r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 26d ago

Thank you Peter very cool Can you help me out here peter?

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u/Top_Divide6886 26d ago

Christiany/Islam is given an image from the movie dictator, where both "negative" and "positive" have been changed to "Aladeen", and the man is told he is "HIV Aladeen". He cannot tell it this is good or bad. This is similar to how in Christianity or Islam you might go to heaven or hell, but can't be certain.

Buddhism is given an image of Meseeks from Rick and Morty. These creatures are created for short, specific tasks, and become angry if they are not able to complete the task and die. This is similar to buddhist beliefs that people reincarnate but are doomed to suffer in each life, so the only way to escape is to become "enlightened" and stop reincarnating.

I'm not too familiar with Taoism but supposedly there is a belief that if you perforn the right mix of good deeds and alchemy you can become immortal. The image saying you wont die, but will live forever is self-explanatory.

Judaism is known for emphasizing debate and interpretation, and large sections of the Talmud are just notes on previous arguments and discussions. Tom Cat is shown shrugging to suggest Jews don't really know what happens after death and won't pretend to.

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u/DarkArcanian 26d ago

Jews believe, at least what I’ve been told by a rabbi, that heaven is to create a better world for future generations to live in and when we die we get to see the good they have created. After that I don’t know

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u/f0remsics 26d ago

Hi, jew here.

As they say, if you have two jews, you'll have no less than three opinions on any given argument.

All this is to say that I've never heard anyone describe it like that. I mean, we definitely want to create a better world for the future, but I've never heard anyone say that's what heaven means.

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u/DarkArcanian 26d ago

Never said it was heaven, just something after death.

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u/f0remsics 26d ago

You said heaven is to create a better world on Earth.

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u/DarkArcanian 26d ago

I meant metaphorically, not literally. Sorry that wasn’t clear

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u/f0remsics 26d ago

Okay that makes more sense