@kourge the oil merchant story but he watches jesus turn water to wine and goes “it’s all practice *he pours water from a gourd through a hole in a coin, the water becomes wine the instant it passes through the coin*”
east asian narratives: he practiced SO HARD he became a living god
western implicitly christian narratives: he was a living god and that’s why he didn’t have to practice at all
— S. Qiouyi Lu 🏜️🎑🐇 陸秋逸 Lù Qiūyì (@sqiouyilu) February 28, 2023