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* In the [[The Bible|New Testament]] Jesus has a very serious out-of-character moment known as "the cleansing of the temple". While some people may argue that Jesus [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|could never have acted out-of-character]], there is no doubt that even (and especially) his friends and followers were shocked by what they saw. He was literally the poster boy for patience and [[Turn the Other Cheek|forgiveness]]. But everybody has at least [[Berserk Button|one thing that really burns them up]] and makes them want to break something/someone; for Jesus, it seems, it was taking advantage of poor and ignorant people in the name of God (the corruption in the Jewish church was along the same lines as the selling of indulgences in Martin Luther's time). When he saw what was going on, he just stood there, looking around and [[Death Glare|emanating so much anger]] that [[Tranquil Fury|he didn't even have to raise his voice]] for everybody in the temple to know that some serious shit was about to go down if they didn't get out of there. He flipped over a money-changer's table, and the priests and merchants ran like hell. |
* In the [[The Bible|New Testament]] Jesus has a very serious out-of-character moment known as "the cleansing of the temple". While some people may argue that Jesus [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|could never have acted out-of-character]], there is no doubt that even (and especially) his friends and followers were shocked by what they saw. He was literally the poster boy for patience and [[Turn the Other Cheek|forgiveness]]. But everybody has at least [[Berserk Button|one thing that really burns them up]] and makes them want to break something/someone; for Jesus, it seems, it was taking advantage of poor and ignorant people in the name of God (the corruption in the Jewish church was along the same lines as the selling of indulgences in Martin Luther's time). When he saw what was going on, he just stood there, looking around and [[Death Glare|emanating so much anger]] that [[Tranquil Fury|he didn't even have to raise his voice]] for everybody in the temple to know that some serious shit was about to go down if they didn't get out of there. He flipped over a money-changer's table, and the priests and merchants ran like hell. |
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{{quote|'''Jesus''': It is written: "My house shall be a place of prayer." ''But you are turning it into a den of thieves.''}} |
{{quote|'''Jesus''': It is written: "My house shall be a place of prayer." ''But you are turning it into a den of thieves.''}} |
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* [[Japanese Mythology|Shinto]] has a meta example. The faith differs from most others in being usually reluctant to morally judge something as outright "evil" as opposed to merely "impure" or "unclean". It therefore says something troubling about star-god [[wikipedia:Amatsu-Mikaboshi|Amatsu-Mikaboshi]] (literally "August Star of Heaven") also called Ame-no-Kagaseo ("Brilliant Male") when the two rather... ''curious'' passages in the ''[[Canon|Nihon Shoki]]'' that mention it constantly refer to it as [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|"the evil kami"]]. |
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