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In reply to BQRyno • 8:56p, 4/8/25
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I actually agree with the idea that this is what they were wrestling with, but it would have made more sense if they didn't try to pass them off as Lutheran. Then again, with the Lutheran church these days, maybe they're on to something.


the lutheran they are speaking of is universalist, so it actually makes even less sense.


all I'm trying to say is that I think they could have written it in a way that made sense and played those factors without ignoring basic Christianity. the idea of the Church having an official position of having a soul is great and wrestling with that is awesome, but in SO much media, it feels like the writers went to one Sunday school class as a kid and decided that was enough so they are just intent of coloring Christianity and heaven as a merit based system and it's a huge pet peeve of mine.
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8:59p, 4/8/25
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People with different beliefs or even misunderstandings of their own faith are certainly out there.
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9:02p, 4/8/25
Just finished season 2, gonna have to go back and few pages and catch up on this thread. Lot to digest. Such a ****ing great show.

As far as the Lutheran comments right above me, is it possible that the eagan family has infected local churches?

I hope this gets a million seasons and everything is wrapped up, but if not i wouldn't mind an online published history of the eagan family or something like that. Maybe with notes in the margin explaining motives and hopeful outcomes
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In reply to BQRyno • 9:09p, 4/8/25
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BQRyno said:
I actually agree with the idea that this is what they were wrestling with, but it would have made more sense if they didn't try to pass them off as Lutheran. Then again, with the Lutheran church these days, maybe they're on to something.
As a Lutheran… it greatly depends on the branch of Lutheran we're talking about.
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In reply to BQRyno • 9:29p, 4/8/25
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BQRyno said:
I actually agree with the idea that this is what they were wrestling with, but it would have made more sense if they didn't try to pass them off as Lutheran. Then again, with the Lutheran church these days, maybe they're on to something.


Don't lump all of us Lutherans together. We're not all ELCA nutbags.
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9:31p, 4/8/25
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I had a similar thought about the forgiveness discussion, but I chalked that up to a) lots of people who even consider themselves Christian that don't understand the concept and b) no telling what the influence of the Egans/Lumon has done to society in this alternate timeline.
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In reply to TCTTS • 9:33p, 4/8/25
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When I think Lutheran, I think old people, but yeah you're probably right. Traditional Catholic probably would have made a little more sense.


I mean, I guess I did just turn 45
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In reply to fig96 • 9:34p, 4/8/25
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This was my view as well. This was as much Lumonism as Lutheran or Calvinist or ...
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In reply to RED AG 98 • 9:40p, 4/8/25
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Exactly.
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9:45p, 4/8/25
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WTF are y'all yammering about?
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In reply to RED AG 98 • 10:26p, 4/8/25
well, it sounds like this conversation happened 12 years ago when severance was a brand new concept.

(didn't know so many fellow lcms folk were hanging out lol)

so churches would have absolutely had opinions and an ELCA church would likely side with lumen in this progressive way (especially in a town where everyone in employed by Lumen)

the concept they were going for is great, just missing a key component of faith. Easily solved by the spouse saying "I tried to explain that he was forgiven but he never quite felt sure in his salvation, so he took this route" or something.
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In reply to Rudyjax • 10:28p, 4/8/25
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WTF are y'all yammering about?


how a theological debate would really unfold in the early days of severance is really interesting.

I can say I'd approach it with a strong "nope not touching that. tooo many wierd questions and I don't trust anybody enough with this sort of morally grey wierdness"
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In reply to Pahdz • 10:45p, 4/8/25
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Pahdz said:
TCTTS said:
When I think Lutheran, I think old people, but yeah you're probably right. Traditional Catholic probably would have made a little more sense.


I mean, I guess I did just turn 45


Ha, apologies. I'm just a year behind you. Honestly, I haven't known many Lutherans, if any. In fact, the only exposure to the denomination I can think of prior to Severance is Amy Adam's' character's family in Catch Me If You Can. Martin Sheen plays her dad, and they make a whole thing of him being a big Lutheran (along with DiCaprio's character, who's pretending to be). So I think that's where my "old" association comes from - an old man character in a movie that takes place in the '60s.
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2:41a, 4/9/25


The iPhone factory joke, wow
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In reply to tk for tu juan • 1:32p, 4/9/25


Lol at this.
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In reply to Stat Monitor Repairman • 8:01p, 4/9/25
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I was shocked to find out Miss Huang is played by a college student. I literally thought the actress was a child.
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In reply to J.P. 03 • 8:35p, 4/9/25
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Maybe she's one of those child geniuses that graduates college at 14.
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In reply to J.P. 03 • 8:59p, 4/9/25
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J.P. 03 said:
I was shocked to find out Miss Huang is played by a college student. I literally thought the actress was a child.
I had to look that up. She's 19! She looks 13.
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In reply to Belton Ag • 7:33a, 4/10/25
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Belton Ag said:
J.P. 03 said:
I was shocked to find out Miss Huang is played by a college student. I literally thought the actress was a child.
I had to look that up. She's 19! She looks 13.
How tf
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7:36a, 4/10/25
so for next season, is Gemma going to be outside working with Devon to try to get Mark S out while Mark Scout is battling with his innie?

