Discussion Xianxia and religion

Hi everyone! I'm a newbie at writing threads so please don't blame me if I posted in the wrong section.
I just wanted to know your views on religion in Xianxia.
I know Xianxia are strictly related to Taoism and chinese folklore, but in many novels of the same genre, Buddhism and other religions (Christianity included) are highly spurned and belittled as hypocritical and evil.
Is it just a plot device to make enemies out of monks and priests so that the MC can find some new opponents, or is it really a thing in Chinese culture to view other religions so badly?

 

I agree with @Parth37955

 

It's a plot device and all religions belittle others.
Because they believe theirs is the right one

 

In xianxa the goal is to become an existence akin to god. Of course religous would be 'evil' 'fake' or overall not taken seriously, in xianxa religion basically means "x strong person set up a religion cos faith energy" so its nothing more than a plot device, also the whole spiritualism thing fits in a lot better than "love thy neighbour" so i hope that answers your question.
Oh yeah and anyone that believes in a religon automatically hates all other religions saying his is the only true one while the rest are fake.

 

Even God can killed or defated and you talking about religion ...........................................

 

Just think of jesus as a cultivator that ascended to the upper realms, and his teachings of mortality are still followed today.

Higher level cultivators are viewed as living gods, and there are organisations in many xainxia novel that build the worship of a single individual.

 

Well that makes sense as in so many Xianxia there isn't a Creator or an absolute existence ruling over order and chaos.
But it kinda pisses me off when this stereotype about evil religions is used as a cliche and narration trope. Sigh

 

They simply think they themselves are right, and think other people are scammers. At the same time, if the god makes his appearance, it is just another cultivator, so that means they lied, and thus it is also hard to discern who is speaking the truth due the billions of self-proclaimed gods that have existed.

 

when is Christianity ever portrayed as evil in cultivator novels? I can only think of coiling dragon, but the Church is an easy enemy to write in many novels, very common in english.

Versions of Christianity is vilified in pretty much every fantasy novel regardless of language.

 

That's kinda what makes a Xianxia a Xianxia, I guess.
But still, is there a concept of politically correct of some sort in China?
I mean with all that state run censorship, why is it that bashing other religions on media and web novels is ok with Chinese people, while satirizing about politics is taboo??

 

its mostly because they think that what they belive in is right and what others belive in is wrong it baciacely the same with every relegion

 

my mother tounge is not English so I don't understand what you are sayin in simple words it means....?

 

Nailed it. /thread

 

Holy shit, I never thought of it this way. Goddamn Jesus, milking dat faith energy

 

Well it's true that in many scenarios Christianism is very arguable about their conduct, especially in history and society, but using the Church as a plot device is kinda cheap imo.
well I'm atheist so I don't really care but what I'm concerned about is the popularity of xianxia in China. Given that the average audience is made of teenagers and young adults, all the fucked up set of values in Xianxia kinda bothers me eh

 

because any other organisation that exists besides yours, religious or not is also another place for useful resources to be sent to; instead of yours. Furthermore the whole there are bad people in the church is only due to a lack of criminal deterrence and nepotist - influenced power abuse. They do it because they can do it with little repercussion. This is alien to us because we've had the criminal system in place since we were born and that's all we know. They do not.
Plus only the bad characters make plot devices; you don't need to know about 1000 good clerics if there's some bishop purchasing slaves for pleasure and abusing them; especially when the bishop could slaughter the clerics in a blink of an eye without facing any consequences as long as he/she proves / lies / frames them for insubordination or another BS reason.
The existence of power changes the value of people and subsequently their values.

 

absolutely god the haerem I hate it not jst in novels in mangas and anime too :/

 

well i didn't see anything about holy fsm yet, and our religion doesn't care about the "right". if u r reading a xianxia with a beer, congratulations, u r one of us.

 

Politically Correct is how we describe being deliberately inoffensive. Even if the stereotype is backed by statistics or logic, it's not "politically correct" to say anything derogatory about a race, religion, or any "group" of people, as a democratic politicians goal is to make as many people vote for them as possible. The last 20 years or so especially, American culture has been obsessed with not offending anyone ever no matter what, with a lot of social pressure for everyone to be politically correct all the time.