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Originally Posted by oldmanwinters
Michelangelo strikes me as the most hedonistic of the Turtles. Again, depends on who's writing him.
But Rapheal is an interesting case. Of all the Turtles, I think he has the greastest sense of guilt at his own inadequacies. It eats away at him; the thought that his shortcomings prohibit him from being truly loved by his father or anyone else. I think of all the Turtles he might be the most antagonistic to religion and yet the most drawn to faith. I started working on a fan fiction (I only one I've ever written I swear!) about Raph meeting a Catholic priest in a New York mission project and exploring how Raph might respond to Christianity. I never figured out where to go with it, though, and I haven't revisited that idea in years.
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I wonder what the turtles think or what their impressions are on Christianity. Do they even know anything about Christanity, they live in the USA and even though religuous stuff is in the back ground in our society it's still pretty intergal as well and alot of people. Do you the turtles are a bit cynical or just indiffrent to the thought of "God" or "Budda" or maybe sort of drawn to it? I wonder if their impression on some of the fundametals on religion baffle them. Maybe they think putting your trust or relying on a greater power is ridculous and they feel that they should only rely on them selves or each other.
I think all the turtles probably have feelings of guilt over some of the action they do, not just Raph. They live a pretty harsh and violent life where themes like vengence and obligational murder are prominent which severly classhes with most religious beliefs. And even though Mikey is kind of hedonist, I think he still has morals and crisises of principle and ethics, I think he finds it harder to commit certain acts because it goes against his nature.