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Our concept of evil has changed overtime. In Dantes Inferno the people at the bottom of hell aren’t the people who killed the most, it’s the people who are most famous for betraying others. One of them is there because he stabbed the Hitler of his era in the back to protect democracy.

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ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Dante’s Inferno is also effectively fanfiction of a socialite without any real ecclesiastical value. He wrote in the vernacular, instead of Latin, which was what made it accessible and popular.

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- FrChazzz@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  And as a result made an absolute mess out of what Christians actually believe about death and the afterlife (and you, John Milton, don’t think I’ve forgotten about you)
  
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- VoodooMischief@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  All religion is fanfiction.
  
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  - ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I had a friend in college who wrote a paper that religion was started by the original nerds who needed to classify and rank which level of angel and spirit.
    
    I believe he argued the term “Angel of Death +2” is as equally valid as one name to the next across cultures and history.
    
    I still think he was right.
    
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    tutter@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    demonology waa 1000% constructed by autistic monks
    
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