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[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 95 points 2 years ago

Was actually deciding between posting here or posting on chaoticgood.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

Personally, I think Satan (well, Lucifer) is the perfect embodiment of chaotic good

[-] GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 6 points 2 years ago

We'll have to disagree on agreeing.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

You're welcome to disagree. But if you read Paradise Lost or do a little critical analysis and compare the themes of "The serpent in the Garden" with stories like Prometheus (and other fallen angel motifs), it's pretty easy to see Lucifer/Satan as a sympathetic character, IMHO.

But then I'll always tend to lean toward the side advocating for more knowledge over the side advocating for limiting knowledge.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -1 points 2 years ago

Well known canonical work, Paradise Lost

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Well, considering it's a retelling of canonical works and is one of the most important literary works in the English language, I thought it relevant. After all, there's nothing in Paradise Lost that contradicts canon, and Milton's philosophy and theology are fairly well regarded if heterodox.

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Canonicity doesn't matter when the characters are mythical to begin with.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's why I demand all discussions about any mythology to take my personal fictions into account instead of the most common historical versions.

No, I haven't shared them with anyone, and they're clearly marked "Dreams I had Once on The Astral Plane" but if you disagree with my points that they're relevant to a general understanding of the myths it makes you an idiot theist.

[-] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Why didn't you just cross post to both? Fits well in both.

[-] gaael@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Crosspost for crossfit?
I know where the exit is, don't worry.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

"Do you cross-fit? you can cross-fuck-off, cross-fart"

[-] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Its been eight hours, you have four upvotes, and this comment still reads like word salad to me. I'm assuming im missing something and this is a reference or an in-joke isnt it?

[-] gaael@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

It was a mediocre joke.
OP posted here something that was originally on r/fit.
Another commenter suggested they cross-post somewhere else.
I just suggested that if you have a post about fit, when you cross-post it it becomes about cross-fit.
You didn't miss anything interesting ;)

[-] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thanks for taking time out of your day to explain it for me gaael its a decent play on words! I just wasnt picking up what you were putting down today

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