Okay so Lucifer obviously upset his sky-daddy, is demoted from being an angel permanently, is cast down to rule an entire sector of the afterlife called Hell which we come to know where all damned souls go after they die.

What is the logic of God practically awarding Lucifer an entire realm for him to rule on his own and nearly contest God's power?

That's like imprisoning someone to home confinement when they live in a mansion.

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[–] 78 points 10 months ago* (15 children)

It's Christian fanfic. There is surprisingly little about Hell in actual scripture, definitely not the "hell" we've come to expect from modern media. Most depictions of hell originate from Dante's Inferno, not from the bible.

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  • [–] 42 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    And even on Dante's Inferno Satan is just another prisoner, not a ruler.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Yup. As far as I'm aware most Christians would disagree with the notion that Satan rules hell, and it's not a doctrine in any major denomination.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago* (9 children)

    I believe in the scripture there's mostly talk about the realm of the dead as well as weeping and gnashing of teeth, right?

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    The weeping and gnashing of teeth isn't even explicitly hell.

    10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

    It's just a general separation from God. Which you could call a Hell, but it's not explicitly stated as a product of that realm which is Hell.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    The other things Jesus says and Revelation does heavily imply that it's hell.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    What? I study the Bible quite regularly

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Yep, sorry, that was my bad and a holdover from having that actual scenario play out earlier on a different topic and still being annoyed with it. Then I second guessed myself, checked your post history, which showed you're most likely legit, then deleted my comment. So nevermind, I was in the wrong.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    In the book of Apocalypse/Revelation that's 2 places, there's the Land of the Dead, and the Lake of Fire; it tells the former will be thrown into the latter at the very end of things, after the Land of the Dead has been emptied.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Ah, this is the book I remember the least of and that confused me the most. But now I also kind of remember something from another NT book talking about burning bad crops or something like that...

    The burning part fits the typical hell depictions a bit.

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