On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:51:47 -0800, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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! -- Chad Walstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.wookimus.net/ assert(expired(knowledge)); /* core dump */
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