- Dragon Ball Z Forum
- →
- Dragon Ball
- →
- Dragon Ball/Z Discussion
- →
- Religion in the Dragon Ball World
| We hope you enjoy your visit to this forum. If you are reading this then it means you are currently browsing the forum as a guest, we don’t limit any of the content posted from guests however if you join, you will have the ability to join the discussions! We are always happy to see new faces at this forum and we would like to hear your opinion, so why not register now? It doesn’t take long and you can get posting right away. Click here to Register! If you are having difficulties validating your account please email us at admin@dbzf.co.uk If you're already a member please log in to your account: |
| Religion in the Dragon Ball World | |
|---|---|
| Tweet Topic Started: May 18 2014, 08:28 PM (2,006 Views) | |
| + Yusuke | May 18 2014, 08:28 PM Post #1 |
 
|
Has their been any sorta of religion shown in the Dragon Ball World? Or are all the humans on Earth atheists? |
 Ask Yusuke | |
 |
 
|
| + Emmeth | May 18 2014, 08:30 PM Post #2 |
I ♥ Yoeri
|
I'm not gonna assume anything, but the fact that God exists in the DB World makes me think that people believe in him. Or at least AT intended it that way. |
 My Twitch Page | |
|
|
|
|
|
May 18 2014, 08:30 PM Post #3 |
 
|
Krillin was a monk, I think. I don't know whether that has anything to do with religion though. |
| |
|
|
|
| Hearts | May 18 2014, 08:39 PM Post #4 |
 
