re: #274 Guanxi88

On the subject of polytheism, old William S. Burroughs offered an interesting take on it. He argued that a monotheistic universe was psychologically frustrating because it couldn’t explain failure. Polytheism, though, with many active divinities, could account for it by one god defeating another in a given situation.

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Hello, who need polytheism when any decent monotheist knows the fallen angel (the Devil) serves as the foil, the alternative universe, the lesser alter-ego of the Deity.