r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Dexter_Naman • 20h ago

Rare Devil Sunrise appears in multiple countries across earth

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u/lionseatcake 17h ago

Isn't the devil a semi modern invention?

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u/brianzuvich 16h ago

Not to those who laughably think that existence started with the Bible… 😂

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u/lionseatcake 16h ago

What a pretentious fucking comment.

We are talking about "the devil"

You aren't better than other people just because you understand that the Bible is a collection of pagan mythology that extends many thousands of years into the history of our species.

That's middle school level atheism 101.

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u/brianzuvich 16h ago

Better? 🤨

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u/lionseatcake 15h ago

Imagine being that pretentious and then needing to come back to keep trying to establish superiority.

What a life you must lead.

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u/Not_John_Doe_174 14h ago

Lighten up, Francis.

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u/OrphanGrounderBaby 14h ago

lol you have no idea how you come off or id say you’re projecting

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u/lionseatcake 13h ago

It's funny how people like you do something, then when people respond in kind, you're like "but uh you're doing it too!!!"

What am I supposed to say? "You started it!!"

Fucking children.

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u/OrphanGrounderBaby 13h ago edited 12h ago

People like me? lol full on projection bud, that was my first message to you. Seek help, therapy.

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u/brianzuvich 10h ago

Poor thing… Got all upset about something that someone said on the internet…

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u/ombloshio 16h ago

Yes. You can thank Milton (Paradise Lost) for his popularity.

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u/LiesArentFunny 16h ago

Not really... Here's a 13th century manuscript (see picture on the right)...

Also consider like... Hades.

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u/_Resnad_ 14h ago

Yeah the devil is normally a personification of death/evil

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 12h ago

The 13th century is semi-modern relative to when the Bible was written and certainly relative to the time period it covers.

Their point was more that the devil, as that concept exists in cultures of Judeo-Christian origin today (red-skinned, beaded dude with horns, tail and cloven hooves, etc.), didn't exist in the Bible and earlier. It's more recent than that.

(And the whole devil-with-horns thing is a lot more recent than that.)

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u/LiesArentFunny 9h ago

(And the whole devil-with-horns thing is a lot more recent than that.)

I guess you didn't click through the link to the 13th century picture of the devil with horns...

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u/_Resnad_ 14h ago

Nah. Maybe our modern view of the devil but basically going as far back as different mythologies humans had one or other version of the devil. So basically the modern "red mf with horns and a pitchfork" devil is recent but basically anything that really represents death and evil can be said to be "the devil". Just that some had horns. Some looked like humans. And some were so different from a normal human you'd be wondering if it isn't ppl just hallucinating.

In short. Yes and no.