Jack comments on The Fundamental Question - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack 25 April 2010 07:00:46AM *  5 points [-]

It is unfortunate for God that Satan (Lucifer) had such a reasonable request "Gee, Jehovah, It would certainly be nice if you let us try out that chair every once in a while." Basically, Lucifer's crime was one that is only a crime in a state where the King is seen as having divine authority to rule, and all else is seen as beneath such things (thus reflecting the Divine Order)

To be fair this stuff isn't Christian mythology in the way that Adam and Eve, or Loaves and Fishes is Christian mythology. It's just religious fiction.

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Unless someone has declared John Milton a prophet and possessor of divine revelation. Which would be hilarious.

Comment author: MatthewB 25 April 2010 07:37:04AM 1 point [-]

It isn't stuff that made it into the modern canon, but in the Early Christian Church, Myth of this type appeared all over the place from the Jewish Sources, in an attempt to integrate it into various Christian Sects.

To be fair this stuff isn't Christian mythology in the way that Adam and Eve, or Loaves and Fishes is Christian mythology. It's just religious fiction.

Isn't it ALL just religious fiction?

Comment author: wedrifid 25 April 2010 08:09:15AM *  4 points [-]

Isn't it ALL just religious fiction?

The key word in Jack's sentence was "just". The concept of 'canonical' is important, to religious believers and Star Trec fans alike.

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