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#391654
Fanatic-Templar
It's always fascinating to see how uninspired early christians were, stealing their mythology from everyone else.
Speaking of which, my art classes are way behind me, but weren't early Renaissance renderings of Mary represented as Venus/Aphrodite, whom you name as Lucifer? Would that make Jesus the son of God and the Devil?
1/26/2008 7:03:14 PM
#391751
Osiris
None of that made any fucking sense.
1/26/2008 9:03:11 PM
#391826
jsonitsac
First: Sounds like somebody needs a really nice long talk with Leonard Nimoy (http://youtube.com/watch?v=G1d83XOORP0), long story short, it's actually a Jewish hand sign.
Second: Vulcan was the god of the forge, not the sun. He made Jupiter's lightning bolts in his forge, and was never called Lucifer.
1/26/2008 11:31:22 PM
#391842
Old Viking
Ah, it's David J., this time making up his own mythology.
1/27/2008 12:08:14 AM
#391864
Actually, it's the hand sign Jewish priests make when praying. Nimoy is Jewish and came up with the idea of using it in Star Trek.
1/27/2008 12:42:10 AM
#391957
Athar
Venus, Lucifer? Someone needs a mythology lession.
Lesson 1. Garden of Eden.
1/27/2008 3:45:56 AM
#392009
jsonitsac
@Athar, the planet Venus is also known as the Morning Star, which is also known as Lucifer. David J. is, however, combining two separate mythological traditions, based on the fact that Lucifer can refer to the PLANET Venus.
1/27/2008 5:19:02 AM
#392102
aaa
Basic nonsense.
1/27/2008 7:57:52 AM
#392586
Circle Takes The Square
Vulcan wasn't the God of the Sun, that was Apollo.
Vulcan wasn't the God of thunderboldts, that was Zesus.
Vulcan (or Hephaestus) was the God of fire and metalworking.
Dumbass.
1/28/2008 12:07:53 AM
#392834
FMG
Indeed he was like Thor, a Forge god. A god of the new religion of Iron due to Iron's vaguely magical properties since early iron would have come from meteorites which would have been regarded as magical gifts from the Gods.
Fail!
1/28/2008 9:53:01 AM
#394565
It's fucking fiction. Never meant to be taken seriously.
1/30/2008 12:24:11 PM
#395586
antichrist
Star Treck is biblical prophecy
Who'd a thunk it.
Although I think this belongs on fundies, not here.
2/1/2008 12:37:48 AM
#428226
Rambler
Venus is supposed to be a beautiful woman, not the devil.
@antichrist
It has "Masons" in it, it's in the right place.
3/9/2008 11:01:03 PM
#472411
Hairysteed
"That doesn't seem logical"
4/20/2008 10:51:19 PM
#720317
dg
Vulcan a SUN god? No ... way. He's the god of metalwork and fire who has his forges UNDERGROUND.
10/15/2008 1:21:06 AM
#1213563
Leon
Highly illogical, captain.
Seriously though. Trekkies are the devil now too? Who's next?
10/1/2010 12:29:17 PM
#1213933
Pannic
No, you idiot, Vulcan was not a sun god. He was the god of fire and craftmanship, associated with volcanos.
Learn2Mythology.
10/2/2010 11:05:04 AM
#1213936
Pannic
Also, pretty sure the Romans didn't practice human sacrifice.
10/2/2010 11:07:55 AM
#1296725
M
*facepalm* Okay, I'll admit to doing some serious six-degrees-of-seperation in regard to Vulcans, but at least I get my facts straight.
Vulcan is the Roman version of the Greek deity Hephaestus, who was rather ugly and got thrown off of Mt. Olympus and forced to be a blacksmith. He also was cheated on by his wife, Aphrodite/Venus, who had a thang with Ares/Mars.
Venus, by the way, was the goddess of love. That's right, LOVE.
(My theory about Vulcans supports my Kirk/Spock slash theory: Kirk and Spock's story parallels that of Alexander and Hephaestion. Shatner also once played Alexander in a failed TV pilot. Vulcan = Hephaestus, from whom the name Hephaestion is derived. The general consensus is that Alex and Heph were boning.)
6/6/2011 7:15:44 PM
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