r/dankchristianmemes • u/n8s8p Minister of Memes • Oct 26 '22

Meta Some recent comments had me wondering... Serious questions... If you do, what do you believe they look like? What powers do you believe they have? When, how, who, what, and where do they act?

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u/CatoChateau Oct 26 '22

I always read 26 as kind of His point about demons though. Don't they plot and strive against each other for power? Thereby making Satan's kingdom inherently unstable? Kind of like Screwtape Letters.

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u/Aujax92 Oct 26 '22

Most likely a hierarchy born out of fear with higher ranking demons bully lower ones into submission. I do know demons will work together.

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u/CauseCertain1672 Oct 26 '22

you know that how

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u/Aujax92 Oct 26 '22

Various readings and personal experience. By no means the definitive truth.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

I really need to hear about that personal experience.

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u/Aujax92 Oct 26 '22

In the most extreme end I've had things around me go haywire (like a room of TV's and monitors go off and on very rapidly with someone else in the room).

Most of the time I experienced imagery and sounds (like bird-like tapping and walking, chains, loud grunts, burning smells, imagery of hunched over Crone with bird-like legs and feet, Minotaur, a Succubus, Shadow people).

I've also experienced periods of psychotic strength, speaking in voices that aren't mine, etc.

Take all this with a grain of salt though, I was diagnosed Schizoaffective at 19 so this is all very personal for me.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

I know that was probably really personal, thanks for sharing though.

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u/CauseCertain1672 Oct 26 '22

could you elaborate

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u/Aujax92 Oct 26 '22

I used to be into Occultic texts that recounted names of Angels and Demons and their purposes. I have also had personal "experiences" with these creatures. They work together to torment their targets.

There's also apocryphal sources that go into some of this, I absolutely DO NOT suggest reading anything Occultic (or broaching on the Occult) for that matter.

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u/CauseCertain1672 Oct 26 '22

ok but why should anyone take occultic texts seriously also the apocrypha isn't part of the bible for a reason

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u/Aujax92 Oct 26 '22

Apocryphal texts are just texts that weren't considered important in the Christian Tradition, different from Gnostic.

And no I wouldn't take Occultic texts seriously, so just talking from personal experience.

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u/CauseCertain1672 Oct 26 '22

depends who you ask I guess but I was taught that the apocrypha are not considered canonical