|
I think Buddhism is hinted somewhere |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
May 18 2014, 08:43 PM Post #5 |
|
Namu is a Buddhist, or at least something like that as intended - as well as his area. Other parts of the Dragon World don't have religion, or certain parts do. Like Namu and Korin's area have Buddhism. It may just be Namu's village. |
|
|
|
| * Ketchup Revenge | May 18 2014, 08:50 PM Post #6 |
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!"
|
Buddhism is one of the few religions in the world that is not a theistic religion. Because of this, a lot of people actually have a hard time accepting that it is a religion, and not simply a choice of living. Buddhism itself is not classified by a theistic ideal because you can have Buddhists who are atheists, or Buddhists who are polytheists, or monotheists, but the point of Buddhism is to understand suffering through the act of suffering, but there's nothing in this religion that says that you are doing it to please a God or Gods. However, In DB in particular, it seems that it's based mostly in atheism, or the beliefs of pre-Feudal Japan, before Christianity had it's influence. There are Christian influences in DB such as "Mr. Satan" and Videl (anagram of Devil), and Dabura (suggested to be Diablo, which is "Devil" in Spanish). In addition to this, you later have Beezelbub in Sandland, Dabura's son. Edited by Ketchup Revenge, May 18 2014, 08:51 PM.
|
 The vengeance is her's for as long as she stands by Him. | |
|
|
|
| + Ssj3vegito96 | May 18 2014, 11:54 PM Post #7 |
|
I could've swore I read somewhere that toriyama said he implemented pieces of multiple religions in dbz. There are gods so I'm sure there is a religion in dbz |
IT'S CHEESE Spoiler: click to toggle
| |
|
|
|
|
|
May 19 2014, 12:12 AM Post #8 |
|
I think you did. (; |
|
|
|
| Ben | May 19 2014, 01:15 AM Post #9 |
|
Someone can probably dig one of them up, but he mentioned in several interviews that it's a traditional Chinese mythology and worldview, as he had just done a Western one in Dr. Slump when DBZ started, and wanted a change of pace. If you read The Journey to the West (which Dragon Ball's Pilaf Saga was loosely based on, and where Goku gets his name and surname from), it all makes sense. Basically, the mythology in Asian countries was influenced by three competing doctrines: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. All of these were mixed together in a really fuzzy way, so that you can't claim the traditional Chinese mythology/culture belongs to any one of them, and it was possible to be a Taoist and a Confucian at the same time, for instance. Their deities and heaven all exist in the same plane (so Heaven is a physical place you can go to). It's hard to explain, but non-Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) belong to a different class of religion/philosophy (or if you really want to dig into it, Platonic metaphysics), where everything is divided between the physical and the spiritual. This system is called Dualism, the one we commonly think of (and which a lot of Asian cultures have a hard time understanding). Basically, there is another plane of existence where God, angels, heaven, etc. exist, that is immaterial. Humans exist in the material world, on the other side of the dividing line. So in a traditional Chinese mythology, you have Buddhist, Taoist, and traditional deities all co-mingling in a physical Heaven that exists in the physical world, and you can visit. This lack of division between form and matter, or spiritual and physical, is alien to cultures that adhere to Abrahamic religions. I should point out that Christians were actually in western and central China from the 600's on, though, but they were native Chinese who belonged to the Eastern/Byzantine tradition, always in smaller numbers, and never really made a dent in Asian countries outside of China. Islam also arrived much later when Muslim armies invaded, and briefly ruled China under the Tatars, which inadvertently allowed Marco Polo and Jesuit missionaries entry as well. Still, the journey to the West that DB is based on doesn't incorporate any of that, and reflects an older view of Chinese culture where it was primarily Taoists and Buddhists duking it out for influence. In fact, if you read it, Sun Wu Kung who Goku is based on is a Buddhist and ends up in several fights with Taoists, having to prove which one has the true religion. Edited by Ben, May 19 2014, 01:16 AM.
|
|
|
|
| Ben | May 19 2014, 01:19 AM Post #10 |
|
Someone can probably dig one of them up, but he mentioned in several interviews that it's a traditional Chinese mythology and worldview, as he had just done a Western one in Dr. Slump when DBZ started, and wanted a change of pace. If you read The Journey to the West (which Dragon Ball's Pilaf Saga was loosely based on, and where Goku gets his name and surname from), it all makes sense. Basically, the mythology in Asian countries was influenced by three competing doctrines: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. All of these were mixed together in a really fuzzy way, so that you can't claim the traditional Chinese mythology/culture belongs to any one of them, and it was possible to be a Taoist and a Confucian at the same time, for instance. Their deities and heaven all exist in the same plane (so Heaven is a physical place you can go to). It's hard to explain, but non-Abrahamic religions (that aren't Christianity, Judaism, Islam) belong to a different class of religion/philosophy (or if you really want to dig into it, Platonic metaphysics), where everything is divided between the physical and the spiritual. This system is called Dualism, the one we commonly think of (and which a lot of Asian cultures have a hard time understanding). Basically, there is another plane of existence where God, angels, heaven, etc. exist, that is immaterial. Humans exist in the material world, on the other side of the dividing line. So in a traditional Chinese mythology, you have Buddhist, Taoist, and traditional deities all co-mingling in a physical Heaven that exists in the physical world, and you can visit. This lack of division between form and matter, or spiritual and physical, is alien to cultures that adhere to Abrahamic religions. I should point out that Christians were actually in western and central China from the 600's on, though, but they were native Chinese who belonged to the Eastern/Byzantine tradition, always in smaller numbers, and never really made a dent in Asian countries outside of China. Islam also arrived much later when Muslim armies invaded, and briefly ruled China under the Tatars, which inadvertently allowed Marco Polo and Jesuit missionaries entry as well. Still, The Journey to the West that DB is based on doesn't incorporate any of that, and reflects an older view of Chinese culture where it was primarily Taoists and Buddhists duking it out for influence. In fact, if you read it, Sun Wu Kung who Goku is based on is a Buddhist and ends up in several fights with Taoists, having to prove which one has the true religion. Edited by Ben, May 19 2014, 01:21 AM.
|
|
|
|
| 0 users reading this topic | |
| « Previous Topic · Dragon Ball/Z Discussion · Next Topic » |
| Track Topic · E-mail Topic |
 4:45 PM Jul 13
|
Theme Designed by McKee91
Powered by ZetaBoards Premium · Privacy Policy