Mune Shinri: Difference between revisions

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* [[Club Stub]]: This "religion" has a total of ''one'' known member (the author), so any new member is this.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]/[[Light Is Not Good]]: Light and Darkness are elemental forces. Dark deals mainly in interactions with other people, Light with perfection of the self. The only actual evils are messing with nature, imbalance of the self, mistreating other people, and things like murder.

* [[Elemental Rock Paper Scissors]]: On of the first lessons is the human beings are made up of five major elements: fire, water, earth, wood/life, and wind.

* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: On of the first lessons is the human beings are made up of five major elements: fire, water, earth, wood/life, and wind.

{{quote| ''"Fire forged them from God's essence, water hardened the forge, earth gave them substance, wood gave them a unique soul, (and) wind gave them air to breathe."''}}

* [[The Empath]]: Pretty much anyone who uses faith or magic, is supposedly channeling their emotions.

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* [[Locked Away in A Monastery]]: Subverted in that the religion is about self-discipline and free will, so nobody is "locked away", but there is a daily schedule and everything.

* [[Lucky Seven]]: There are seven sections, seven original lessons, and (including the five elements, and light and darkness) seven forces.

* [[Magic a Is Magic A]]: Averted. Magic and faith are viewed as similar, but magic is seen as distinct from sorcery (or black magic). Sorcery draws on rituals/memorization and mental power, whereas magic or faith comes from emotions and the heart.

* [[Magic A Is Magic A]]: Averted. Magic and faith are viewed as similar, but magic is seen as distinct from sorcery (or black magic). Sorcery draws on rituals/memorization and mental power, whereas magic or faith comes from emotions and the heart.

* [[Magical Underpinnings of Reality]]: In the Sage and the Reaper, it's explained that unlike the conventional Grim Reaper conception, the usual job of the Reaper is actually to work, in conjunction with various spirits, to run various facets of existence.

* [[No Except Yes]]: The explanation of what is, and isn't sorcery, in comparison to "proper" magic.

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* [[Religion Is Magic]]: As explained above.

* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: Number symbolism, massive metaphors, and strange imagery. In other words, what you'd expect from a relgious work.

* [[~~Schrodingers~~ Butterfly]]: There's a section called "Wake Up Sleeping Angel" that suggests this life may all be a dream.

* [[Schrodinger's Butterfly]]: There's a section called "Wake Up Sleeping Angel" that suggests this life may all be a dream.

* [[Shinigami]]: The Reapers.

* [[Super Mode]]: The Sage's trance. Focus and concentration is heightened, and the sage [[Sucking in Lines|absorbs natural energy to do things for them]] (such as using a rock's energy to get it to lift itself, or figuring out something by "asking" an object).

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* [[The Fettered]]: If you live at home this encourages you to try to care for your loved ones, the best you know how.

* [[The Unfettered]]: Paradoxically, this is also the case. The followers are not supposed to impose their will too much on others, and to act in such a way that others cannot imposed their will on them (owing no debts, etc, etc).

** In fact, [[Logic Bomb|they are The Unfettered about being The Fettered]]. In other words, their close friends are of utmost importance to them, rather than themselves, and they are willing to throw their own lives away to save their friends, and nobody, not [[Moral Guardians]] (or similar authorities), not the loss of reputation, money, with no consideration of fear or moral consequences, until those dear to them are happy and safe (or at least safe, [[What the Hell Hero|as they might not be so happy with this choice]] ). Maybe the opinion of their friends themselves, telling them not to do it, would be able to stop them. [[Shrug of God|Maybe]].

** In fact, [[Logic Bomb|they are The Unfettered about being The Fettered]]. In other words, their close friends are of utmost importance to them, rather than themselves, and they are willing to throw their own lives away to save their friends, and nobody, not [[Moral Guardians]] (or similar authorities), not the loss of reputation, money, with no consideration of fear or moral consequences, until those dear to them are happy and safe (or at least safe, [[What the Hell, Hero?|as they might not be so happy with this choice]] ). Maybe the opinion of their friends themselves, telling them not to do it, would be able to stop them. [[Shrug of God|Maybe]].

* [[Technical Pacifist]]: The [[Mune Shinri (Literature)|Mune Shinri]] advocates extreme nonviolence, even [[Friend to All Living Things|abstaining from killing animals]]. It doesn't however prescribe vegetarianism, or forbid others from killing. The followers are in theory allowed to wield blunt weapons to defend themselves "to minimize slaughter done in the name of faith" although they aren't supposed to use them with deadly intent. Basically, if animals/people are killed by another or by accident, deal with it (in the case of animals, by not wasting their sacrifice and eating them, with humans by burial), but the follower should try not to do it on purpose.

* [[Too Many Cooks Spoil the Soup]]: In theory, a temple can have up to seven priests, one for each element. See how that works.