On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:51:47 -0800, Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> said:
> Well, it depends on what mythology you're working from. In the
> Christian mythology, which is probably the dominant context for
> evaluating that sort of question,
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 01:29:15PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> And, pray tell, why is that? Hindu mythology had demons far longer
> than Christianity (indeed, probably longer than any of the faiths of
> the descendents of Abraham). So what makes the Christian mythology
> "more dominant"?
I don't think Russ was digging for a fight when he made that statement.
Most likely his mind was wandering on more interesting topics, so he
didn't qualify each statement with a disclaimer about his opinion.
I'm still amused that people equate Loki with evil. ;-) He's just
misunderstood!
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Chad Walstrom <chewie@wookimus.net> http://www.wookimus.net/
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