Let us talk about demons and Hell

Great Debates
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Many religions believe in a realm of Hell. Hinduism - at least certain strains of it - has regions of demons and nasty spirits. Buddhism - at least certain strains of it - also has regions of demons and nasty spirits. Remember, in the Ramayana, Ravana is the King of Rakshasas, who are demonic entities on earth. Islam believes in Hell. The argument may be made that Judaism used to believe in Hell (and certain Jews still do). And in all these religions, it is possible for a human to be cast to Hell.

Who’s there to say that this is not the realm of ravenous demons, one among many worlds of beings as our spirits ascend or descend based on our deeds until we reach either the realm of the gods or total annihilation (in Krishna, in Buddha, in the One, in God, what have you)?

WRS

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Okay, so are you telling me that your description was inspired by Hinduism, Buddism, and Islam? You tell us! You wrote it. What was it inspired by?

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If you are going to be quite this bellicose in GD, (an attitude I do not encourage you to maintain), you should, at least, learn how to spell malark(e)y

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It could have been a clever pun. If we’re in hell, ruled by Satan, that would be a Mal-Archy, No?

But my Demonic nature leads me to give people the benefit of the doubt. No, wait, it leads me to recognise and make puns, that’s it.