No, it was specifically a Christian group... less cult-like and more like... enlightened. Because in the end they turned out to be right about everything, and most of the people were willing to join them and stockpile resources for the impending apocalypse.
The player-character was going around blowing up all their reserves and resources and destroying their doomsday bunkers, which was hilarious because in the end a nuclear apocalypse did occur and the player-character needlessly got countless people killed.
What I meant was they started with "cult" and then added dressing to it. That dressing was Christianity. You could have changed out the Christian elements for any group and still accomplished the same story beats.
And them being right the whole time isn't new. Both 3 and 4's antagonists were correct about a lot of what they were saying and doing. Pagan Min I'd say was a far better person than your own allies.
At least when the damn dirty Japs use it as dressing for their media, they have a depth of obscure knowledge on it that can teach even hardcore churchgoers something new. Usually gnostic related, but its still a lot of very foundational stuff from which Christianity evolved into its current form.
And they use it because they think its cool and edgy.
Felt like it was just written to be a cult more than a Christian cult. Terminology is interchangeable in most cults.
No, it was specifically a Christian group... less cult-like and more like... enlightened. Because in the end they turned out to be right about everything, and most of the people were willing to join them and stockpile resources for the impending apocalypse.
The player-character was going around blowing up all their reserves and resources and destroying their doomsday bunkers, which was hilarious because in the end a nuclear apocalypse did occur and the player-character needlessly got countless people killed.
What I meant was they started with "cult" and then added dressing to it. That dressing was Christianity. You could have changed out the Christian elements for any group and still accomplished the same story beats.
And them being right the whole time isn't new. Both 3 and 4's antagonists were correct about a lot of what they were saying and doing. Pagan Min I'd say was a far better person than your own allies.
Nearly every usage of Christianity in progressive media is just dressing, they don't understand any of the underlying philosophy and don't want to.
At least when the damn dirty Japs use it as dressing for their media, they have a depth of obscure knowledge on it that can teach even hardcore churchgoers something new. Usually gnostic related, but its still a lot of very foundational stuff from which Christianity evolved into its current form.
And they use it because they think its cool and edgy.
Ah, I see. In that regard, yeah you're absolutely correct.