The Poor Devil
Terrible and damning aspersions have beem cast upon the Prince of Darkness:
THE Devil has been unfairly and wilfully maligned and deserves a reassessment, according to a new study.
Professor Henry Ansgar Kelly, a medievalist, says the Devil has had unfair press and has been the victim of groundless aspersions. Satan is no more evil than the head of MI5 or the prime minister, he says.
In his book Satan: A Biography, to be published by Cambridge University Press this month, the California university academic argues that interpretation of the Bible shows that the Devil suffered a "severe blackening of character" by the clergy, early church fathers, artists, philosophers and religious scholars. The "Devil is in the detail" -- literally, he says.
Phew. We can all give out a huge collective sigh of relief with that comforting news. Now, is there any good news on the bogeyman? Or do I still need to cower under my sheets?
THE Devil has been unfairly and wilfully maligned and deserves a reassessment, according to a new study.
Professor Henry Ansgar Kelly, a medievalist, says the Devil has had unfair press and has been the victim of groundless aspersions. Satan is no more evil than the head of MI5 or the prime minister, he says.
In his book Satan: A Biography, to be published by Cambridge University Press this month, the California university academic argues that interpretation of the Bible shows that the Devil suffered a "severe blackening of character" by the clergy, early church fathers, artists, philosophers and religious scholars. The "Devil is in the detail" -- literally, he says.
Phew. We can all give out a huge collective sigh of relief with that comforting news. Now, is there any good news on the bogeyman? Or do I still need to cower under my sheets?
posted by Engels at 11:30 am
5 Comments:
if ye olde prince of darkness is indeed just misunderstood and highly overrated, does this mean all my teen years of head banging to slightly dark and morbid, white-makeup-and-fake-blood-wearing eurometal bands was wasted effort? Whose altar am i going to kneel at now?
Wolverine, perhaps?
Conan?
Brittney Spears?
I'd worship Salma Hayek.
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