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ok my thoughts are in order and i think i have smth to contribute to this gore discussion.
the original anon might have had a strong reaction to gore for a reason, just not the reason they thought it was. blood is naturally kinda scary and unnerving bc it's supposed to be inside of you - or another creature. when your own blood or bones are outside of us, we get a reaction bc that usually means we're hurt or dead (undesirable). if we see someone else's bones or blood, we might feel empathy for them, which leads to the same reaction as above.
we can learn to deal with this reaction, as we can all reactions and impulses, by not letting it control us and giving it the space to run its course. that's how we can meaningfully help people who are injured, or humanely slaughter farm animals for food, etc.
i could talk about like, as a Christian, we don't believe we were meant to die, not in Eden. but in this world now, we do die, and we have to live with the consequences of that (blood n bones and gore etc).
yea that's my 2 cents ty :)
100% agree. gosh that's a good point; blood and gore giving us such visceral reactions so that we can tend to injured people or want to cause as little suffering as possible to animals.
I think that blood/gore has gotten so. I don't know the word... stereotyped as being Evil itself, even that doesn't make much sense to me. I don't think organs or blood are corrupted; they're ridiculously complex inner workings God designed. it also has spiritual value as well; the Bible mentions blood and such many times when dealing with spiritual matters.
I have a lot of nuance when it comes to violent and gory media; I enjoy a lot of gory films, and I think body horror is interesting (doesn't help it's a special interest). I do believe there's stuff that simply shouldn't be considered (things that glorify hurting other people). I don't know. I just find it strange when I see Christians go as far as considering anatomy as disgusting in a sinful way.