LocoGringo wrote: 14 Sep 2023 08:01
Well, that horned devil and the lake of fire stuff was more or less an invention from Dante ('s Inferno).
If I remember the bible well, "Hell" is the abscence of God - you being cut off from the divine & love (the magic force!).
Same like modern man depicts angels, the winged humanoids.
Someone did make visual interpretations of biblically accurate angels, have a look:
https://www.youtube.com/@CelestialBeingsOfficial
The story of Adam & Eve is another allegory, key is the interpretation of them. Difficult nowadays, because who speaks the original language these stories where written? What was changed over time or lost in translation?
Remember, you live in duality - if there is no evil, there is no good and vice versa.
Hence, the creator must be good and evil at the same time as we perceive it, because we cannot grasp the state of singularity...yet. Same with the concept of "nothing" or "infinity" - humans are not able to imagine that.
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[Ich bin] ein Teil von jener Kraft,
Die stets das Böse will und stets das Gute schafft. ...
Ich bin der Geist, der stets verneint!
Und das mit Recht; denn alles, was entsteht,
Ist wert, daß es zugrunde geht;
Drum besser wär's, daß nichts entstünde.
So ist denn alles, was ihr Sünde,
Zerstörung, kurz das Böse nennt,
Mein eigentliches Element.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Couldn't find a proper translation quick, it's from "Faust", maybe you can for the rest of the community...
[Ich bin] ein Teil von jener Kraft,
Die stets das Böse will und stets das Gute schafft. ...
Ich bin der Geist, der stets verneint!
Und das mit Recht; denn alles, was entsteht,
Ist wert, daß es zugrunde geht;
Drum besser wär's, daß nichts entstünde.
So ist denn alles, was ihr Sünde,
Zerstörung, kurz das Böse nennt,
Mein eigentliches Element.
Translates to:
part of that power,
Who always wants evil and always creates good. ...
I am the spirit that always denies!
And rightly so; because everything that arises
Is worth perishing;
So it would be better if nothing happened.
So everything that you sin is,
Destruction, in short, evil,
My actual element.