How much religious knowledge do I need to read and enjoy Paradise Lost?
>>25373190None.
>>25373190You must read 1 (one) Bible.
>>25373197im not finne read no bibble..
>>25373190None just read it you stupid faggot
>>25373190The poem is full of allusions, so the wider your reading the better.As for Biblical knowledge, you only need to read Genesis. Ignore this dumbass: >>25373197
>Anno Domini 2026>Reading Arian heresies.
>>25373895Arianism is unironically more logical and consistent than Catholicism.Schisms are invariably resolved by violence rather than reason.
>>25373190You mostly just need to know that if you read Satan as a sympathetic antihero you're a midwit and should thereby give up on literature.
>>25373214KJV is dogshit awful verse, I know latin and greek
Dont read that gay shit
>>25373956Satan resisted God's crushing authoritarianism and will always be based.non serviam.
>>25373963>the straight shit it's mogged by
>god deliberately plants a tree he knows will kill humanity>teehee do not eat from it>deliberately creates a crafty serpent>teehee do not deceive adam and eve lil serpent>lil serpent does exactly eat and they eat the fruit>oh my science how did this happen
>>25373895Milton along with most other people during that time believed that zeus (jove) which in latin is pronounced (yahweh) was the same god that christians worship, they thought the other gods were angels in his host that were given high honors and that their prophets were dumb and misinterpreted them as gods, which is a standard christian view no one believes that yahweh is or was only attending on the hebrews
>>25373968Finally, a good post
>>25373981Are you retarded?
it's literally quranic fanfic you don't even need to read the bible
>>25374044No but im not going to respond to that
>>25374044Are you so dumb you even answer rhetorical questions?
>>25374081devilishly sly post
>>25373981>Milton along with most other people during that time believed that zeus (jove) which in latin is pronounced (yahweh) was the same god that christians worshipThey believed correctly. They are both aspects of the "Heavenly Father" archetype, that is, a king of gods who rules the sky, and is prone to impregnating mortal women.>inb4 absolutely seething Christfags
>>25373936*SMACK*