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ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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VoodooMischief@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
All religion is fanfiction.

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- ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    demonology waa 1000% constructed by autistic monks
    
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FrChazzz@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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