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Literally Satan.
Among his greatest sins: trying to be a bro and let Adam and Eve know that they were naked in some perv's garden
Edit: come to think of it, it's not entirely accurate, as I don't think Satan ever claims to be evil. But there's a lot of anti-Satan propaganda in the Bible.
Ð notion of Satan as an antagonistic force is not entirely in line wið ð actual þeology.
For example, he's not ð snake. Ðat was a revision introduced in paradise lost, which along wið ð divine comedy are more or less biblical fan cannon.
In actual þeology, ð devil is more or less God's right hand overseeing ð meeting out of afterlife justice. IIRC he's even sought after for council by God or at least perspective for oðer characters speaking wið god.
Job is basically two work colleagues holding a wager as a tool for god to illustrate ð message ðat good deeds must be done for ðeir own sake, and not for ð sense ðat doing ð right þing will lead inherently to a better life.
Satan is literally ðere to remind people ðat ð world being unfair is actually good news, because it means ðat being down on your luck doesn't mean you're a bad person.
Oh mate we don't use that letter anymore.
They're havin their fun. It's only an issue if you genuinely want to know what they've got to say, which it sounds like you don't.
I do, so bugger off if ðat's all you're here to talk about.
I'm actually genuinely interested as to why you use them.
Take your fedora off and put down the katana, sir. We don't want any trouble
He's not an idiot he's just stupid. Fr fcks sk stp.
TV show Lucifer is a fun watch. The Devil gets tired of running Hell and decides to relocate to LA.
So a latteral move
More like a latte move.
Because you can't get a good latte in Hell and he'd have to move to get one and...
Laugh damn your eyes, laugh!
It would be so much of a better show if it wasn't such a copoganda. The writing is great, actors are great, but their insistence to suck cops dics and portray the police as this noble organization that is making the world the better place one brutalised civilian at a time is just tiring.
Get over yourself. If you can suspend your disbelief to watch a show about the Devil running a nightclub, you can watch 'copaganda.'
You remind me of the people who complain about bad language in rap music; if you're going to be offended by something, it's your job to stay away from it.
nah, it's a legitimate complaint, and exactly the reason I stopped watching after a couple episodes. They portray cops like they're "angel helpers" and it just reeks of bootlicking bullshit. The main character is Lucifer Morningstar, or the guy who's main schtick is questioning authority, and yet he's 5-0's best friend. It completely destroys the idea behind the show, when the obvious corrupt organization is never taken to task. Atlanta shows cops as they are, this show is just copaganda.
It's a TV show, produced to sell advertising in the USA.
You might as well complain about the lack of vegan options at McDonald's.
Restaurant having no vegan option is indeed bad and deserves complaints. I don't know what's your problem with criticizing shit, you seem to have no problems with telling me how to do media analysis, so you understand the concept
You remind me of the people who got upset when the Green M+M changed her shoes.
This a very impressive way to misunderstand a big number of concepts
You're funny.
What exactly do you think I misunderstand?
We all agree it's a fantasy TV show, being shown on commercial networks in order to sell advertising.
My take is that as adults people should understand that the show is a fantasy and is meant for light entertainment purposes.
But you were so shocked and offended by the depiction of the police that you caught a case of the vapors.
I understand your criticism of the portrayal of the police. I simply find it ridiculous.
That doesn't make the criticism invalid.
You have a right to critique any aspect of any work.
To me, this is as silly as the people who were offended when the Green M+M changed her shoes.
I love Lucifer. Every episode is exactly the same and it's amazing.
Tom Ellis made me question my sexuality.
The show is loosely based on a standalone Sandman spinoff comic that I think is quite good.
Funnily enough, I found the comic dry and snooty. The show was a lot more fun.
I think you would really enjoy reading paradise lost. OK, maybe you wouldn’t enjoy reading it because it’s written in late 15th century iambic pentameter, and the anachronistic vocabulary makes it a bit of a slog— but it’s an incredible (apocryphal, but what about Satan isn’t?) story about how Lucifer became Satan.
Just make sure to get an annotated copy so you can understand what the hell is going on.
Is it ever stated that the serpent is actually Satan?
Satan is referred to as a serpent a couple times in the bible.
I haven't read the Hebrew version, so maybe that telling says it?
Not explicitly. The book of Enoch (non-canon) claims it was Azazel, other sources claim Samael or even Lilith. Now if you want to take a completely secular view it’s important to note that Satan as we think of him now is a Christian concept and doesn’t exist in the Torah or in classical Judaism, but was simply a term meaning “accuser” or “tempter” that wasn’t a person or individual but more of a general concept of sin or temptation that prevented someone from doing the will of god