To: xzins
"Dark Lord" is simply a play on the imagery of Calvinists as dark, stern, unfriendly individuals. This image comes about because of the pictures of John Calvin, Theodore Beza, Jonathan Edwards, Cotton Mather, and other Calvinist, who were percieved to be "dark lords", mysterious in their ways. Other traditions tended to be somewhat "lighter" in the way they presented themselves, but i am simply making fun of a styeotype.
To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord
I don't like it. But it's a free world.
I don't think it sends the message you hoped for.
912 posted on
01/12/2003 9:37:10 PM PST by
xzins
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