RE: On the subject of Hell and Salvation
February 21, 2019 at 8:12 am
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2019 at 8:19 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I applaud your attempt to soften the bloodgod's rough edges by suggesting that the stories in magic book may not be credible. Ultimately, however, one can't -be- a christian without believing in some horrid shit. Even if we assert that hell is syncretic fiction (as it certainly is), it would still be the case that we are cursed by a god, and that this god has decided that the way to move forward from that is vicarious redemption.
More academically, noting that some portion of a myth is syncretic is hardly a coherent condemnation of that thing when the entire story is syncretic. If being the bastard of paganism and christianity is a disqualifier, the entirety of the myth is disqualified. Not just the bits and pieces some specific christian finds distasteful. The very notion of chirst is, itself, of pagan origin.
Now, fundamentally. So what if there's a hell? So what if god does wicked and unmerciful things? Hell isn't exactly the only example in magic book, lol. Maybe that's just how god is. Your being ideologically dissatisfied with it is no argument against it's truth. A god that does evil things is still a god. Insisting that this, then wouldn't be the god of magic book (or anything to it's equivalence) would be facile. OFC it is, otherwise you 'd have neither the opportunity nor inclination to strike it from magic book with whiteout by calling it "pagan" - as though this differentiated any part of magic book from another. The god of magic book is many things, many not-nice™ things.
More academically, noting that some portion of a myth is syncretic is hardly a coherent condemnation of that thing when the entire story is syncretic. If being the bastard of paganism and christianity is a disqualifier, the entirety of the myth is disqualified. Not just the bits and pieces some specific christian finds distasteful. The very notion of chirst is, itself, of pagan origin.
Now, fundamentally. So what if there's a hell? So what if god does wicked and unmerciful things? Hell isn't exactly the only example in magic book, lol. Maybe that's just how god is. Your being ideologically dissatisfied with it is no argument against it's truth. A god that does evil things is still a god. Insisting that this, then wouldn't be the god of magic book (or anything to it's equivalence) would be facile. OFC it is, otherwise you 'd have neither the opportunity nor inclination to strike it from magic book with whiteout by calling it "pagan" - as though this differentiated any part of magic book from another. The god of magic book is many things, many not-nice™ things.
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