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Krazysh0t
Demons are most likely just a made-up scapegoat so that Christians don't have to take credit for their misdeeds and wrongdoings. The reason I say this is because the definition of evil changes with the times. What is considered ok today could be considered vehemently evil tomorrow. A prime example is slavery. Slavery is an acceptable thing in the bible, it isn't condemned and even some of the great prophets of the bible owned slaves. Now a days, slavery is considered one of the worst things you can do to someone next to killing them. This is all thanks to evolving views on morality, not so much because demons have adopted new things to temp people with.
Demons are most likely just a made-up scapegoat
Krazysh0t
. A prime example is slavery. Slavery is an acceptable thing in the bible, it isn't condemned and even some of the great prophets of the bible owned slaves. Now a days, slavery is considered one of the worst things you can do to someone next to killing them. This is all thanks to evolving views on morality, not so much because demons have adopted new things to temp people with.
Em2013But, I digress... I think demons are not like what Christians portray them but more human-like. They could be good or bad, and they could easily be misunderstood due to old beliefs. As some of you may know, I'm invested into shadow people and while some may claim they are demons, I can agree and say they may very well be but they are misunderstood and most are not evil.
Krazysh0t
reply to post by Shadow Herder
I have to disagree with this. Slavery isn't denounced by God in the bible, therefore I find it unlikely that it goes against the law of God.
The Bible and slavery
But I didn't bring up slavery to talk about the evils of it or the contradictions of it in the bible. I brought it up as an example of humanity's evolving morals.
wtbengineer
reply to post by FlyersFan
Agree 100%. Once you experience one personally attacking you you will never question their reality again. I've described my experiences here before, but try not to think about them if possible.
reply to post by Shadow Herder
Text Demons or devils, according to the common acceptation of these words are supposed to be a class of beings essentially bad. If they exist, they must necessarily be, like everything else, a creation of God; but God, who is sovereignly just and good, cannot have created beings predestined to evil by their very nature, and condemned beforehand to eternal misery. If, on the contrary, they are not a creation of God, they must either have existed, like Him, from all eternity, or there must be several creators.
reply to post by Shadow Herder
These sound like the 10th class of spirits. Spirits of lower order
FlyersFan
Demons are real. I"ve run into a few. I couldn't see them. But they were real .. taking up a space in reality ... 'standing' next to me ... HATE HATE HATE and it was all focused on me ..... they are very real. If you ever are in the presence of a demon, there will be no question about it ... and you'll never again say they are fake.
Ninth Class--Frivolous Spirits.--They are ignorant, mischievous, unreasonable, and addicted to mockery. They meddle with everything, and reply to every question without paying any attention to truth. They delight in causing petty annoyances