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[–] 21 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Dante's Inferno is also effectively fanfiction of a socialite without any real ecclesiastical value. He wrote in the vernacular, instead of Latin, which was what made it accessible and popular.

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    I had a friend in college who wrote a paper that religion was started by the original nerds who needed to classify and rank which level of angel and spirit.

    I believe he argued the term "Angel of Death +2" is as equally valid as one name to the next across cultures and history.

    I still think he was right.

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