Thanks and attributions
Thanks to MrWrong, who reviewed this draft on the forums. Also, the Horizon Initiative logo at the top was taken from SunnyClockwork's art page.
Excerpts Regarding St. Sophia / Discussion
Forum
» Per Page Discussions / Per page discussions
» Excerpts Regarding St. Sophia
This is the discussion related to the wiki page Excerpts Regarding St. Sophia.
This is beautifully written, and the graphics are well done. Excellent job mimicking the Biblical tone. +1
I see your Recovered Data File L246 reference and appreciate the fuck out of it.
I think this comes across as a extremely straightforward and orthodox inclusion of Christianity into the Mekhane/Sarkism mythos which is significantly less interesting than the Gnosticism in either of the competing faiths. It isn't bad, though just boring. Novote.
I don't think of it as an inclusion of Christianity in the mythos per se, unless it's your headcanon that early Christianity wasn't contemporary with Sarkism and CotBG. Why shouldn't there have been converts among cults in this timeline? It certainly happened enough in real life.
My issue here is that the result is very simplistic Christian theology; the other religions are both wrong and Jesus conquers all.
I see your point, but I'm honestly too tickled by the notion of a mechanical protomartyr to be bored.
I was under the impression that it was from the Horizon Initiative's Universal Text, which understandably is going to have a bit of a pro-Abrahamic tilt.
From that perspective, this is fantastic. I'm sure the Mekhanites would call it revisionist or fabricated, but a lot of religion is codifying history "the way you wish it had gone" in your official texts… So still pretty accurate.
Hasn't basically every Christianity-based SCP Foundation article to this point been based on some heterodox interpretation of Christianity, though? I can see why some might not find the writing interesting, but I think that it goes against the established precedents regarding this topic.
Sure, as I said this isn't bad, just a really boring and commonplace theology. Even if it might be unusual for this wiki it still isn't unusual for the wider world; it resembles the most simplistic versions of the most widespread religious beliefs.
6 Immediately the men of Demetrius saw her, and seized her, bringing her before Demetrius in the public square.
Should this be "men of Ephesus"?
"Men of Demetrius" is supposed to refer to Demetrius's followers in this sentence.
That works. It's just an odd translation and I wasn't sure.
Speaking of, I really like this writing style. These read exactly like translated ancient texts: unusual sentence structure and lots of parallel phrasing. I humbly request you write more of this.
He is the sorcerer-king of flesh!
He reanimated a corpse and told his followers to cannibalize his flesh and so acquire some aspect of his powers. When Roman soldiers tried to kill him, he survived a spear in the gut and in the end despite all their best efforts, all they could do was temporarily contain him by crucifying him and even that didn't work long-term as he inevitably worked his way free and regenerated from his wounds.
Are you quite sure the Mekhanites were wrong in thinking him a karcist?
Now the spirit tried to enter Philip, but he was repulsed. And Philip said to him, "Hunger, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I cast you out!" He said, "This Jesus I know not, but this Jesus I now fear. For I surely sense that he is a mighty god, and that you have eaten his flesh. For now I depart, but in the last days that are to come, I shall return."
Well, even the spirit of Hunger seems to think that Philip is involved in some kind of theophagy…
(account deleted)I'd kill to take a comparative theology class through the SCP Foundation.
/forum/t-1995488/excerpts-regarding-st-sophia#post-
page revision: 2, last edited: 15 Jan 2023 15:06