Re:GitHub, fuck your name change
by xupybd on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @05:33AM
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We use terms like demon, basically a personification of evil.
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The origin of the term is not so evil:
But we don't seem to care about origins of words, Master itself didn't mean slave owner until late in the 17th century.
And we'll stop in the event of the demonic invasion of Earth, but Doom 2 remains just a video game.
Re:GitHub, fuck your name change
by rad_gruchalski on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @08:12AM
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Demon, also spelled daemon, Classical Greek daimon, in Greek religion, a supernatural power. In Homer the term is used almost interchangeably with theos for a god. The distinction there is that theos emphasizes the personality of the god, and demon his activity.