For the benefit of those too busy, stressed, or myopic to read to the end of informal street-postings, Spurtle offers an occasional free transcription service so that readers can study such little urban mysteries in the comfort of their own bubbles.
Today we examine a handwritten message found at various spots across north Edinburgh, most at pedestrian crossings and some – we’re informed – along the route of the No. 8 bus.
It reads:
SATAN – Hebrew ‘To lie in wait’.
Occupation: Current, temp owner
of this world? Worships DEATH.
Present in TV (violence, vulgar,
Lucyfer, mocks GOD). Hes
more devil-name products
than you can count. Yet
he does not exist?!
Spurtle does not opine on theology. We do, however, note that:
- according to our sources, Satan derives from Old English via late Latin and Greek from Hebrew śāṭān, meaning literally ‘adversary’, from śāṭan ‘to plot against’
- Lucifer comes from the Latin lux (light) and fer (bearing), and refers to the morning star, as in Isaiah Chapter 14: 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. / 12 How art thou fallen Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
- we agree, a vast amount of TV content is both vulgar and violent
- a variety of interesting views on the Devil’s possible existence, and as an entity independent of God, are outlined here.
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