Okay, I'm starting with sort of a rant here so bear with me, but I just starting to get sick of people saying that Bayonetta killed "God" and I just want to clarify a few things.
1) If you can't tell, the Angels on Bayonetta are far different than the Angels in Christianity. The Angels are collectively called "Laguna" in Bayonetta, we don't have any collective term for the Angels other than Angels. Second, the Angels in Bayonetta are physical and can be killed, there's no concept of death in the afterlife. Once you die, you go to the realm of the Dead, then you are resurrected during the End Times either to eternal life or eternal shame.
2) How the universe was created in Bayonetta is far different than how the universe was created in Christianity. In Bayonetta, there was a "First Armageddon" that split the universe into the "Trinity of Realities"- Paradiso (the angel world), Chaos (the human world), and Inferno (the demon world). Jubileus, the Lagunan Creator, was imprisoned in Pardiso. In Christianity, God created the Heavens and the Earth. The Earth was formless, so God had began to give it form. Hell was created after Satan had rebelled against God, and there's a realm of Death called Sheol where all the souls of the dead go.
3) Jubileus and God are very different. Jubileus had to be resurrected by combining the Right and Left Eyes of the World. Upon her resurrection, she would destroy the current world, including Paradiso, and create a new one. The only resurrection in the Bible is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, in which he just simply rose from the dead. This Resurrection didn't "destroy" anything, in fact it caused a huge religious enlightenment. Jubileus had to be resurrected in a physical form, God has never placed himself in a physical form with Jesus being the physical embodiment of his Word on Earth. Jubileus was imprisoned in Paradiso as its governor under an eternal slumber, God is the active ruler of Heaven. Lastly, Jubileus can be destroyed, God has no possible end.
Now there are things in Bayonetta that were correct:
1) Jubileus' true name is unutterable to humankind. This is sort of reflective of the Christian view on God's name since God's name was unutterable for a time, though that perspective has changed so that people can praise his name freely without fear.
2) Rodin's story is based off Lucifer's rebellion, in which Rodin rebelled against the order of Laguna and was imprisoned in the Human World. Lucifer rebelled and was imprisoned in a similar manner, though Lucifer was placed in a special prison, Hell, along with his followers and, unlike Rodin, he isn't feared by those Heaven.
3) In Laguna, there is a hiearchy of angels much like the one in Christianity. However, the hiearchy in Christianity is merely the result of human speculation and has no biblical support, unlike in Laguna where there is an established hiearchy.
Now, I'm not trying to rant on Bayonetta, I'm a big fan of the game, but I'm just annoyed when people hype her up to believe that she's a god- killer. Its worse than how GOW fans think that Kratos can kill God, when he only fought the Greek ones.
1) If you can't tell, the Angels on Bayonetta are far different than the Angels in Christianity. The Angels are collectively called "Laguna" in Bayonetta, we don't have any collective term for the Angels other than Angels. Second, the Angels in Bayonetta are physical and can be killed, there's no concept of death in the afterlife. Once you die, you go to the realm of the Dead, then you are resurrected during the End Times either to eternal life or eternal shame.
2) How the universe was created in Bayonetta is far different than how the universe was created in Christianity. In Bayonetta, there was a "First Armageddon" that split the universe into the "Trinity of Realities"- Paradiso (the angel world), Chaos (the human world), and Inferno (the demon world). Jubileus, the Lagunan Creator, was imprisoned in Pardiso. In Christianity, God created the Heavens and the Earth. The Earth was formless, so God had began to give it form. Hell was created after Satan had rebelled against God, and there's a realm of Death called Sheol where all the souls of the dead go.
3) Jubileus and God are very different. Jubileus had to be resurrected by combining the Right and Left Eyes of the World. Upon her resurrection, she would destroy the current world, including Paradiso, and create a new one. The only resurrection in the Bible is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, in which he just simply rose from the dead. This Resurrection didn't "destroy" anything, in fact it caused a huge religious enlightenment. Jubileus had to be resurrected in a physical form, God has never placed himself in a physical form with Jesus being the physical embodiment of his Word on Earth. Jubileus was imprisoned in Paradiso as its governor under an eternal slumber, God is the active ruler of Heaven. Lastly, Jubileus can be destroyed, God has no possible end.
Now there are things in Bayonetta that were correct:
1) Jubileus' true name is unutterable to humankind. This is sort of reflective of the Christian view on God's name since God's name was unutterable for a time, though that perspective has changed so that people can praise his name freely without fear.
2) Rodin's story is based off Lucifer's rebellion, in which Rodin rebelled against the order of Laguna and was imprisoned in the Human World. Lucifer rebelled and was imprisoned in a similar manner, though Lucifer was placed in a special prison, Hell, along with his followers and, unlike Rodin, he isn't feared by those Heaven.
3) In Laguna, there is a hiearchy of angels much like the one in Christianity. However, the hiearchy in Christianity is merely the result of human speculation and has no biblical support, unlike in Laguna where there is an established hiearchy.
Now, I'm not trying to rant on Bayonetta, I'm a big fan of the game, but I'm just annoyed when people hype her up to believe that she's a god- killer. Its worse than how GOW fans think that Kratos can kill God, when he only fought the Greek ones.
