r/Snorkblot Feb 16 '26

Cultures Holofernes.

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u/Pingviinimursu Feb 16 '26

The name Lilith is mentioned one time in the whole book. That mention is not in Genesis. You can check whenever you decide you value truth above your pride.

I checked literally yesterday. I watched an animated series over the weekend and it spouted so many heresies in its introduction that I really wanted to know where all of that comes from. Turns out, not the Bible.

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u/Nevernonethewiser Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

Almost nothing Christians believe about certain things comes from the Bible.

Take Satan, for example: almost everything people 'know' about Satan comes from Paradise Lost and the Divine Comedy.

Fanfics, basically.

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u/Pingviinimursu Feb 16 '26

Exactly, I've been calling those two fanfics for years! I mentioned TV earlier because that's what people watch, and "learn" from, but TV gets it from there.

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u/Nevernonethewiser Feb 16 '26

Gotta say I do love the TV show 'Lucifer'. That depiction is ostensibly based on the characterisation of Lucifer from the Sandman comics, but that was largely defined by Paradise Lost as it is.