>>10170588

Just goes to show, not all inspiration is divine. This piece was inspired by its pagan precursor, the "Muses". And they often depicted "divine" beings with wings. Them ain't the angels of Heaven.

"The Muses were the Greek goddesses of poetic inspiration, the adored deities of song, dance, and memory, on whose mercy the creativity, wisdom and insight of all artists and thinkers depended. They may have been originally three in number, but, according to Hesiod and the prevailing tradition he established, most commonly they are depicted as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.

"….the Titaness Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory;" or "Harmonia" or "the daughters of Uranus and Gaea."

"• Thalia (“The Cheerful One”) was the Muse of Comedy and was often portrayed holding a comic mask or a shepherd’s crook;

• Urania (“The Heavenly One”) was the Muse of Astronomy, and you can often see her holding a globe;

• Melpomene (“She Who Sings”) was the Muse of Tragedy, and she is either holding a tragic mask or some other symbol of tragedy (sword, club, buskins);

• Polyhymnia (“She of the Many Hymns”) was the Muse of Hymns and sacred poetry, often depicted with a pensive look hidden behind a veil;

• Erato (“The Lovely One”) was the Muse of Lyric Poetry; naturally, she’s usually represented with a lyre;

• Calliope (“The One with a Beautiful Voice”) was the Muse of Epic Poetry; Hesiod claims that she was the foremost among the nine, since “she attends on worshipful princes”; Calliope can often be seen holding a writing tablet;

• Clio (“The Celebrator,” “The Proclaimer”) was the Muse of History, and, quite fittingly, she usually holds a scroll;

• Euterpe (“She Who Pleases”), was the Muse of Flute-playing, which is why she is time and again portrayed with an aulos;

• Terpsichore (“The One Delighting in the Dance”), was the Muse of Choral Lyric and Dancing; as expected, she is usually shown dancing and sometimes holding a lyre."

Sometimes they are "divine avengers", they are "Presided over by Apollo," "usually described as virgin goddesses".

https://www.greekmythology.com/Other_Gods/The_Muses/the_muses.html

>>10170605

The point Christ Jesus was making was that the nature of fallen man is corrupt, depraved, that all the evil in the world comes out of the heart of Man. This teaching was to point to the need of being made a new creature in Him with a nature after Himself (John 3). It's not about "negative" or "positive" thoughts. Man cannot control his corrupt nature. Lust is in his nature, therefore he will lust.

>>10170673

Their own symbols doom them. Don't these companies hire admen? Aren't most of them flaming liberals who would know better? It's astounding.

>>10170676

Yeah, "respect for the dead" is utter nonsense. Hitler's dead. Mao is dead. Lenin, Marx are dead.

>>10170987

The Work of God in Christ is to make one a new creature after the Son so that when Judgment Day arrives, one is not condemned. Being of a new nature, one submits to God and the Doctrine of the Prophets and of the Apostles. A man still in his corrupt nature will not submit to God because he is the slave of sin. When one "dies" in Christ (is made a new creature after His image), that slavery comes to an end, and one is made a freeman and a servant of Christ, serving Him as a friend. However, such a man will not reach perfection until he leaves his flesh behind for the dust because that flesh has been corrupted. Dust to dust is the law of this world.