Talk:Shokudaikiri Mitsutada/@comment-180.246.88.189-20150205201338/@comment-31.33.217.53-20150228233452

About Satan himself, you do know that from an historical point of view, angels and demons are probably remnants of ancient gods vanquished by YHWH and his jewish zealots ? For exemple, the whole Ashera business or the fact great part of Biblical creation myth and cosmogony came from Babylon and other middle-east cultures and religions who mixed up with the jews.

One of the reasons their is so many gods in Japan, is that it is a kind of graveyard for ancients gods and ancient religions. It is the country who is the most east-ward, so they tend to go their and acumulate. Amatsu Mikaboshi is verry similar to Lucifer, and Ame no Minaka Nushi is verry similar to Brahma and the christian God, or rather should I say, to how modern christians seem to see God. But it is a strange God, and few datas are avaible about him, even Shinto practioners are few who know about Amenominakanushi and the theories about him. He is akin to Kabbalah for Shintô, it's a mystical and mysterious God.

Also, Christianity and Jewism came in Japan in very early eras, at least at the same time as Buddhism, but since Buddhism is far better as a Philosophy and was supported by some powerful local politicians, Buddhism overcame those religions from the West quickly. Some says the Hata were jews, other says Jimmu Tennô himself and his tribe were jews (or angels... since Jimmu was a demi-god). As for Christianity, it came from Nestorianism.

That's just how religions are born, myths mixing with each other and people seeking the truth by looking at the Sky and being awe inspired by Nature's greatness or Civilisation's accomplishments.

Anyway, what I wanted to say is : Satan exist in Japan too. x)