TotesObviThrwawy t1_itmeqbw wrote on October 24, 2022 at 6:41 PM

>Indiana Jones repeatedly uncovers irrefutable, empirical evidence for the existence of God

Sort of? It's not like he got to actually experiment with any of these things. His eyes were closed during the ark. And after crystal skull if I was him he'd probably think Jesus was an interdimensional being.

>In Nightmare on Elm Street 3, they kill Freddie Krueger with a crucifix and holy water, which implies that God apparently exists

A common trope in properties featuring the undead is that the creature believes what they believed when they died. So, in theory, if FK was a Muslim, he wouldn't give 2 shits.

>Han Solo

The Jedi to civilian ratio is silly. Further, they're busy being diplomats. No reason for any average citizen to see one lift some rocks. Especially since that would be more dark side ish showing off. But mostly, because they built a franchise off a one off movie and were making shit up as they go.

Rowan-Trees OP t1_itmitg9 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 7:07 PM

For Indiana: At the very least, he proves the existence of some kind of supernatural forces, if not the Judeo-Christian God specifically. He witnesses a shaman tear a man's heart out. He meets an immortal crusader with magical murdering cups, and Soviet psychics. Anyone who remains a "healthy skeptic" after any one of these is just in denial.

Elm Street: So Freddie Krueger goes to church? haha

TotesObviThrwawy t1_itmkdc6 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 7:17 PM

>For Indiana:

You keep skipping crystal skull lol.

My point is more that, he's seen evidence of some kind, of something. It doesn't have to mean that it is God inherently, or that Christianity in particular gets it all right. Maybe it's another alien, who knows!

>Elm Street: So Freddie Krueger goes to church? haha

Not necessarily. Depends on the franchise. Sometimes it's popculture bleed over, like, shit, i just drank some blood. Well i guess if vamps exist, guess I better watch out for garlic! Kind of a power of belief thing.

In Freddie's case, the kids believing that it would work, could definitely impact him.

StarChild413 t1_itwluz4 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 8:55 PM

> A common trope in properties featuring the undead is that the creature believes what they believed when they died. So, in theory, if FK was a Muslim, he wouldn't give 2 shits.

And sometimes I've seen the opposite, that regardless of any gods' reality whatever the person fighting the undead believes is what can defend them personally e.g. this old X-Men comic where the X-Men face off against Dracula and Dracula is stopped from biting Jewish X-Man Shadowcat by her star of david necklace despite being undeterred by her holding up a cross earlier