[genjibunnymada]

Brazil is so wild this guy managed to open a church in the name of Hanzo…legally.. its recognized and everything

[abraxas-domain]

I also live in this god forsaken country and I couldn’t believe but,,

http://adrenaline.uol.com.br/2017/07/10/50416/abrir-uma-igreja-no-brasil-e-tao-facil-que-eu-registrei-uma-religiao-para-overwatch/

It’s actually a real thing. The guy wanted to prove how easy it was to make a church in Brazil, something that can give you the benefit of not paying some taxes. So he spent a couple of months going through paperwork and created the national church of Hanzo.

[beeapocalypse]

@lesbianmichaelchu

[lesbianmichaelchu]

i read this whole fucking thing translated thru google and you know what. here are some highlights

• the creator of this church admitted that he could have used mercy or zenyatta who are already rife with religious iconography, or even lúcio who is the only brazilian character in the game but he decided on hanzo for the interesting backstory and the fact that his long hair and beard make him “look like jesus”
• “Hanzo is my shepherd and arrows will not fail me!“
  
• the .pdf form he used as a reference stated in an article that members of this church would be allowed to skip a tuesday off of work every month for “religious purposes” ie playing overwatch
• baptism = playing overwatch, or paladins if they cant afford to download overwatch
• his church is allowed to sell pirated hanzo merchandise
• “hanzo main” is considered a slur

[bobavader]

How do i join

[undercitytwerkteam]

@vikingcarrot

[standard-dingo]

I want to be dead

[carnival-phantasm]

I’m from Brazil but even I didn’t expect this to work. A few more highlights:

• He chose Hanzo specifically because of how despised he is: he figured if he could use Hanzo to make up a bullshit church it would be proof that there is no limit to our legislation
  
• The objective of the National Churches of Hanzo is legally registered as “promote peace and harmony on the internet and online communities”
  
• Console wars and other separatist thoughts are not tolerated
  

But don’t worry, the National Churches of Hanzo are just on paper. Due to the (low) risk of the government getting suspicious and arresting him for tax fraud and money laundering, the guy will keep paying his taxes and won’t sell Hanzo products

[rendakuenthusiast]

Despite not actually playing overwatch and not knowing why people think that Hanzo is a bad character to main, I am tickled pink by the fact that people use “Hanzo main” as a slur.

[mutant-aesthetic]

Hypercrisis is real