On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:51:47 -0800, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Keegan Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> What drives the assertion that "demons are evil?" I'm neither >> religious or highly educated on the matter, but I've never really >> thought of them as such. Other summaries in this thread have >> pointed out their neutrality. Can you provide some references? > 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, 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"? (even by sheer numbers of adherents, past and present, I would wonder if Hinuism would obviously have to cede ground there). manoj -- Fourth Law of Applied Terror: The night before the English History mid-term, your Biology instructor will assign 200 pages on planaria. Corollary: Every instructor assumes that you have nothing else to do except study for that instructor's course. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C