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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In what fictional D-list movie universe do they live in where satan impregnates a bride on Halloween?

[–] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also I thought Satan was evil.. wouldnt it make more sense for him to impregnate someone who isn't his bride, perhaps even through non consensual means?

If you're going to be the face of evil might as well do the sin part properly.

Right? At least make it sex before marriage!

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every year. How many anti-Christs are there at this point?

[–] rothaine@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well obviously Satan gets an abortion every time

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

God damnit, take my upvote.

[–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The irony is it probably stems from some pagan belief and has nothing to do with Christianity.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Halloween is not a fertility festival, it is a fall harvest festival. Like Oktoberfest.

The fertility festival is in Spring, and it's called May Day.

[–] DaBPunkt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The Oktoberfest is not a fertility festival. It was created to celebrate a royal wedding. The German fertility festival is called „Erntedank“ (~“thanks for the harvest”).

[–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah I know. It just doesn't sound like anything in the Bible so I assume it's some weird bastardization of paganism. Or just completely made up.

I'm only saying this because all the cool parts of "Christian" holidays like the Easter bunny and much of Christmas come straight from paganism.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm familiar with paganism, that doesn't make sense either

[–] Dalkor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Paganism is just a Christian catch-all though for all non-abrahamic religions.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

umm through the lens of Christianity sure

[–] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It’s a word coined by Christians specifically to convey that idea, so yea that’s usually the lens we’d be talking about when using the term