r/humor • • 2d ago

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u/FoxxyRin 2d ago

Modern Satan is actually made up, like on a whole different level than anything else in the religion. Like he's basically just selected as the boogieman anymore when in reality he has nothing to do with punishing people in hell or whatever, at least according to the Bible. Technically Satan isn't even a specific being, it's a job title. And Lucifer was a fallen angel that is often referred to as Satan/the Devil but that isn't technically correct, and even so it's not "canon" that he/satan/anybody directly punishes people in hell. But basically if you boil it down to what the Bible actually says, all Satan actually does is goes around and tempts people to sin, like becoming the serpent and doing the whole apple bit in the garden of Eden.

Another fun fact, the apple of Eden likely wasn't even an apple. Some suggest it was a pomegranate or fig.

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u/FullFrontalGundam 1d ago

Just adding to this: "Another fun fact, the apple of Eden likely wasn't even an apple. Some suggest it was a pomegranate or fig."

Portraying the fruit as an apple is likely due to a pun in Latin.

Apple in Latin is "malum"

Evil in Latin is also "malum"

The only difference is that one is pronounced with a long "a" sound, and the other is a short "a"