Oldchap (00:13:02)
Testament).

Oldchap (00:12:59)
Sheol is a Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) conception of the afterlife that is older than the conception of Satan. It's an ancient mesopotamian concept that's a more neutral afterlife, without a sense of judgment (though that begins to evolve in the Old

mirrorbird (00:12:46)
i'll PM you

mirrorbird (00:12:14)
im not taking a position (xxxxx) just saying things have changed.

mirrorbird (00:11:58)
point is that if you believe "you should submit to god and be afraid" you are a muslim. or a really radical christian. even religious westerners are pretty much narcissists

mirrorbird (00:11:24)
re lucifer and bad txlation -- also hell and sheol i guess

mirrorbird (00:10:54)
OC: you ain't on Discord are you? probably not in iraq. but err yes this is getting to the point where i can't write what i want to say in short enough oneliners.

mirrorbird (00:10:04)
i do remember growing up with a very old Arabian Nights where i knew that zoroastrians were crazy fire people. maybe they are! haha! but errm maybe christians are crazy fish people.

Oldchap (00:09:58)
Syncretic is actually how many scholars have described Yazidism over the decades because it has absorbed a lot of material from various traditions into its religious framework

mirrorbird (00:09:08)
"syncretic" is how dictionaries shy away from saying anything

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