• Microw@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Probably because the whole Lucifer Story is apocryphic and was pierced together/made up by church teachers. It doesnt fit with the message of the New Testament one bit.

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      10 months ago

      expanding on this, even the existence of eternal hell is fairly controversial among theologians. this is from the page on [Christian Univeralism]:(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_universalism)

      The first clear mention of endless misery is to be found in a work from 155 to 165 AD by Tatian.[18] According to theologian Edward Beecher, in the first four centuries there were six main theological schools and only one of them advocated the idea of eternal hell.

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      10 months ago

      Also, most of the Bible is stolen from other religions & spiritualities that existed around before it was all codified.

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        10 months ago

        “Stolen” is a bit of a harsh word, it was normal for the various religious cults back then to influence each other

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            10 months ago

            Dude I’m pretty Sure there wasnt a person going “I’ll steal this from another religion”. That’s not how things go

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              10 months ago

              That’s exactly how it goes. They take from other religions so it’s easier for their religion to take hold.