Okay. I think the Comet King is baffled by the problem of evil and saw evil as something to destroy. I think he resists evil. And I think part of what I found interesting was at the end of Unsong, there’s this thing about how Thamiel actually has all along been doing God’s will. And everything that looked like evil actually was done with noble intentions or something, that I found… it got me thinking that Scott Alexander might be wiser than the Comet King character he wrote
@Ben Pace, this should have a note that says “spoilers for unsong”, and spoiler tags over the offending sentences?
Okay. I think the Comet King is baffled by the problem of evil and saw evil as something to destroy. I think he resists evil. And I think part of what I found interesting was at the end of Unsong, there’s this thing about how Thamiel actually has all along been doing God’s will. And everything that looked like evil actually was done with noble intentions or something, that I found… it got me thinking that Scott Alexander might be wiser than the Comet King character he wrote
@Ben Pace, this should have a note that says “spoilers for unsong”, and spoiler tags over the offending sentences?
Yes! I have added them to the post, and also to your comment. Thanks.
Thank you!