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[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Not defending god here but afaik the 7 deadly sins come from the divine comedy

Edit: It appears I was mistaken. They are just not directly mentioned in the bible.

[–] derbolle@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

but it is ultimately completely pointless. someone(or rather many someones) made up the OG bible canon and some fanfics are becoming almost canon by being well known. same difference

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Revelation is one of the most quoted judeo-christian texts, and I recently learned that it was written as a fanfic and it took the fandom a surprisingly long time to recognise it as part of the official lore.

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