and asks him why he didn't weigh in in the conflict of the main story

Jesus says that because so many people believe that he is so many different things, he cannot do *anything*

Like he's being pulled by four horses, hun style.

my derp miss understood which book you meant

hah

but yeah, that's an interpretation of how that went down

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Found the bit

sorta

In an early draft, Shadow met Jesus briefly, and finds this incarnation of the Son of God to be caught between worshipers, his peaceful roots at odds with what modern America is trying to force him to be. (He also makes terrible wine.) It’s a very good scene, but it feels a little strange, and highlights the conscious choice Gaiman made to excise him from the final book. I think he made the right call. Still, the scene is fascinating and the philosophy of faith it offers is intriguing.

*“Have you thought about what it means to be a god?” asked the man. He had a beard and a baseball cap. “It means you give up your mortal existence to become a meme: something that lives forever in people’s minds, like the tune of a nursery rhyme. It means that everyone gets to re-create you in their own minds. You barely have your own identity any more. Instead, you’re a thousand aspects of what people need you to be. And everyone wants something different from you. Nothing is fixed, nothing is stable.”*

(from an article)

the scene is restored in the 10th anniversary edition, which I have.

I think it's a neat way to cover him.

But the original Jesus deity is apparently somewhere in the middle east, and nobody has really seen him in decaces.

ang on searching

wot

have you ever heard of the vril society?

Nope, enlighten me

very fascinating if you couple it with the story of samson

secret society of women whom believed hair was a sort of spiritual antenna

so they would never cut it and would literally have it dragging on the floor

Wasn't Samson's schtick super-strength as long as his hair was uncut?

right

whos to say what strength they are referring to

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continue

might be more tactful then actual strength

it was his strength

AND IM GOING BALD

FUCK

dude, one train of thought

i found this also interesting seeing as buddhist monks shave their heads

if true that hair is a mental antenna why would they do that?

I want to say they think it keeps their minds unobstructed from spiritual stuff?

possible

Different ways of thinking, perhaps.

Nothing with faith is concrete.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/285127063940235265/452649387013832705/rc440y9uvl111.gif

blocking out the peripheral noise

A catholic might see a pentacle and think it's a circle for satan. A pagan might see it and recognize it as the four elements plus spirit bound within human willpower.