For everyone asking, the outro music is The Gesualdo Six rendition of Veni Veni Emmanuel

I think the core difference is that Alum is about unconditional faith, and Dropsy is about unconditional love.

as a lefty, trans christian, i’d gotten so used to lefty youtubers i like taking potshots at religion (and mine in particular) that when the episode opened on a Jesus comparison my immediate reaction was dull dread. i’m so happy that feeling was completely unfounded. for someone not in the faith, this was really insightful and respectful. i’ve got to stop expecting anything less from you ♥️

Dropsy seems kind of like the anti-Goose.

"It's almost like there is no belief system under which people can't rationalize crappy behavior". You could sell T-shirts with that.

The sudden enthusiasm that hit your voice at the phrase "PILOT A MECH FOR JESUS" is gonna ensure that phrase is stuck in my head all day.

Getting a bad feeling from a game that suggests the cure to a plague be speading religious belief

Probably the only thing I disagree with is that "you're not a believer" should be viewed as legitimate criticism. It is not. Christianity is a worldview and a philosophy. It can be understood well or poorly and the activity of, say, going to the church regularly, tells me nothing on how well one understands it.

Anyone else been getting incessant Trump/Prager U ads when watching left-ish channels?

"Ancient mech for Jesus" is possibly the best phrase I've heard this year, if not ever

Is it ok that i heavily identify w dropsy???? I too can't talk to people and just wanna make them feel better

Using "h*ck," "fl*p," and "fr*ick"? Not on my Altruist Minecraft server!

Wait, but Superman's Jesus-fying is very much an after-the-fact aspect of his character. The ORIGINAL Superman, created by a Jewish duo, is not supposed to be Jesus; he is pretty clearly inspired by MOSES. A baby left in a basket, sent away to survive the destruction of his people? His birth name is Kal-El?

I am aware I misspelled "Confucius" but didn't want to re-export and re-upload. Apologies.

Me before the video: why did I get an ad for Messianic Judaism outreach

Superman's really more Moses, then Jesus, which makes sense, since he was created by two Jews. Jor-El certainly isn't a God of any sort, and, in the comics, Supes wasn't sent to Earth to set a good example for the human: He was sent off because his original home was about to be destroyed, like Moses being sent down the river to escape the massacre of his people. Plus, the name Kal-El, translated into Hebrew, where El means God (hence the angels all having names that end in it: For instance, Michael is "who is greater than God", a rhetorical question whose answer is "no-one".) doesn't mean "Son of God": It means "Voice of God", as one would expect for Moses, who was a mortal prophet. Of course, that's not one-to-one either. Ultimately, I think Superman takes elements from Moses AND Jesus, but, ultimately, isn't a straight allegory for either of them: He's his own character.

Speaking as a Christian, think I like Dropsy a lot more than Alum as put. Also,

Oof. I had heard of Alum, and wanted to see if it was a good modern adventure game, but as a Jewish person, I don't think I want to play a game all about proselytizing.

I love it when internet essayists say something "isn't subtle" and the thing passed over my head without registering AT ALL. Dunamis who?

It's pretty interesting as a lifelong atheist seeing how codedly-Christian fiction uses or doesn't use the symbols. There's a webcomic I'm reading where (at least so far) the most present way the ... demon? devil? Satan? analogue is represented in the fiction is negative self-thoughts - the kind of thing that people dealing with anxiety or depression or rejection-sensitive dysphoria would recognize immediately.