Nornagest comments on Non-theist cinema? - Less Wrong

8 Post author: Jay_Schweikert 08 January 2012 07:54AM

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Comment author: Nornagest 08 January 2012 10:12:54PM *  5 points [-]

Before you get too enthusiastic about MLP:FiM's nontheist bona fides, bear in mind that one of the main characters is essentially a grad student under the local sun goddess.

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 10 January 2012 02:04:30AM *  2 points [-]

While the situation is complicated by the fact that the sun goddess is also a (figurehead?) queen, the gods and magic in the show are treated largely the way they are in the Discworld books: as parts of life to be accepted and dealt with just like the rest of the world.