[Blasphemous trope] Satan is hot

[u/no-Pachy-BADLAD]

Don't watch these at Sunday School

1) While a more sympathetic example than the below, Lucifer's tirle character still retains the CW bait (yes I know it's a Fox/Netflix show) crowd as he's busy solving crimes.

2) Mystery of the Kingdom of God was a 2021 Christian kids film that would've fallen into obscurity beyond fudnamentalist audiences if it wasn't for folks picking up on the Tumblr sexyman vibes of the film's devil.

3) The CEO of Hell Lucifer (or 'Lucy') is an intimidating persona also reflecting the creator's preference for women in business suits.

4) Le génie du mal ('The Spirit of Evil', sculpture on the right) was a sculpture by Guillame Geefs in 1848, meant to replace the sculpture on the left by his brother Joseph, criticised for its distracting beauty and 'unhealthy allure'. He didn't do a good job (or did a VERY good one) taking that into account.

[u/CareRarely]

Uh... Satan being attractive is lore accurate.

[u/Weak-Feedback-8379 → u/CareRarely]

But only before he fell from heaven.

[u/CareRarely → u/Weak-Feedback-8379]

My understanding is that he can transform himself even if he did lose his beauty.

2 Corinthians 11:14 "And no wonder! For Satan disguises himself as an angel of light."

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oz8xwB849cRBNV6Fi

[u/Weak-Feedback-8379 → u/CareRarely]

How do you know that God‘s angels aren’t just ugly as fuck?

[u/CareRarely → u/Weak-Feedback-8379]

You know with all the talk of "biblically accurate angels" maybe you're right about that🤔

[u/NovelInteraction711 → u/CareRarely]

“biblically accurate angels“ THOSE ARE SERAPHIM THEY ARE DIFFERENT

[u/DyingSunSeverian → u/NovelInteraction711]

Yeah that’s a common point of confusion. The angels in the Bible as we think of them - the messengers and guardians - appear in the guise of man, they’re noted to be “off” in some way, sometimes terrifying, but not because of the way they look, just something else emanating from them.

The actual “biblically accurate angels” people reference are more like… constructs, taking care of God’s throne.

[u/CareRarely → u/NovelInteraction711]

Gotta be honest that's going well beyond my expertise

[u/Holler_Prof → u/Weak-Feedback-8379]

Sodom and Gamorra certainly makes an argument against that

[u/Leaping_Wizards → u/Weak-Feedback-8379]

But that's like, in the eye of the beholder, maybe they're not made for humans to Kirk their way through angeldom? At least without a lot of effort.