebrew God

That can't be right. The Hebrew God has no official image and yet Exodia definitively does. The Hebrew God is believed to be all-powerful and yet Exodia is only powerful when all five pieces are together. The Attribute for every Exodia card is DARK, which doesn't line up with the way the Hebrew God is seen by the Hebrews (or by other Abrahamic religions). And if we want to get technical, the themes present in Exodia Necross (a contract, the pieces in the graveyard, etc) are more similar to views of the devil (or some other evil) than to any Abrahamic concept of God.

 

(With that being said, I have gotten rid of my Exodia pieces after taking a close look at these things.)

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That can't be right. The Hebrew God has no official image and yet Exodia definitively does. The Hebrew God is believed to be all-powerful and yet Exodia is only powerful when all five pieces are together. The Attribute for every Exodia card is DARK, which doesn't line up with the way the Hebrew God is seen by the Hebrews (or by other Abrahamic religions). And if we want to get technical, the themes present in Exodia Necross (a contract, the pieces in the graveyard, etc) are more similar to views of the devil (or some other evil) than to any Abrahamic concept of God.

 

(With that being said, I have gotten rid of my Exodia pieces after taking a close look at these things.)

Yeah it doesn't line up with how the Hebrew God is seen by the Hebrews

It does line up how it was seen by the ancient Egyptians

Which is the perspective that matters

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Yeah it doesn't line up with how the Hebrew God is seen by the Hebrews

It does line up how it was seen by the ancient Egyptians

Which is the perspective that matters

This is more of a theory, but CowCow is right. Exodia can be taken as the Egyptian understanding of the Hebrew or Abrahamic God. The Egyptians didn't see "God" as a entity of spirituality, but a more metaphysical entity that was all-powerful and had dominion over all with no bounds. It is more of a illustration of how God broke the Jews out of slavery and the reign of a monotheistic entity. I read this on reddit somewhere some time ago, so my memory is a little backed. But most of it is just the story of how God helped Moses to break the Jews out of Slavery when the Pharoah kept them in captivity. The story of this is also noted to be when polytheism had come to an end where monotheism, in as many different forms, came to be more prominent. Book of Exodus is dope, this is a cool take. Egyptians saw the abrahamic god as evil.

 

 

found the thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/27h6yg/exodia_from_yugioh_is_god/

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This is more of a theory, but CowCow is right. Exodia can be taken as the Egyptian understanding of the Hebrew or Abrahamic God. The Egyptians didn't see "God" as a entity of spirituality, but a more metaphysical entity that was all-powerful and had dominion over all with no bounds. It is more of a illustration of how God broke the Jews out of slavery and the reign of a monotheistic entity. I read this on reddit somewhere some time ago, so my memory is a little backed. But most of it is just the story of how God helped Moses to break the Jews out of Slavery when the Pharoah kept them in captivity. The story of this is also noted to be when polytheism had come to an end where monotheism, in as many different forms, came to be more prominent. Book of Exodus is dope, this is a cool take. Egyptians saw the abrahamic god as evil.

 

 

found the thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/27h6yg/exodia_from_yugioh_is_god/

I wonder if Evil and Forbidden One aren't just coincidence 

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(With that being said, I have gotten rid of my Exodia pieces after taking a close look at these things.)

this is definitively the wrong game for you if you can't stand themes like this.

 

Also, exodia is "forbidden" as well as finite because he is imprisoned in a magic spell. Guess the Egyptians got the last laugh there.

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That's part of the "From the Ancient Egyptian perspective"

I feel like this is just a cop out and doesn't actually answer the question.

 

"The Forbidden One" can refer to two things here: The worshipping of God was strictly forbidden, seen as an insult to the Egyptian Pantheon. Or it could be a reference to Egyptian practices of Godship, where knowledge of anything was seemingly forbidden outside of what was practiced. To the common folk, Gods were just a name and an object of worship, where few were bound and restricted to certain names. Exodia could be a God that was forbidden to be recognized as one, as well.

 

The evil part is how the Egyptian people saw God, ruining the way of life that was based around Jewish slaves. Once the slaves were to be free, Egypt would never be the same. That was seen as evil. There was nothing that could be done to change the events that were to occur.

 

Kind of cool theory. I think it has some backing. I don't like saying the, "from Egyptian perspective" because even the Jews saw God as evil in some form. Just all-powerful, not multiple forms.

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this is definitively the wrong game for you if you can't stand themes like this.

I can stand them as long as they aren't portrayed in a positive light. I haven't seen Konami do anything of that sort - at least, not yet. (If they have, please let me know.)

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What's this mean

What I mean is that if the referenced material is connected to the bad guy(s), it's bearable, because it's saying "this is a bad thing" about the referenced material, whereas if the reference is tied to the good guys or if the product otherwise says "this is a good thing" about the referenced material, I can't tolerate that.

 

I hope this clarifies things.

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What I mean is that if the referenced material is connected to the bad guy(s), it's bearable, because it's saying "this is a bad thing" about the referenced material, whereas if the reference is tied to the good guys or if the product otherwise says "this is a good thing" about the referenced material, I can't tolerate that.

 

I hope this clarifies things.

Sounds dumb.

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What I mean is that if the referenced material is connected to the bad guy(s), it's bearable, because it's saying "this is a bad thing" about the referenced material, whereas if the reference is tied to the good guys or if the product otherwise says "this is a good thing" about the referenced material, I can't tolerate that.

 

I hope this clarifies things.

What do you feel about Dark Magician?

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What do you feel about Dark Magician?

I don't like it, but I don't think it's on a a same level of bad as Nurse Reficule (reversed name), Infernoids and Darklords (OCG card names), etc. Those are references: Dark Magician is technically not.

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