Comments on: Judas gets a makeover http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/01/judas-gets-a-makeover/ Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:07:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/01/judas-gets-a-makeover/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Anonymous Fri, 20 Jan 2006 23:08:53 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=543#comment-514 <i>it seems easy to describe satan as either a facet of god or as having independence for the specific purpose of foiling plans</i> <br/><br/>there's the whole ineffability bit, as described by gaiman and pratchett.  <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://ssrdatta.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="sahelidatta at hotmail dot com">Saheli</a> it seems easy to describe satan as either a facet of god or as having independence for the specific purpose of foiling plans 

there’s the whole ineffability bit, as described by gaiman and pratchett.  

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]]> By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/01/judas-gets-a-makeover/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Anonymous Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:25:49 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=543#comment-513 i'm speaking metaphorically in a way. i have retained no major religions to represent my beliefs at this time. i’m speaking metaphorically in a way. i have retained no major religions to represent my beliefs at this time.

]]> By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/01/judas-gets-a-makeover/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Anonymous Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:24:05 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=543#comment-512 it seems easy to describe satan as either a facet of god or as having independence for the specific purpose of foiling plans - there's just no way that satan couldn't be stopped cold if desired. this world today seems good evidence that god engages in contradictory behavior. it's very egotistical to assume that divine thinking runs along only one track. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a>david it seems easy to describe satan as either a facet of god or as having independence for the specific purpose of foiling plans – there’s just no way that satan couldn’t be stopped cold if desired. this world today seems good evidence that god engages in contradictory behavior. it’s very egotistical to assume that divine thinking runs along only one track. 

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]]> By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/01/judas-gets-a-makeover/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Anonymous Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:34:37 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=543#comment-511 Probably a matter of interpretation, but you'll have to clarify how those three aren't mutually exclusive to you. Either Judas is God's instrument or he is Satan's. Or Satan isn't really the Enemy, opposing God's plan. (I find such absolutes absurd anyway, but never mind that.) <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://rhinocrisy.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="rednblack at alum dot mit dot edu">saurabh</a> Probably a matter of interpretation, but you’ll have to clarify how those three aren’t mutually exclusive to you. Either Judas is God’s instrument or he is Satan’s. Or Satan isn’t really the Enemy, opposing God’s plan. (I find such absolutes absurd anyway, but never mind that.) 

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]]> By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/01/judas-gets-a-makeover/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Anonymous Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:39:12 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=543#comment-510 those 3 don't mutually exclude. also the centrality of temptation and betrayal itself calls into question the faultlessness of the storytelling, meaning that if #3 were "true," we'd never know it. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a>david those 3 don’t mutually exclude. also the centrality of temptation and betrayal itself calls into question the faultlessness of the storytelling, meaning that if #3 were “true,” we’d never know it. 

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