Aswad
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ORIGINAL: Kirata How would you know, you never listen to me. With the exception of a brief, regretted stint, I pay a lot of attention to what you say, Kirata. In fact, you might as well be part of my conscience (if I still had a conscience in a reasonably conventional sense) as opposing views, gotchas, checks and balances, and- yes- adversarial exchanges, are the essence of what our conscience does. Certainly you have filled that role more than once, and filled it well. That makes you an excellent Satan in my book. Anyway, consciousness being a late invention strongly supports the notion that internal forces needed to be externalized in order to be discussed back in biblical times. Satan, the adversary ("prosecutor" in modern parlance), seems a perfect fit for the role that a conscience fills. And, certainly, a human conscience can appear somewhat autonomous at times, even distinct from the mind. Thereby, it becomes an excellent candidate for externalization. I still maintain that the layers of meaning in the tale of Job include some cautionary ones, though. Health, al-Aswad.
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"If God saw what any of us did that night, he didn't seem to mind. From then on I knew: God doesn't make the world this way. We do." -- Rorschack, Watchmen.
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