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Our True History
(lemmy.world)
I wonder who judges what the best mermaid documentary is? Like is there an annual Best Mermaid Documentary award at Cannes or something?
What the hell is the deal with the Book of Enoch? I get the alien thing because AM radio and the history channel went all in with that. But a noncanonical (except in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church I guess), apocalyptic, heretical book? Why?!?
I keep seeing even crazier offshoots of already crazy evangelicals referring to it (without mentioning whether they're talking about 1, 2, or 3) and the Testament of Solomon.
Full disclosure, I'm not religious but I grew up in a bugnuts evangelical tradition and remember a bunch of it.
Fun fact: canonical scripture says that people do not become angels. The Book of Enoch said Enoch became a celestial being similar to an archangel.
More fun fact, even less related SPOILERS AHEAD: In Charles Stross's Laundry Files book series, the Apocalypse of Enoch is included in the bible of a cult that thinks they're worshipping Jesus but is accidentally trying to summon an otherworldly horror into the universe.
It’s a nice read. Admit it.
On a more serious note, I wasn’t aware that there are people calling the book of Enoch heretical. Makes sense I guess, looking at evangelicals, but still.
I read all three a few years ago. They're interesting, but dense like most of the stuff of that time.
They are literally heretical though, except in the Ethiopian tradition, because they teach things that aren't in line with canonical teachings. It's like the infancy gospel of Thomas (also kind of a fun read to hear about Jesus being a little shit).