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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 10 months 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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[–] TheYear2525@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] MrBubbles96@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hmm...IDK, Chris was yelling at those things in the movie pretty hard and all it got her was pain. Maybe if Jesus or an Exorcist was the one going "I cast you out", then it'll work...

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well you have to have official Church authority behind it. Can't just go around giving lowly common folk the power to combat demons. Who would collect the tithes then?

[–] MrBubbles96@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

I meant it more in the "these guys know how to specifically do that, whereas Average Joe over there puffing up his chest and trying it unprepared is gonna go as well as you trying to evict a crackhead off some property (read: probably very badly)" but if you wanna look at it in a more cynical way, sure, that's also entirely possible. "Never do something you're good at for free" after all.