Talk:Amon/@comment-184.32.59.227-20120525171303/@comment-197.237.25.34-20120525191855

^"[M]any [C]hristian traditions thought that [demons] were simply animalistic and dangerous in a non-malicious way."

Stop the presses. Have you ever read the Bible? In Genesis it clearly states that Satan disguised himself as a serpent to trick Eve into eating the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, because he knew that if Eve and Adam ate the fruit they would have sinned against God, who is the supreme being and Creator of everything. However, God caught Satan in the act and as a result Satan was cast out of heaven, along with 1/3 of the other angels (probably the ones that sided with him); these angels then became demons. Genesis was written somewhere around the 7th or 8th century BC; the author is unknown but the most likely candidate is Moses. So the idea that demons and Satan are evil is actally a very ancient one. I'm sorry if I seem off-topic but my father is a Bible theologist and I felt like I had to make some points. Please do not think I am attacking you. For more infromation I reccommend you read this:http://biologos.org/uploads/resources/enns_scholarly_essay3.pdf