[SamuelBRoberts]

(01-17-2019 11:06 AM)Sherman Wrote:  

One of the reasons Christianity has never taken a hold in Japan is that to the Japanese the images of Christianity are ugly and violate the principles of Japanese art which values simplicity, tranquility, and nature, like in a tea ceremony or calligraphy. I personally don't think it is healthy to expose boys to pictures of criminals being executed. Contrast peaceful Japan with Latin America where boys are exposed to these violent images. This doesn't teach them anything useful and distorts their minds.

That's not even close to correct.

Japanese people routinely go to temples with this sort of art in them, and have for almost as long as the nation's existed.






These are called "Jigoku-ezu", "Scenes from Hell", and you can find them all over the place. As you can see, they're far more gorey than the image of Christ on the cross.
They're scenes depicting the buddhist hell, essentially similar to a picture bible, and intended to warn sinners of the torments that awaited them.

Would you please stop pretending you know the slightest thing about Buddhism, Asia, or anything beyond the few books you've read?