• CIA_chatbot
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    I thought they were death, war, conquest and famine, though maybe famine and pestilence go together

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        13 hours ago

        They are in the Bible, had to look it up, it looks like popular fiction often replaces conquest with pestilence since conquest and war are so similar

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          13 hours ago

          Maybe it’s a Protestant thing? In the Catholic New Testament only death is named

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      You are correct, apparently a lot of media/fiction authors swap conquest to pestilence because they feel like it’s too close to war.

      I had to look it up specifically for pestilence because I was so confused how I got the idea.

      So yeah I had that wrong, biblical speaking

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        23 hours ago

        Pratchett does Death, War, Famine and Pestilence

        Thief of time spoiler

        (And Kaos)

        . Which is where my knowledge of them comes from!

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        Hehe no worries i had to look it up, I totally remembered pestilence being one instead of conquest