Wendy Davis (D-Ft. Worth) is awesome.

And if "our" side can be reviled for allegedly sacrificing babies to female gods, does that mean that the alleged excesses of "your" side can be used against you, no matter how farcical?
 
GhostWriter16 said:
I can promise with you, Satan stood with Wendy and against Rand.
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One would have thought that a libertarian would prefer Satan, given that he tried to put humans in control of their own destiny, rather than leaving them in the hands of a cosmic patriarch.
 
VRWCAgent said:
A rose by any other name...
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So Satan is Hell?

I learn something every day :)

I think you wanted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil

Hinduism

In contrast to Christianity and Islam, Hinduism does not recognize any central evil force or entity such as the Devil opposing God and man. Hinduism does recognize that different beings (e.g., asuras) and entities can perform evil acts, under the temporary dominance of the guna of tamas, and cause worldly sufferings. The Rajasic and Tamasic Gunas of Maya are considered especially close to the Abrahamic concept, the hellish parts of the Ultimate Delusion called "Prakriti". An embodiment of this is the concept of Advaita (non-dualism) where there is no good or evil but simply different levels of realization.

On the other hand in Hinduism, which provides plenty of room for counterpoint, there is also the notion of dvaita (dualism) where there is interplay between good and evil tendencies.[27] A prominent asura is Rahu whose characteristics are similar to those of the Devil. However, Hindus, and Vaishnavites in particular, believe that an avatar of Vishnu incarnates to defeat evil when evil reaches its greatest strength. The concept of Guna and Karma also explain evil to a degree, rather than the influence of a devil.

To be more specific, Hindu philosophy defines that the only existing thing (Truth) is the Almighty God. So, all the asuric tendencies are inferior and mostly exist as illusions in the mind. Asuras are also different people in whom bad motivations and intentions (tamas) have temporarily outweighed the good ones (Sattva). Different beings like siddha, gandharva, yaksha etc. are considered beings unlike mankind, and in some ways superior to men.

In Ayyavazhi, officially an offshoot of Hinduism prominent in Tamil Nadu (a southern state in India with Dravidian heritage), followers, unlike most other branches of Hinduism, believes in a Satan-like figure, Kroni. Kroni, according to Ayyavazhi is the primordial manifestation of evil and manifests in various forms of evil, i.e., Ravana, Duryodhana, etc., in different ages or yugas. In response to such manifestation of evil, believers, in Ayya-Vazhi religion believe that God, as Vishnu manifests in His Avatars such as Rama and Krishna to defeat evil. Eventually, the Ekam with the spirit (the spirit taken by Narayana only for incarnating in the world) of Narayana incarnates in the world as Ayya Vaikundar to destroy the final manifestaion of Kroni, Kaliyan.

Kroni, the spirit of Kali Yuga is said to be omnipresent in this age and that is one reason followers of Ayya Vazhi, like most Hindus, believe that the current yuga, Kali Yuga is so degraded.
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El_Machinae said:
I've only seen two people on CFC justify (and implicitly condone) the sacrifice of babies to a god. I know I keep harping on this, but it remains to be true.
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You know exactly what he meant when he said that.
 
What sort of all powerful being allows his former underling run out of prison at will and stomp around his creation? Be like if we tried serial killers, sentenced them to prison, but let them leave whenever they wanted to kill people.
 
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