Woman treats green ogre figure with great reverence; says she will continue to worship ‘kind-hearted’ cartoon statue
The ears are literally the only thing making it Shrek.
Shrek is just Buddha with weird ears.
As a buddhist, that statue is most definitely something I want in my home.
Do other people not pray to Shrek daily?
This is how I view all religion, so this is fine.
Shrek isn’t the worst idol.
He’s grumpy but he’s got layers, and is fairly accepting. And I think we can all relate to how far he’ll go for a bit of peace and quiet.
What? Like some kind of onion creature?
Shrek is love, Shrek is life.
And? Why stop now that you know how good he is. Shrek provides for everyone.
I mean… there are worse options
Hey now, she’s an all-star!
She isn’t worshiping Shrek any more than someone praying at a cross worships wooden plus signs. Stupid article.
Yup. No more stupid than someone worshiping a guy who lived 2K years ago whose mother had an affair and blamed a magical sky fairy.
I doubt you understood them. Buddhists don’t worship Buddha idols or anyone: Buddha considered such devotion or worship unenlightened/unskilled & instead encouraged self-reliance in one’s journey to nirvana. They’re more contemplating the enlightenment they identify with Buddha as they meditate on their own way to achieve that. A Shrek figure may work just as well for their purpose: enlightenment to them means shedding ego & not letting vicissitudes/nuisances cling them to samsara.
Being honest, it was very common at the time to have Zeus’ or Jupiter’s babies.
