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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 2 years ago by MrBubbles96@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm still hung up on how you managed to type "Bibicially" instead of Biblically without being corrected. How is it pronounced, bib ish allee?

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[–] TheYear2525@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

They are legion. But also week af because “yell at them” is super effective.

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[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Know why demons always speak Latin instead of ancient Aramaic? Because The Catholic Church made it up. It's fiction.

[–] MrBubbles96@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Doubt Catholics made them up since there are depictions and writings that talk about demons in ancient mesopotamia. That they threw them in their canon and gave them their own quirks like the Romans did with the Greek Pantheon tho, I can believe. Whether it's fiction or not is irrelevant info to me tho.

[–] Birdie@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

And do the scriptures imply demons speak Latin? Because that, specifically, is the part Catholicism made up.

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