I've read a fair few ideas about it, just as I have about many other afterlives from many other religions. I went through a strong pagan-ish phase for many years, and read as many mythologies as I could get my hands on. One of my favourite science fiction artists, Wayne Barlowe turned his sights on Hell a number of years ago, creating Barlowe's Inferno, and in so doing, took care to state his was a work of fiction.
Of all the hype surrounding Ida, the Darwineus masillae fossil unveiled this week, the um, backlash (like lashing a wet noodle) from Satan-believers strikes me as the most sad. Where is human reason?
From this article:
"... it is also an equally interesting coincidence that Ida was discovered within a ‘volcanic lake’ and was preserved by an ‘unknown force’ because such descriptors blatantly match the profile of Satan.
"Hell is the most volcanic lake in existence and Satan is well known for his interest in paleontology, as it begets the Lies of Evolution.
"The scientists in this survey do not know when to quit, as they have also claimed Ida was a vegan and refused to eat meat, going as far as to state she supported ‘green energy’ too as she lived in trees around the lake, instead of building a house and burning fires to cook her meals."
It's a head shaker. "Satan is well-known for his interest in paleontology". Hm. That's not in the Bible. It's not in Dante's Inferno. (I highly recommend the Robert Pinsky translation.) It reads like it is made-up, which it is of course. I'd love to see the support that states an early primate "supported" green energy.
Instead, check out these excellent drawings of a living Ida. Inspirational.
Enough un-reason. I'm going to get back to what I do. Art in awe of science.
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SO that explains why palaeontologists make and hide the fossils... they're pals with satan.
i can just see the devil power hour tv show now. devil with his various demon cast, and their whacky palaeontologist neighbor "how's it going today lucifer? found any awesome fossils?"
major ROLL of my eyes
It's so hard to understand, isn't it? I'm still trying to wrap my head around the idea that someone believes this stuff, and is still functioning in society.
Human capacity for mental compartmentalization is astounding.
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