I doubt you understood them.
Buddhists don't worship Buddha idols or anyone: Buddha considered such devotion or worship unenlightened/unskilled & instead encouraged self-reliance in one's journey to nirvana.
They're more contemplating the enlightenment they identify with Buddha as they meditate on their own way to achieve that.
A Shrek figure may work just as well for their purpose: enlightenment to them means shedding ego & not letting vicissitudes/nuisances cling them to samsara.
That's a good point.
I guess some later schools do practice devotion to Buddha whereas earlier Buddhism might have only regarded the qualities of Buddha as inspiration.
It's definitely not part of the Buddhist path in early Buddhism.
Is that worse or better than the other fake portrait of Jesus I saw growing up Catholic? The white, blue eyed Jesus that you've probably seen somewhere.
That is nothing, billions of muslims worships nonexisting god, billion+ christians worships same nonexisting god and milions jews worships same nonexisting god while killing eachother without remorse.
That's nothing. You guys would love all the funny things my wife does as superstition.
Funny: hangs bell in front of door to ring before going in or out of the house to scare ghosts.
Funny annoying as fuck: beds must align south....except she doesn't know her south from apple juice.
Extremely annoying, house must face south... But that one has a big yard with fruit trees I like and a nice garage! This one is on a hill but it's facing south, there's a coyote in the back under 100ft tall pine trees. No luck ever removing those trees or planting any of our own. House actually faces nort West... But okay faces south, good.
Superstitions people. I have 0 tolerance. Somehow I married this one.
can someone doing 3D printing take a look at the pictures? i have no idea about these things, but it looks like the ears would be some crazy overhangs.
from the reflection of the light i assume, the statue was printed bottom to top. so how did they manage to do the ears?
Decent modern printers can handle overhangs fairly well. If the overhangs get too big you can use supports. If you want to get fancy there are filaments meant to be used only as supports in a multi-material print that dissolve in water so they don't leave marks on the print.
FWIW I don't think it was printed upside down. It would complicate things and would require more supports for no benefit.
43 Comments
ProIsh@lemmy.world · 110 pts · 212d
This is how I view all religion, so this is fine.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
Clearly it was working. If Shrek wasn't answering the prayers I think it would be obvious.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 63 pts · 212d
Shrek isn’t the worst idol.
He’s grumpy but he’s got layers, and is fairly accepting. And I think we can all relate to how far he’ll go for a bit of peace and quiet.
stupidcasey@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 211d
What? Like some kind of onion creature?
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 211d
I’d liken him more to a parfait
Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 210d
Like he came from a 3D printer.
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 211d
Honestly that's a far better idol than most religions.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 211d
Do other people not pray to Shrek daily?
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 211d
I'm not devout, it's only once every 2 or 3 weeks for me.
civilfolly@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 212d
Shrek is love, Shrek is life.
Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf · 3 pts · 210d
Onions!
474D@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 212d
I mean... there are worse options
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 211d
Objectively not the dumbest religion I've ever heard of.
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 212d
And? Why stop now that you know how good he is. Shrek provides for everyone.
athatet@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 211d
The title literally says she was going to keep doing it.
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 211d
Ah, I didn’t notice that. Well, all is good then. Shrek is love. Shrek is life.
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 211d
FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 211d
Well, I'd argue that Shrek's normal face is exactly halfway between Buddha and Sexy Human Shrek.
Pirtatogna@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 211d
As a buddhist, that statue is most definitely something I want in my home.
nomnomdeplume@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 212d
She isn't worshiping Shrek any more than someone praying at a cross worships wooden plus signs. Stupid article.
allriledup@piefed.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 212d
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · 12 pts · 211d
I doubt you understood them. Buddhists don't worship Buddha idols or anyone: Buddha considered such devotion or worship unenlightened/unskilled & instead encouraged self-reliance in one's journey to nirvana. They're more contemplating the enlightenment they identify with Buddha as they meditate on their own way to achieve that. A Shrek figure may work just as well for their purpose: enlightenment to them means shedding ego & not letting vicissitudes/nuisances cling them to samsara.
athatet@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 211d
Idk. It says worshiped right there in the title.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 211d
Amitabha
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 210d
That's a good point. I guess some later schools do practice devotion to Buddha whereas earlier Buddhism might have only regarded the qualities of Buddha as inspiration. It's definitely not part of the Buddhist path in early Buddhism.
massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 6 pts · 211d
Being honest, it was very common at the time to have Zeus' or Jupiter's babies.
ulterno@programming.dev · 0 pts · 210d
I thought a '+' sign was doubly symmetric.
Rusty@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 210d
Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 210d
Is that worse or better than the other fake portrait of Jesus I saw growing up Catholic? The white, blue eyed Jesus that you've probably seen somewhere.
Chewie@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 205d
hahaha! I just saw the story about it: https://www.boredpanda.com/obi-wan-kenobi-jesus-portrait-mormon-parents-prank/
itisileclerk@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 211d
That is nothing, billions of muslims worships nonexisting god, billion+ christians worships same nonexisting god and milions jews worships same nonexisting god while killing eachother without remorse.
ulterno@programming.dev · 0 pts · 210d
Maybe their god wanted some peace and quite and thought that if they were to annihilate each other, that might lead to fulfilling the requirement.
itisileclerk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 209d
That explains why we don't work on Saturdays, nothing good can come of it.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 211d
As long as she does.not want to establish Shrekism as a state-religion...
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 212d
Hey now, she's an all-star!
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 211d
I bought my friend a statue as a housewarming gift, told him to keep it in the kitchen next to the cooker.
So whens he's in the kitchen cooking he could say stuff like
"I'm just frying this up with a little bhudda"
altphoto@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 210d
That's nothing. You guys would love all the funny things my wife does as superstition.
Funny: hangs bell in front of door to ring before going in or out of the house to scare ghosts.
Funny annoying as fuck: beds must align south....except she doesn't know her south from apple juice.
Extremely annoying, house must face south... But that one has a big yard with fruit trees I like and a nice garage! This one is on a hill but it's facing south, there's a coyote in the back under 100ft tall pine trees. No luck ever removing those trees or planting any of our own. House actually faces nort West... But okay faces south, good.
Superstitions people. I have 0 tolerance. Somehow I married this one.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 210d
It's not a Buddha statue, or based on one. It's based on Bodai, a monk from China. Actual Buddha statues are slim figured.
Source
mystrawberrymind@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 211d
This is great material, A+ stuff
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 3 pts · 211d
[off topic]
Lynda Barry has a cartoon where one kid gets kicked out of Catholic school because he painted the Virgin Mary looking like actress Paula Prentiss
Mwa@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 211d
Ngl I thought this was a joke for a sec lol
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
Shrek is love Shrek is life Shrek is god
leMe@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 210d
can someone doing 3D printing take a look at the pictures? i have no idea about these things, but it looks like the ears would be some crazy overhangs.
from the reflection of the light i assume, the statue was printed bottom to top. so how did they manage to do the ears?
thebazman@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 210d
Decent modern printers can handle overhangs fairly well. If the overhangs get too big you can use supports. If you want to get fancy there are filaments meant to be used only as supports in a multi-material print that dissolve in water so they don't leave marks on the print.
FWIW I don't think it was printed upside down. It would complicate things and would require more supports for no benefit.
leMe@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 209d
thanks