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<blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 8450044" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>This is not a complete cosmology, but I hope it will inspire.</p><p></p><p>So recently I asked myself: Why do angels have bird wings, and devils bat wings? This is a quite consistent depiction in art etc. Why is this, what is going on?</p><p></p><p>I think I have an answer:</p><p></p><p>Angels are birds. Devils are mammals</p><p></p><p>And what are birds? Birds are dinosaurs.</p><p></p><p>So what are angels - they are survivors of the great meteor impact that destroyed the dinosaurs, millions of years ago. They are a hyper advanced civilization, watching earth from far above in their citadels in the heavens. They have achieved a stable society, that doesn't change and endures millions of years passing.</p><p></p><p>When mammals became the dominant animal class, the bird-angels became curious, and did some experiments. At some point, they created the devils, as a lark, gave these devils bat wings instead of bird wing.</p><p></p><p>Humans eventually came to the scene. The angels grew concerned - could they become rivals? And why did they look like wingless devils? The angels started instructing them in "morals". As Nietzsche pointed out, this morality was a "servant" morality, emphasizing obeying authority and humility. Not suitable for leadership. The angels wanted to be sure that the humans remained servile. </p><p></p><p>The mammal-devils were horrified - they felt kinship with these humans. They wanted to instruct the humans about freedom, self-determination, and did so, messing up the bird-angel's instructions. The bird-angels were offended and cast the traitor devils out of their celestial bases. They also gave stern warnings to humans about not trusting the devil's words - their temptation would lead them to perdition.</p><p></p><p>I hope this is useful to you. I will add this as a PS. Whom is said to be our secret rulers? Lizard people <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ancalagon, post: 8450044, member: 23"] This is not a complete cosmology, but I hope it will inspire. So recently I asked myself: Why do angels have bird wings, and devils bat wings? This is a quite consistent depiction in art etc. Why is this, what is going on? I think I have an answer: Angels are birds. Devils are mammals And what are birds? Birds are dinosaurs. So what are angels - they are survivors of the great meteor impact that destroyed the dinosaurs, millions of years ago. They are a hyper advanced civilization, watching earth from far above in their citadels in the heavens. They have achieved a stable society, that doesn't change and endures millions of years passing. When mammals became the dominant animal class, the bird-angels became curious, and did some experiments. At some point, they created the devils, as a lark, gave these devils bat wings instead of bird wing. Humans eventually came to the scene. The angels grew concerned - could they become rivals? And why did they look like wingless devils? The angels started instructing them in "morals". As Nietzsche pointed out, this morality was a "servant" morality, emphasizing obeying authority and humility. Not suitable for leadership. The angels wanted to be sure that the humans remained servile. The mammal-devils were horrified - they felt kinship with these humans. They wanted to instruct the humans about freedom, self-determination, and did so, messing up the bird-angel's instructions. The bird-angels were offended and cast the traitor devils out of their celestial bases. They also gave stern warnings to humans about not trusting the devil's words - their temptation would lead them to perdition. I hope this is useful to you. I will add this as a PS. Whom is said to be our secret rulers? Lizard people ;) [/QUOTE]
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