Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 21:01:46 -0600 From: Philip Rust <prust@post.smu.edu> To: Roelof Osinga <roelof@eboa.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Greetings Message-ID: <m10Lejx-000JsGC@post.cis.smu.edu> In-Reply-To: <36E963B3.704A1CC5@eboa.com> References: <199903120241.VAA18069@mail.kersur.net>
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At 07:57 PM 3/12/99 +0100, you wrote: >"D. Gregory" wrote: >> >> As a newcomer to the world of WEB hosting, I'm interested to go with the >> best. >> My research indicates that FreeBSD is the best for WEB servers. >> Having said that, I'm perplexed by the demon caricature that you use. >> Though I'm sure it's displayed in good humor, you may want to consider that >> Bible believers and other of faith would probably be happier it that were >> not your logo. > >I'm sure by now someone has pointed out the difference between demon >and daemon. There is however a like difference between the biblical >fallen arch-angel Lucifer and what is now known as devil. A devil or >rather duvel (as in the Belgian beer :) is an ancient honorary title >for the shaman of the area. > >When the biblican convertors went up north to convert they annexed >many a 'pagean' custom like, say, mid-winter solstice AKA the joelfest, >now commonly known as christmas. They also desecrated many a pagean >holy place, of course. But another thing they did was to install fear >in the general populace. This they did by giving their fallen arch angel >yet another name, to wit Devil/Duvel/Duivel. Or whatever the upper >shaman was locally called. As well as depicting their Satan, now >Devil, in the (then :) most horrendous manner. Usually as a goat like >being. > >So in the first place it is not a demon or devil. In the second >place what you think a devil is, it is not. Your devil is mere propoganda >of your own church's making and has nothing to do with the actual >historical devil figure who, granted, wore some beast's hide but >was a mere man and not a fallen arch angel by any means. > >And thirdly, just don't display the logo if it makes you unhappy. > >Roelof > >-- >Home is where the (@) http://eboa.com/ is. > hmmm..... why do you have to go there Roelof? This public mailing list has nothing to do with your views on christianity. I am a christian as well who, like the other guy, uses the 'live and let live' philosophy, but then you have to go calling it "propoganda." Then you try to enlighten me with your "upper shamen" philosophy. Thanks for pointing out the flaws in christianity for me, cuz I can finally see the light now. Anyways, weren't we talking about FreeBSD or something? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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