Quote: about Hell

[mahnmut]

There were people who called themselves Satanists who made Crowley squirm. It wasn't just the things they did, it was the way they blamed it all on Hell. They'd come up with some stomach-churning idea that no demon could have thought of in a thousand years, some dark and mindless unpleasantness that only a fully-functioning human brain could conceive, then shout "The Devil Made Me Do It" and get the sympathy of the court when the whole point was that the Devil hardly ever made anyone do anything. He didn't have to. That was what some humans found hard to understand. Hell wasn't a major reservoir of evil, any more than Heaven, in Crowley's opinion, was a fountain of goodness; they were just sides in the great cosmic chess game. Where you found the real McCoy, the real grace and the real heart-stopping evil, was right inside the human mind.

(from Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990))

Comments

[terminator44.livejournal.com]

I still have that book from the library but haven't read it. I'm looking forward to it.

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

You're welcome (http://m.friendfeed-media.com/18772a9d176b3aad59c75309d02722035f983f3f)! :-)

[sealwhiskers.livejournal.com]

I love Good Omens! Have you read the Sandman graphic novels by Gaiman?
The concept of Hell and it being created by man was really fleshed out in those books.

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

I should read this!!

Yes you should!

[sealwhiskers.livejournal.com]

Be sure to be picky and read them in the right order, they're full with clever cross references and hints, as well as nice art