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So I wouldn't see it as a criticism of Christianity as much as it goes along with the theme of exploitation. In the Cyberpunk universe everything is commodified; work, food, drugs; and most importantly even your very body down to your genitals. Cybernetic implants go so far as to now challenge death itself with the relic chip, so you can never, ever, escape the grasp of the corporation. You either work within their system or you suffer outside of it, because if the advertising for "RealWater" doesn't get you, the man-made bioweapon that kills off all melons that aren't manufactured by Biotechnia will. The corporate involvement with SInnerman and his faith is just that; corporations are now touching even your faith. Even God is not immune to the corrupting tendrils of the corporate tyrants.
And as any good Christian should know, the split between Catholicism and Protestantism is entirely based on the perceived injustice of commodifying God. Now that is simply taken a step further that it is no longer the Pope in Rome who controls your access to God, it is Google in Los Angeles. A disgusting perversion of faith, I'd say. Sinnerman himself being, very obviously, off his fricking nut also builds into this. He might be completely convinced of his faith but it is obvious to those around him that he is essentially self-aggrandising in that faith. He didn't seek redemption in God's eyes because he regrets his actions, he does it because he sees in it another type of control and status. In his faith he justifies his actions as just one minor speedbump on the road to redemption, and, assuredly, prophet-hood.
The virtuous religious character in all of this, the one you are supposed to relate to if you are yourself religious; is V. V, if played as a Christian, is the only one who treats their faith as personal and beneficiary. V prays, V sits with Sinnerman and goes along with his ridiculous scheme, and V is the one that can criticise and intervene in the crucifixion. I am sure you can start pulling some biblical allegory here, because I note to you that the three people in that car are Sinnerman, whose name is fairly on the nose, a representative for the state, and a representative for the corporations (merchants). I don't know if I'd go so far as to say that the studio is a temple, but I imagine you'll see similarities with a close reading.
And I suggest even to you that there are two other Christians in this story, namely the family Sinnerman visits. One, the younger, is willing to show mercy and redemption to Sinnerman. Whereas the older can not condone Sinnerman's behaviour and openly criticises him for thinking he can set foot in the house of his victims as if that is anything but a spite to them. Sinnerman is deluded enough to think this would be fine, because his faith is superficial. It does not fit the narrative so he can't comprehend the human element of worship that might reject him even though his good book says they ought not to. Because, of course, there are more ways than one to find and give redemption.
So, in conclusion, I think this is a pretty good dip into religion in that world. But I understand that it might be frustrating to see it from the secular perspective if you yourself aren't, because obviously all of this hinges on "spirituality as personal" as our merchant friend says. That it is self-contained and limited on the individual and does not affect the world on a metaphysical level. To which I would just like to mention that the reason eastern spirituality is a topic in this game, and tarot, is because a central theme of Cyberpunk the universe; humanity loses its touch with all things not machine as they involve themselves deeper into cybernetics and cities. Maintaining your humanity is a game mechanic of the tabletop, for example. So I'd say the Sinnerman questline perfectly encapsulates this phenomenon that religion is "lost", that only a few manage to hold on to something more than the pursuit for profit and power. Some of those are Christian families, some are Buddhist monks in the streets, some are quietly practising whatever it is they practise in the privacy of their own home.
So the TL;DR for all of this I suppose is that if you are a Christian you should be offended by what you see because it is a perversion of your faith, but it is done with the intent to show a 'God is dead and we killed him' kind of reality, and it applies to everyone equally. There are a handful of shrine and temples, and most of them are storehouses for ammunition or covered in garbage. In this world people are reduced to animals striving for survival.
In fact the most notable shrine in the game, a shrine to Buddha, is a hiding spot for an illegal a server. And of course, there is the matter of the missing tarot card: The Devil.
dude, i did, he is not invulnerable ,i killed him right after being out of the car after the chase.
edit : if he is supposed to be invulnerable, so i guess something has gone really wrong lmao
On topic I was annoyed that no one stabbed him. One soldier stabbed Jesus otherwise he would have hung there untill he dies from thirst ... And they wanted to speed up the process ... And the guy in CP77 just got nailed and died right after. Where is the biblical accuracy ...
I thought he was stabbed to prove he is dead, and to fulfill the prophecy.
That was an exceptionally well thought well expressed argument for the inclusion of the quest. I just wish V and thereby the player had some power to control the direction of the quest in any way. If the idea truly was to show that god is dead and we killed him, then it becomes even more important for the player to make the decision as to whether sinnerman goes to the cross or you persuade him out of it. Unfortunately, instead of being able to decide to tow the corpo line for personal greed, and thus prove the truth in the saying of "god is dead and we killed him" or to fight back against the corps that pervert everything in our lives, coincidentally, something that johnny silverhand is all about, we are forced to be a passenger to this damn silly thing.
This like so many other things in cyberpunk 2077 could have been done 1000x better.
some people have mentioned lore reasons, if nothing else, read Cats response on page 5. I just really hate how poorly written and implemented the quest was.
