Why no Jewish Skins

Mightysam2010·12/16/2014, 10:07:40 PM·6 votes·1,218 views

I understand that most people in the world are christian and a lot of the holiday skins are more towards christmas but why isn't there a skin just for example. Rabbi Braum where his shield is a torah or something. Rito pls we want religious equality from the skins department.

15 Comments

Gear Kitty12/16/2014, 10:38:59 PM7 votes

Riot did (and can excuse themselves with) Christmas skins in their early years because it's not really (nor did it start out as) a Christian holiday.

The Christians took Saturnalia (a grand roman festival) because many people were already celebrating at that time of year.

Jesus wasn't born in winter, gift giving and being nice started was a Roman pantheon tradition, and bringing in a tree during the cold season was a pagan thing.

Santa Claus (St Nicholas) is more mired in warpings and retelling of history and fiction that there's no way he can't be non-secular public domain.

Judaism however, is a real world thing. People believe in it, go to temple, and follow its tenants.

To put it in perspective, Ocarina of Time's Gerudo tribe originally had Islam's Crescent and Star symbol. It was removed for the all the re-releases though, cause IT'S A BAD IDEA TO USE SOMEONE ELSE'S RELIGION FOR MONETARY SHIT.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia

http://zeldawiki.org/Gerudo_Symbol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus

TL;DR Santa and Christmas are public domain. Judaism has actual people who worship in it. There's a reason any new Winter skins are Snowdown.

Dr Clueless PhD12/16/2014, 10:09:53 PM2 votes

Christmas really isn't a Christian holiday anymore. It's just a holiday that some people take to have religious significance. That's the difference, at this point, really.

Christmas has become, for better or worse, a holiday for most people in the western world, regardless of religion. It's like Halloween, or any other generic holiday now. So, Christmas skins are just that: Christmas skins, not Christian skins.

TeemoJenkins12/16/2014, 10:09:18 PM2 votes

Kwanzaa Lucian? Kush Alistair? Vesak Karma? ... where does it end?

Possessed Teemo? (don't want to forget the Satanists).

Der Lindwurm12/17/2014, 8:06:36 PM2 votes

The Christmas skins pertain rather strictly to secular Christmas.

The side of Christmas that evangelical fundamentalists complain about.

Hissael12/16/2014, 10:44:14 PM2 votes

Do't forget Flying Spaghetti Monster Velkoz , Pastafarianism also needs a skin if we are having Jewish or Islamic skoins

RoyaiChaos12/17/2014, 2:55:27 AM2 votes

Riot stopped making Christmas skins anyways....

fluxanna12/17/2014, 5:07:12 AM1 votes

Because of... the... ... establishment clause.

Tannhäuser Gate12/16/2014, 10:07:22 PM1 votes

Or qu'Ran Br'aum

The5lacker12/16/2014, 10:32:36 PM1 votes

And Robotamus!

FarRockBF12/16/2014, 10:11:00 PM1 votes

I'd buy the hell out of a Torah-scroll ward skin!