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The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:06 pm
by Squirt
Say you have a Vampire.
He is Jewish.
Would the vampire be afraid of the cross, or the star of david?
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:08 pm
by Apy
Squirt wrote:Say you have a Vampire.
He is Jewish.
Would the vampire be afraid of the cross, or the star of david?
Both
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:42 pm
by Kraq
I'm pretty sure vampires wouldn't have a religion...
Why would a vampire believe in a god and then be afraid of it's holy power =o
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:45 pm
by poehalcho
Kraq wrote:I'm pretty sure vampires wouldn't have a religion...
Why would a vampire believe in a god and then be afraid of it's holy power =o
perhaps it is not fear of gods powers, but fear of the powers that humans would be able to call upon when they think god is on their side.
Willpower > Vampire?
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:45 pm
by Squirt
Kraq wrote:I'm pretty sure vampires wouldn't have a religion...
Why would a vampire believe in a god and then be afraid of it's holy power =o
If you've seen vampire movies you'll see their afraid of crosses.. for some reason.
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:47 pm
by [SD]Master_Wong
poehalcho wrote:Kraq wrote:I'm pretty sure vampires wouldn't have a religion...
Why would a vampire believe in a god and then be afraid of it's holy power =o
perhaps it is not fear of gods powers, but fear of the powers that humans would be able to call upon when they think god is on their side.
Willpower > Vampire?
Zombie > Willpower
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:54 pm
by poehalcho
[SD]Master_Wong wrote:poehalcho wrote:Kraq wrote:I'm pretty sure vampires wouldn't have a religion...
Why would a vampire believe in a god and then be afraid of it's holy power =o
perhaps it is not fear of gods powers, but fear of the powers that humans would be able to call upon when they think god is on their side.
Willpower > Vampire?
Zombie > Willpower
QFT
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:12 pm
by Miguez
Vampires don't even exist, meaning that people made them up, meaning that anyone can shape them the way they want.
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:22 pm
by DumboDii
Thee_UniQue wrote:Vampires don't even exist, meaning that people made them up, meaning that anyone can shape them the way they want.
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:06 pm
by Miguez
lol nice one
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:26 pm
by /Pi
Squirt wrote:If you've seen vampire movies you'll see their afraid of crosses.. for some reason.
Not so recently. The traditional traits of the European vampire has been broken so many times. Crosses and holy water do not work on vampires in the Blade series. Anne Rice's vampires do not make other vampires from bites alone. Others add back reflection on mirrors. Others remove their susceptibility to sunlight and add glitters. Others make them pale, or dark, or with crazy superpowers. Some even go so far to make them completely immortal.
It's fiction. What do you expect?
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:00 pm
by inky
Been watching TMZ?
(Yeah, I leave my TV on while I'm my computer)
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:06 pm
by Squirt
inky wrote:Been watching TMZ?
(Yeah, I leave my TV on while I'm my computer)
Nope, stumbled upon a yahoo answer question.
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:32 pm
by DarkJackal
Squirt wrote:Kraq wrote:I'm pretty sure vampires wouldn't have a religion...
Why would a vampire believe in a god and then be afraid of it's holy power =o
If you've seen vampire movies you'll see their afraid of crosses.. for some reason.
I'm think the reason the old movies made em hurt by crosses was because they were evil creatures of hell, and its a holy thing of god or w/e ¬.¬.
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:29 pm
by Sacchin
Simon Belmont beats Dracula's ass with a good ol whip.
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:14 pm
by Nyx
Vampires were scared of the cross because they were originally the son of the devil, or demons. The cross represented the power of god. So yeah.
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:22 pm
by [SD]Master_Wong
vampires as we know them are a reletivly modern thing which became popular in the 18th century, vampires are present in all know civilisations in some form they are speculated to date back as far as prehistoric times.
The cross has nothing to do with them what so ever as they pre-date religion so to speak the belief systems back then where basic a way to compensate for the unknowns non the less thought id bring this to light. pays to do a bit of research
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:06 am
by inky
Sacchin wrote:Simon Belmont beats Dracula's ass with a good ol whip.
Screw the Belmonts. Them and their limp weaponry.
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:29 am
by Ganja
Why would a Jew or a Vampire be afraid of the Star of Daivd???
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:24 am
by Grounded
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:39 am
by NuclearSilo
wtf is a star of david?
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:51 am
by Ganja
The Star of David or Shield of David is a generally recognized symbol of Jewish identity and Judaism. It is named after King David of ancient Israel; and its earliest known communal usage began in the Middle Ages alongside the more ancient symbol of the menorah. Geometrically it is the hexagram.
With the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 the Star of David on the Flag of Israel has also become a symbol of Israel and has become associated with the Zionist movement.
It's like the Christian's Cross.
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:52 am
by Grounded
NuclearSilo wrote:wtf is a star of david?
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:56 am
by NuclearSilo
and why would a vampire be afraid of that star?
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:57 am
by Ganja
NuclearSilo wrote:and why would a vampire be afraid of that star?
IDK that was my question too.
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:58 am
by Grounded
NuclearSilo wrote:and why would a vampire be afraid of that star?
cuz david beckham would shoot a ball in ur a-hole
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:31 am
by NuclearSilo
GaRiTaX wrote:NuclearSilo wrote:and why would a vampire be afraid of that star?
cuz david beckham would shoot a ball in ur a-hole
how? can you show me?
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:43 am
by Grounded
NuclearSilo wrote:GaRiTaX wrote:NuclearSilo wrote:and why would a vampire be afraid of that star?
cuz david beckham would shoot a ball in ur a-hole
how? can you show me?
i know u want a david beckham's star in ur ass.. but i cant show u sorry..
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:55 am
by John_Doe
The star of david because it was what he held as sacred. Different cultures had different vampiric myths.
Re: The Great Vampire Debate
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:13 pm
by chickenfeather
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Shokel/ ... pires.htmlSomewhat interesting read about Jewish lore about vampires.
I think vampires are probably just demons that have taken human form or humans that have had their souls corrupted by demons. A vampire would be Jewish only because it allows for easier concealment inside human society, like a wolf wearing sheep's clothing. They would probably have a higher chance of surviving these days since there aren't many vampire hunters left anymore. It's unlikely that symbols created by humans would have any effect on them, unless there is some sort of power behind that symbol.
