RE: Why do Christians believe in the Resurrection of Jesus but not alien abductions?
June 23, 2016 at 11:51 pm
(This post was last modified: June 24, 2016 at 12:06 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 23, 2016 at 9:28 pm)Disciple Wrote: Hey Rhythm, just curious, how do you figure the belief in demons is backsliding into paganism when the bible mentions them all through it?Where do you think those narratives came from? -and perhaps you should take another look, because they aren't "all through it" -at all-.
Quote:Even Christ in the NT refers to them them by name in some places. Sure, there are a lot of pagan spiritual systems where the adherents work directly with demonic energy but I don't see how they can have any ownership to the concept. Would like to hear your perspective on it.The word and concept itself is of greek origin. Originally it didn't mean anything intrinsically negative, just spirits. They could be good, bad, indifferent (just like people). These are the demons to which "paul" was referring, for example, when he asked how people could be right with the lord while they worked with demons. He wasn't thinking of the demons you're thinking of...which is a subsequent conflation of fallen angels and evil spirits with demons arising out of another wave of syncretism (the same that granted christians their traditional view of hell). He was speaking directly about people who, for example, made an offering to "the spirits of this or that tree" as a safeguard against a hunting accident.
So you tell me, how christian is it to believe in dryads and jotunn, by another name?
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