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I call upon thee, theist majors and Lemmings who know the Scriptures well, what can you tell us about Bibicially accurate demons? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Exactly what it says on the (dramatic) title.

We always hear about Biblically accurate angels: the burning wheels with tons of eyes, the strange looking creatures that sound like they come from the anime "Evangelion", the cherubim with 4 faces, but I had a thought while watching The Exorcist: Believer (it was....not good for anyone wondering. At all. The disrespect Regan's mom had towards Merrin and Karras after they died saving her daughter was baffling to listen to, especially...but i digress) a couple of days ago, specifically, if that's how the demonically possessed are said to more or less act in the Judeo-Christian scriptures, or if they're they completely different to what we see in movies and games. I'm guessing it's more than likely the second one, right, but I'm curious about the details like the signs someone's possessed, the demon's endgoal, and what they look like, basically everything you can gimme to sate this curiosity or to send me on a rabbit hole, if you'd be so kind?

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[–] shish_mish 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Biblically, demons are simply fallen angels.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Be ~~not~~ afraid.

[–] them 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What makes them fallen?

[–] gibmiser 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They were up, now they are down.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Okay, but have they ever been only half way up?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That they fell and now they can't get up again, maybe?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

A quick search shows that "fallen angels" are angels expelled from heaven. Most often, these are angels who sided with Lucifer in his rebellion against God.

[–] moistclump 4 points 1 year ago

Tripping

[–] kromem 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Citation needed, especially given that the whole "fallen angels" thing comes from the Enochian apocrypha.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly; no mention of fallen angels anywhere within the bible itself.

[–] kromem 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There technically is a reference to Satan as fallen in Luke 10:18 ("I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning."), but those New Testament authors really loved their Enochian literature and it's almost certainly drawing from that as opposed to anything in the Old Testament (it isn't until the KJV that the Isaiah commentary about the morning star falling is confused for talking about Satan by name of Lucifer).