So, full-disclosure: I am founding a religion, and I'm going to call it "Our Lady of Eyebrow-Deep Heinous Acts".
Because I figure I may as well get a head-start.
With that bit of black humor out of the way, I also found the crucifixion storyline troubling... But less because of religion (am I allowed to identify as a long-departed Catholic Expatriate?), and more because I just don't have an easy window into comprehending acts of intent brutality (see also "WHY I am a Catholic Expatriate").
Like... I just don't get it- personally. I don't get it as a substitute for virtue, as an allegory of strength. Zippo. And I am really, really, NOT okay with it just flippantly thrown into something without much apparent purpose for it.
Johnny's dogged insistence on the idea that there was some meaning in it I at first found really... well for lack of a better word, kinda irritating.
It didn't feel like I was being given much of a choice in the matter (yes, I know you can walk away- but this also didn't feel right; I felt compelled to engage in some way), and that irritated me too.
I was almost going to quite deliberately give this whole thing the bird, and then I guess I had a "revelation" of sorts. Something clicked.
This guy was trying to go out his own way- on his own terms. He'd tried begging forgiveness, and that didn't really work out well (kinda, but not really- and to be fair it probably wasn't destined to go well anyway), he'd found no solace in the arms of "reality media" (no surprise there)...
There wasn't much left to him.
So he decided he wanted his death to mean something. I don't know if I agree with the presentation still- but I understood the desire pretty keenly.
I'd spent by that point many hours in the game watching life being treated cheaply- people getting eaten up and spat out by the City- and I realized: Johnny has a point.
So, I went through with it.
So, I'm just going to say: I'm really not sure that you were ever slated to love the idea of religion viewed through a cyberpunk "lens" pretty much from the get-go.
This is a genre that asks a lot of pretty deep questions about the nature of existence, sentience, agency... And there aren't meant to be easy answers to any of them.
Perhaps as good a reason as any for "why Christianity and Buddhism?" is because the former is about answering questions, and the latter about asking them?
I don't know, really.
First, about the Buddhist Monks, I don't understand what your problem is with that sidequest.
How exactly would it be more respectful to the religion if the game allowed you to save both, rather than only giving you a chance at saving one of them?
I guess because you think that the fact that game allowed it to happen at all is offensive to the religion in question? why? How is it offensive?
I think you are just upset that you didn't get the chance of saving both of them, which is fine, yeah i felt bad for the monk that got chipped too, but the game is trying to show you something with that scene, and it isn't anything negative about buddhism, its about about the insanity of the Malestrom guys, that are so utterly evil that they are willing to forcefully implant cyberware into the body of people who do not want them. That is shocking, but its important to show that kind of stuff to make the world feel real, because in the real world, awful people, who take pleasure in inflicting pain and misery onto others exist, and the game is trying to show you that, this is why they didn't gave you the option of saving both of them.
Now for the crucifixion, again i don't get your criticism here, it seems to me you are just offended they included, and i ask you, why is it offensive to you? I didn't see as mockery of christianity. why would it be? becuase they reenacted the crucifixion of Jesus? so what? Christians reenact that famous part of your religious story every damn year. Why is it offensive that the game decided to include a reenactment of that story and mix it in with the cyberpunk world features. (like BDs that give the users the feeling of real pain and emotions from those bds).
The only possible reason for being offended here i guess i because there are discussions between V and Johnny that either mock him/feelt pity for him or portray him as some kind of prophet.
I don't see as any of these things as being offensive because lets be honest, those are exactly the things that would be discussed if someone were to do that for real. People would mock the poor fool who decided to go through with that insanity, some would feel pity for them believing that they had some kind of mental problem, and a small portion of the people who witness such event would worship the fool believing that he was some kind of prophet.
I also don't quite get your criticism that they picked christianity and buddhism and not others. Why do they need to "in fairness" to one religion also make other religions subject in their story as well? There is no reason why if they are going to feature aspects of one religion into the game they also need to include aspects of others, people who say that are basically saying that they shouldn't include any aspects of a religion in the game. Because they know its simply not possible to include every major religion, and even if it was possible in terms of resource of development, it wouldn't even fit into the game's world.
Let me remind you that Night City is located in the Continental US, in the west coast, Northern California, so Christianity would be a major religion, even in the screwed up world of Cyberpunk, as for buddhism, i don't know if its actually a thing in Northern california, but maybe the developers really like buddhism, because one thing that i didn't see you mention in your OP about the buddhist in Cyberpunk is that there is also another Buddhist that helps V medidate and has some straight up paranormal powers, which to mee seems to show buddhism in a very positive light.
Also, you are wrong, there is a way to prevent the crucifixion, when you first meet Joshua, put a bullet in his head.
'Every damn mass' actually. Body and Blood of Christ... Fun for the whole family.
Of course there's a sacramental "phrasing" there, and that's where you're usually skating on that proverbial thin ice with the Faithful: when you spake the same sentence, but without the sacramental brackets.
It's also a kind of litmus test for where the Dogma catches the Karma (and doesn't know what to do with it).