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<blockquote data-quote="Ironhold" data-source="post: 68606943" data-attributes="member: 347134"><p>The first anime makes it clear that the series takes place in an <em>alternate reality</em> in which the Christian church in Amestris <strong>failed</strong> because of hypocrisy, infighting, and other deviations. Amestris as a nation was so incredibly secular that no other religion stepped in to fill the void, and so science - and by extension, alchemy - rose to the fore without any sort of thoughts to the ethical implications of what was going on. </p><p></p><p>Scar's people are implied as having an indigenous religious system of their own, and a corrupt minister who uses alchemy to fake miracles is discovered running a church in a remote desert region. Otherwise, Amestris is almost totally secular now. Zheng, on the other hand, may practice a form of Buddhism or Shinto; at the least, it appears that their alchemy is based on a form of animism. </p><p></p><p>Long story short, FMA is pretty much a horror story warning about what can happen when the goal of scientific pursuit is allowed to outstrip any questions of morality or ethics. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Oriental concept of dragons is far, far different than the European concept. </p><p></p><p>You're failing to account for this, hence the confusion. </p><p></p><p>In the Orient, dragons tend to be fonts of wisdom and power... when they aren't causing mischief or getting plastered. This is why dragon designs and motifs appear just about everywhere.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, Christianity's not the dominant religion. Shinto and Buddhism are. Hence why so much of the latter two gets depicted instead of the former.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ironhold, post: 68606943, member: 347134"] The first anime makes it clear that the series takes place in an [i]alternate reality[/i] in which the Christian church in Amestris [b]failed[/b] because of hypocrisy, infighting, and other deviations. Amestris as a nation was so incredibly secular that no other religion stepped in to fill the void, and so science - and by extension, alchemy - rose to the fore without any sort of thoughts to the ethical implications of what was going on. Scar's people are implied as having an indigenous religious system of their own, and a corrupt minister who uses alchemy to fake miracles is discovered running a church in a remote desert region. Otherwise, Amestris is almost totally secular now. Zheng, on the other hand, may practice a form of Buddhism or Shinto; at the least, it appears that their alchemy is based on a form of animism. Long story short, FMA is pretty much a horror story warning about what can happen when the goal of scientific pursuit is allowed to outstrip any questions of morality or ethics. The Oriental concept of dragons is far, far different than the European concept. You're failing to account for this, hence the confusion. In the Orient, dragons tend to be fonts of wisdom and power... when they aren't causing mischief or getting plastered. This is why dragon designs and motifs appear just about everywhere. Again, Christianity's not the dominant religion. Shinto and Buddhism are. Hence why so much of the latter two gets depicted instead of the former. [/QUOTE]
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