>>4532914You're repeating legalist stances within the religions, but not the ground truth of the religions themselves.
Walk up to most Christians in the American South, and they will insist to you that Jesus IS that wavy haired blue eyed Caucasian image. That's literally how they picture him. They have no concept of the idea that it's not him, it's an idealized Greek portrait; when he rises again, THAT's the guy they expect to give them a lift to heaven. Same with the other depictions of Jesus for Christians in other cultures. The priests may have that original religious idea, but certainly not the people, be they Catholic or Calvinists.
Well, maybe Calvinists, they're weird.
Same deal with Muhammed. Walk up to a Muslim in the streets of Indonesia, Pakistan, Iran, or Turkey, and they will almost certainly insist that no images at ALL of Muhammad are allowed. No nuance, no quibbling about satire, all images period. If they bring in idolatry, then all images are banned because they're all potential idols. Several surveys were done about this back in the aughts.
And yes, naming kids after a dude is by default putting that dude on a pedestal. No one names their kid Adolf unless they're a white supremacist - no Japanese names their kid Mikado because they want them to carry on running the grocery store. Alexander didn't name stuff after himself and schools aren't named after Washington because they were ordinary guys. Naming something after someone is a form of idolizing them, whether or not the idolators realize it. Yes, that goes for people who name their kids Jesus, too. Even the most devout unknowingly break or give themselves passes on breaking religious laws, from shrimp to clothes, to naming their kids.
Unless they're Calvinists, they're weird.
