History MisaimedFandom / MythAndReligion

** We have WordOfDante to blame for that one, of course. The Church (for quite some time, [[ChristianityIsCatholic Christianity really was Catholic]]) demonized Judas for various reasons, a portrayal cemented in our culture by...well...Dante, who has Judas be one of the three great historical traitors (with [[GaiusJuliusCaesar Caesor's]] traitors Brutus and Cassius) deemed bad enough to be chewed upon by Satan for all eternity.

** Many church interpretations points out it DOES NOT give the male right to abuse his wife.

* While not characters per se, the suicide bombers and similar in RealLife are the result of MisaimedFandom of their own religious texts.

*** That said, Matthew 5:17-20 reads like a fairly resounding endorsement of the law which is backed up by John 5:46. OT morality seeps through to modern society, with an Alabama courthouse trying to get away with displaying the ten commandments.
*** Though those messages ''were'' spoken to a Jewish audience...

*** Though those messages ''were'' spoken by Christ to a Jewish crowd, and would have instructed them to continue practicing the laws they already had.

*** Though those messages ''were spoken'' by Christ to a Jewish crowd...

* Zeus is usually portrayed in most fictional works about Greek Mythology as a strong and just, yet firm, leader of the Gods. A scant few portray him as a skirt-chaser with a penchant for cheating on Hera from time to time. In reality, he was portrayed by the Greeks as an angry, corrupt, vengeful son of a bitch. Oh, and he not only cheated on his wife, but cheated ''on the people he cheated on his wife with''. Thank God this has been subverted recently.

* A passage in one of the Epistles that goes, "Wives, be submissive to your husbands" has been exploited both by straight-up male chauvinists and by radical [[StrawFeminist Straw Feminists]] who are [[DontShootTheMessage trying to discredit Christianity]]. Both groups seem to overlook or ignore the verse immediately afterward: "Husbands, love your wives."
** Even with the dropped text, I doubt a feminist would take "but I love her" as an excuse for demanding submission from your wife.
*** Or, you know, anyone else besides for a misogynist.

* There are two types of religious people. Those who take every word in their holy books and stories literally and focus more on these details than the real messages. And those who just pick what they want to believe or do in name of their "religion" and ignore whatever doesn't fit in their own personal opinion about the world.

** Even with the dropped text, I doubt a feminist would take "but I love her" as an excuse for being controlling.

** Even with the dropped text, I doubt a feminist would take "but he loves me" as an excuse for being controlling.

** In general, Christians who treat every word in the Bible as though it is on equal ground. This is not even going into the issues of whether we should interpret it literally or allegorically; we could be here all day with that. But even with a literal interpretation, there are some books which are intended to be read as histories, not as rules to follow. And even as far as rules go, some of them were laws only meant to be followed by Jews (e.g. the ones in Leviticus). ''The Old Testament is not called the "Hebrew Bible" for nothing, you know.''

** In general, Christians who treat every word in the Bible as though it is on equal ground. This is not even going into the issues of whether we should interpret it literally or allegorically; we could be here all day with that. But even with a literal interpretation, there are some books which are intended to be read as histories, not as rules to follow. And even as far as rules go, some of them were laws only meant to be followed by Jews (e.g. the ones in Leviticus).

** In general, Christians who treat the Old Testament laws as ones they should follow as strictly as, or sometimes even instead of, the rules of the New Testament. It's not called the "Hebrew Bible" for nothing, you know. Old Testament laws are only supposed to apply to Jews, not Christians. Which is not to say either is more important than the other, but the two testaments serve fundamentally different purposes in Christianity.

** In general, Christians who treat the Old Testament laws as ones they should follow as strictly as, or sometimes instead of, the rules of the New Testament. It's not called the "Hebrew Bible" for nothing, you know. Old Testament laws are only supposed to apply to Jews, not Christians.

* Zeus is usually portrayed in most fictional works about Greek Mythology as a strong and just, yet firm, leader of the Gods. A scant few portray him as a skirt-chaser with a penchant for cheating on Hera from time to time. In reality, he was portrayed by the Greeks as an angry, corrupt, vengeful son of a bitch. Oh, and he not only cheated on his wife, but cheated ''on the people he cheated on his wife with''. Thank God this has been subverted recently.