have anyone of you played
Final Fantasy Tactics before?
assuming that none of you had, the story begins with you as Ramza Beoulve, a half-noble. why half? because your father is a noble and you are his illegitimate son!
and to make things interesting, your best friend is a commoner, who is despised by your brothers(who conveniently are years older than you, thus you have to be at their beck and call).
pardon the who(s).well, the first chapter of the game begins that way, dealing with ranks, defiance, brotherhood, betrayal..
then the fun kicks in.
disclaimer: any
nonsense spout similarity is purely coincidential.
from the second chapter onwards, a church is introduced: the church of st. ajora(hmm.. sounds like..). apparently, the church had a great part in the dealings of worldly education. sure, they taught about kindness, about making
love peace, not war. more importantly, they taught
not to push old women into the way of a speeding chocobos sympathy and love for each other.
but they told a big lie.
that there exists twelve 'holy' stones, the zodiac stones. long long ago
in the southern province of china, there lived twelve brave men. with a 'holy' stone each, they summoned enormous strength and battled the evil lucavi(oh! familiar..), who were terrorising their lands, duh. so they defeated that evil thing and peace was restored! tada!
rewind.
truth: the stones are evil. they summon evil beings to terrorise us land-dwellers.
and to make things worse, the church of st. ajora knew of their wrongdoings, but they went on with it anyway. to preserve the good name of the church, loyal servants kept the secret even tho they regret it. take simon for example. stupid name, but its okay. he's dead in the game already. he knew about the church's secret, but at his last gasp, he mentioned a scripture that was well hidden in the undergrounds of a church, that would expose their wrongdoings. tada! fancy dying people to always blurt out important information.
they should allow us to kill everyone in the game in hope that stuff like that would happen.fast forward: ramza is branded a heretic.
her·e·tic (hr-tk)
n.
1: A person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the officially accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.
uh oh. wrong choice of word?
2: a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)
hmm. square is some smart stuff.
anyway, then comes the part. this high-ranking priest(who can be killed in like two blows) from the church has a
chat confrontation with you. you are a heretic anyhow, and you're some wanted criminal. so what to do? fight la. the whole game is about tactical battles what.
then he exclaims: "opposing us is blasphemy, you ought to know!"
blas·phe·my (blsf-m)
n. pl. blas·phe·mies
1. A contemptuous or profane act, utterance, or writing concerning God or a sacred entity.
2. The act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God.
whoo. some thought provoking stuffs.
how similar are these situations in reality? is religion such a 'you're-with-us-or-against-us' thing.
i remember reading this article online. it claims that every religion will claim that "if you're not following [insert name of religion here], then you will go to hell." therefore, everyone, somehow or rather, will go to hell.
sigh, the irony.
of course, that's not all there is to my point in this post. it makes me think whether what we were taught when we were young was wrong..
remember the "eat har! if not i call policeman catch you!" threats by your mother?
or "sleep har! wait the
apu neh neh come catch you!"
of course, you never know if they are true. since nowadays
gahmen law so strict.. perhaps one day you'd be caught by a policeman for not eating? reason being you have to eat to be fit for sexual activity and aid our declining birth rates.
at this time and age, everything is possible. snap the fingers, can on aircon. press eight numbers on a handphone and you can hear the voice of your loved ones.
pigs can fly.
somemore what cannot do?