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  • inlandempire@jlai.lutoAtheist Memes@lemmy.worldPraise the sun!
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    1 month ago

    This is a point brought up in Scorcese’s Silence (maybe also in the novel written by Endo, which the film was written from) :

    Ferreira: Francis Xavier came here to teach the Japanese about the son of God. But first he had to ask how to refer to God. “Dainichi”, he was told. And shall I show you their Dainichi?

    [He points to the sun in the sky]

    Ferreira: Behold… there is the SUN of God. God’s only begotten sun. In the scriptures Jesus rose on the third day. In Japan… the sun of God rises daily.

    context of the movie

    Portuguese Christians receive the news that a high priest in Japan - sent to convert the Japanese - has renounced his faith, they send three priests to find where he is





  • The law was repealed in 2015 apparently: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/29/basques-safe-iceland-district-repeals-decree-kill-on-sight

    The edict was issued in 1615 after a storm destroyed three Basque whaling vessels on an expedition in Iceland. Eighty members of the crew survived, said Gudmundsson, and were left stranded in the area. “They had nothing to eat, and there were accounts of them robbing people and farmers,” he said.

    The brewing conflict between locals and the whalers prompted then-sheriff Ari Magnússon to draw up a decree that allowed Basques to be killed with impunity in the district. In the weeks that followed, more than 30 Basques were killed in raids led by the sheriff and local farmers. “It’s one of the darkest chapters of our history,” said Gudmundsson, noting that the incident known as the Slaying of the Spaniards ranks among the country’s bloodiest massacres.

    Four centuries later, Gudmundsson decided it was time to set right the wrongs of history. Last week, at the unveiling of a memorial dedicated to the Basque whalers who were killed, he repealed the decree. “This decision was made 400 years ago and it has never formally been repealed until now.”