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[Dsarker]

Huh, that stuff is giving me an idea to write a fiction about how God as we know him isn't really the creator of the universe, but rather trying to enslave the souls humanity through false promises of eternal reward, which is really just being eternal slaves to his will(which is more or less what real Christianity believes anyway), and that Satan isn't really ruler over Hell(God is, punishing those that don't submit to him), but is trying to free humanity from such single-minded servitude by giving us different ways of thinking, believing, and acting.

Could be interesting. My boss would completely freak out if he read it. It might piss off way to many people, though.

It's been written a few times by now, actually, and it's almost a constant theme in fantasy novels that involve religion that are not written by devout members of a religion. And sometimes even by devout members of the religion, IIRC.

I happen to be part of a branch that doesn't believe satan is ruling Hell, but that it is a prison for him as well. CS Lewis actually wrote a good essay on why the dualism present in mainstream Christianity today is a dogma built up by cautionary tales over the last couple of millennia.

^ This.
This is something most people don't notice/pay attention to.

[Vector]

Yeah, I noticed that Augustine rejected the idea of pure evil categorically (because anything that exists can be further corrupted, and must therefore have some measure of good in it).

Do you happen to know the name of that essay, Willfor?

[TherosPherae]

This really isnt the place to discutss that too much you know?

^

I realize that any time Christianity is briefly mentioned there has to be a giant discussion on Young Earth Creationism, the finer points of the divide Catholic and Protestant faiths, and God's role within the physics of the universe. But come on guys.

I very much agree with this guy. Or gal. Or it, if that's the way you roll.

As for RAEG, I got to fight with the registration sites for not one, but two colleges that I'm attending this semester. All because a class at one had a 40-minute overlap with a class at the other, I got to spend a good hour or so trying to fix it. And the fix doesn't even work if I can't get into a class through the waitlist.

[Willfor]

Yeah, I noticed that Augustine rejected the idea of pure evil categorically (because anything that exists can be further corrupted, and must therefore have some measure of good in it).

Do you happen to know the name of that essay, Willfor?

I thought it was in one of his independent essays, but when I was looking through trying to find it, it turned out to be in Mere Christianity, Book 2, Chapter 2.

[Vector]

Thanks!

[Heliman]

I just spent all last night and a sizable amount of today cramming to finish my opening case as a replacement in a 57 page long mafia game before Night ended, only to find that Night isn't going to end until tomorrow. Rrrrrgh.

[Aklyon]

I am raging about the fact that the RAGE thread has become a religion thread. This is why I tend to avoid poking into them.

[Vertigon]

I am raging about the fact that the RAGE thread has become a religion thread. This is why I tend to avoid poking into them.

So you're raging in the rage thread, because the rage thread is a religion thread and not a rage thread.

Edited for unnecessary agressiveness. My point remains, however, that if you're raging (and I'm clearly raging at this), it's a rage thread.

[nenjin]

Well, to be fair, if we're debating religion in this thread it really should be "Wrath of an Angry God" type stuff. Not "Blissfully aloof geometry of physics God."

[Johuotar]

Paying for patches.

[Akura]

Patches for what?

[Bdthemag]

Patches for what?

Im assuming video games.

[jaxy15]

Mojang's being sued.

[Akigagak]

Mojang's being sued.

Over what, and by who?

Don't rage if you don't know the details, it might be completely justified.

[jaxy15]

Mojang's being sued.

Over what, and by who?

Don't rage if you don't know the details, it might be completely justified.

Go read the story on Word of Notch.