[News] Gackt - Jesus (OUT 2008.11.26 // 2008.12.03)

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Originally Posted by dddaiyamondo

Also I've never heard of a Western person wearing religious jewelry without being religious themselves.

Really? I've seem a lot, and not only in my country. A lot of ppl in the international media, actors, singers, etc wearing cross necklaces or earrings and they aren't really caring to show any religiosity. That's because a cross doesn't really necessarily screams religiosity, and not only in Japan, but mainly in the western culture it became quite a fashioonable/trendy item. Or were the 80's US/UK punks who'd often get into violent fights and who'd wear cross earrings insterested in showing any religiosity? As if... Getting into even deeper thoughts, crosses were what? Torture and execution instruments used to sentence criminals judged by the romans or whatever was it. The fact christianism is much more infused in western culture probably makes most people overlook that many ppl use certain "religious" artifacts mostly as just fancy jewelry than really showing religiosity at all. It's really unfair to blame japanese for wearing those things as them being just trendy when many people from the western can do it mainly for trendy reasons. I am not religious and I have cross necklaces I've got as gifts, and I wear them no problem, and it's not like I'm caring to show any religion.

Also, taking this to talking about religious figures, non-religious people can write books or stuff about Jesus or other religious personalities. It's not only someone who is of a certain religion that can analyze and discuss something about their religions. Actually, I've seem christian people commenting on how they admire buddha for his lifetime story, even though they don't follow buddhism at all. I'd never call these ppl stupid, they are open minded. I don't think you have to be catholic to admire or criticize Mother Theresa's worldwide known humanitarian works for example. I'm not trying to discuss religion or turn this into a religion topic though, but I just think I should point out these points.

But yeah, Gackt hasn't released it yet, so we'll still see what it will be about. I'm not a fan of Gackt (I don't hate him, but I'm just not interested). I like the songs he made for Dirge of Cerberus a lot though. But I dunno, the covers look good and definitely not random imo.