It may not be readily apparent, but Christianity can be incredibly goth. After all:
- Its chief symbol is an instrument of torture.
- The Sacrament of Communion is ritualized, symbolic Theophagy.
- Priests and Nuns wear black and white. That is old school goth, baby.
- Speaking of colors, look at the colors of the church year: Dark Blue. Red. Purple. Black.
- In fact, the entire season of Lent is one big ol' goth party. It starts with people wearing ash on their foreheads and ends with the death of God.
- The entire first half of the Book of Revelations is basically about all the cool people being feared, misunderstood and oppressed by The Man because of their religion, followed by persecution and death. But that's okay, because not long after that, all those people in power die hideously, and are tormented forever.
- This is the religion that invented self-flagellation... because cutting is for poseurs.
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interesting.
ReplyDeleteYou crazy kids.
ReplyDeleteNow hang on just one clove-picking minute there.
ReplyDeleteAs an athiest and part-time goth, I object to the conflation of these two cults. Please keep your petty religious machinations out of my perfectly austere goth scene, 'KThxBye.
christianity is so goth...said the girl who identifies with both
ReplyDeleteDear Jesus,
ReplyDeleteWe goths promise to stay out of your churches if you promise to stay out of our scene, and if you could tell your followers the same, that would be swell.
Thanks awfully!
The goth gang