| Howard Brazee 2005-12-16, 6:55 pm |
| On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:12:23 +1300, "Pete Dashwood"
<dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote:
>
>Fortunately, as an atheist, I don't have to believe in Satan any more than I
>do in God. I find the whole concept of absolute good and absolute evil just
>laughable. I have to say, though, that simply as a character, Satan is a lot
>more interesting than God.
Lots of fantasy has Satan as a character. He's interesting. There
are various interesting versions of Hell. I kind of like the myth
that Satan is trying his best to be better than God, with a better
heaven than heaven - he's just not as competent at it as God is.
I haven't seen any fantasy depiction of heaven that looks like a place
that I would be willing to spend a million years at. And a million
years is nothing compared to eternity.
Nothing wrong with death, at least compared with living forever.
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