I'm really excited to see Dichen in a bigger role if so.
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5:54p, 4/19/25
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Just started this based off the texags hype. 3 episodes in and digging it so far
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In reply to Murder Hornet • 6:44p, 4/19/25
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Murder Hornet said:
Just started this based off the texags hype. 3 episodes in and digging it so far
Same. 5 in here. It started slow and weird but it's intriguing.
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In reply to swimmerbabe11 • 6:58p, 4/19/25
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swimmerbabe11 said:
so for next season, is Gemma going to be outside working with Devon to try to get Mark S out while Mark Scout is battling with his innie?

I'm really excited to see Dichen in a bigger role if so.


Remember that Mark has started reintegrating. I bet there are times he will cut back and forth between them while in Lumon
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1:17p, 4/20/25
Just finished season 2. Such a fun weird show. Love it!

I assume it's probably already been mentioned before in this thread, and probably the MCU one, but Disney should have been on the phone yesterday to get Tramell Tillman to play Kang the Conqueror. He is fantastic!
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In reply to Vince Blake • 1:22p, 4/20/25
I don't think it has, but that's a great call
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In reply to TCTTS • 1:30p, 4/20/25
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TCTTS said:
Pahdz said:
TCTTS said:
When I think Lutheran, I think old people, but yeah you're probably right. Traditional Catholic probably would have made a little more sense.


I mean, I guess I did just turn 45


Ha, apologies. I'm just a year behind you. Honestly, I haven't known many Lutherans, if any. In fact, the only exposure to the denomination I can think of prior to Severance is Amy Adam's' character's family in Catch Me If You Can. Martin Sheen plays her dad, and they make a whole thing of him being a big Lutheran (along with DiCaprio's character, who's pretending to be). So I think that's where my "old" association comes from - an old man character in a movie that takes place in the '60s.


Or perhaps you know more than you realize, but we just don't feel the need to wear it on our sleeve like so many other sects of Christianity.
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In reply to AJ02 • 1:47p, 4/20/25
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Respect.
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2:27p, 4/20/25
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This is getting pretty nerdy but super interesting if you're curious about what they're doing subliminally in the show, as a designer I'd picked up on several of these and they're incredibly well done.

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8:00a, 4/22/25
Like a lot of people I stumbled onto Severance late. I finally got around to watching For All Mankind (Seasons 1-2, among my favorite TV shows ever) and Severance started showing up as what I should watch next

The night the last episode of FAM Season 4 finished, Severance auto-played and am I ever glad it did. Been going through a really rough time of life lately, and it's been a great distraction. I have a lot of pages of discussion to read, but as a former office grunt under some terrible bosses, there have been few things more satisfying than watching Irving and Dylan drop eff bomb on Mr. Milkshake, especially Irving seemingly out of nowhere in Season 1. Without going personal or too dark, then you get long in the tooth in a crappy work situation and finally have your day in the sun to GTFO, it definitely feels like this.



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9:54p, 4/26/25
AG
late to the game but finished season 2 tonight and maybe I'm just dumb but S2 finale was one of the weirdest most bizarre tv episodes i've ever seen. feels like the show creators had a decent idea but then used mushrooms and acid combined and went hey, let's execute on that…
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In reply to claytonwakefield06 • 10:26p, 4/27/25
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So, you're saying they had a decent idea and turned it into a great idea?
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11:43a, 5/13/25
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I'm confused too. They're effectively trapped as innies with no escape.
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11:59a, 5/13/25
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Nothing wrong with a little mushroom trip
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In reply to MooreTrucker • 11:59a, 5/13/25
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MooreTrucker said:
I'm confused too. They're effectively trapped as innies with no escape.
ideally reintegration allows the innie and outie to exist as one so thats likely the goal and where the show is headed
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In reply to gigemJTH12 • 12:38p, 5/13/25
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gigemJTH12 said:
MooreTrucker said:
I'm confused too. They're effectively trapped as innies with no escape.
ideally reintegration allows the innie and outie to exist as one so thats likely the goal and where the show is headed


Yep, the flipping will open the door to going back and forth between worlds
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