hypocrisy and God
In my opinion the biggest hypocrite ever is well, God the reason I think this is because in the bible (or what I know of it) god is always portrayed as some holy being who is the ultimate good and the devil is meant to be his opposite. this brings up a problem and that is that God is a tyrannical dictator who committed genocide to get rid of all of the undesirables, (sounds like Hitler doesn’t it?), however I have no resolution of the Devil committing genocide when people want to have a bit of free will and live their life the way they want.
(radial head fracture, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 7:51, 21 replies)

The devil hasn't got a book out though so its hard to compare plots.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 8:08, closed)

Ahem
Oh really?
(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 9:25, closed)

ahem
www.amazon.co.uk/I-Lucifer-Glen-Duncan/dp/0743220137/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235554031&sr=1-1
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 9:27, closed)

Wow
If we had both chosen the same book that would have been slightly weird!
(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 9:28, closed)

I looked at yours before putting mine in
would've been pretty daft to put the same book!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 10:39, closed)

Ah, thought there was a bit of "great minds thinking alike" type stuff there

(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 11:00, closed)

^+^^
They aren't the REAL devil though! Not like God's book.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 9:30, closed)

The book is shit.
"Finally, the other side of the story," claims the front cover of this book. And maybe it is. Lucifer is offered a chance at redemption... as long as he can survive on Earth without doing too much naughty stuff. His shell while on Earth is the soon-to-be-vacated body of one Declan Gunn, failed author, who is just about to slit open his wrists while taking a bath. Gunn's soul is whisked off to Purgatory for the nonce, and Lucifer finds out what it's like to be human. Thus commences a whirlwind tour of the human condition, replete with:
* sensory overload as Lucifer looks at flowers
* anal sex
* more sensory overload when smelling flowers
* anal sex
* yet more sensory overload with narcotics
* anal sex
* Lucifer playing mind-games with Gunn's putative girlfriend
* anal sex
* occasional meanderings about Lucifer's history with The Man Upstairs
* anal sex
etc. etc. etc.

It would appear that Glen Duncan views the human condition as a merry-go-round of buggery (preferably consensual, but no matter if it isn't) and the satisfying of base needs such as food, sleep and psychological warfare. Making an anagram (Glen Duncan, Declan Gunn, geddit?) of his name demonstrates just how much more clever than the rest of us mere mortals Glen Duncan is, something which Duncan takes great pains to beat into the reader's head time and time again. One can only wonder why Duncan ever published the book in the first place, since evidently no-one else is remotely clever enough to appreciate Duncan's work to its fullest.

I, Lucifer adequately serves to pass the time while stuck on a train during the morning and evening commute, but isn't worth re-reading. Get the album of the same name, "inspired" by this book, performed by (the real) Tuesday Weld, instead. It's much better.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 12:00, closed)

please excuse the speling
I /love/ the spelling, and lack of punctuation. Keep up the good work!!
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 8:59, closed)

...
Why should we excuse the spelling, when if you are competent (and I use the word loosely) enough to understand it's spelt wrong, why the fuck aren't you competent enough to c+p it into a spellchecker?!

Tard.
(Cluckles, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 9:25, closed)

I can't decide
whether my favourite is "beign" or "recolition".
(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 9:27, closed)

Are you certain your comma is used correctly? I'm not.

Do you need both a question mark and an exclamation mark? I think not.

Does it matter? Not really.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 9:28, closed)

It does matter
If you know your "speling" is bad why not take steps to improve it? Not just for us tiresome internet pedants, but in order to improve your work/job prospects/penis size.*


*Improving spelling may not increase penis size.
(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 9:32, closed)

Meh, I have no beef with you but I can't force myself to write a polite reply so this is all you are getting.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 9:42, closed)

Fair enough

(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 9:47, closed)

Ahem.
Not just for we tiresome Internet pedants.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 12:06, closed)

Guilty. As. Charged.
*hangs self*
(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 12:19, closed)

You should be bloody well hung.
Are you bloody well-hung?
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 12:23, closed)

Hung like a horse*




*with a tiny cock.
(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 12:57, closed)

also, Paradise Lost by John Milton
It reads like a biography.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 9:46, closed)

.
That spelling has given me the horn.
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 10:50, closed)