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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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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (5 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.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 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...

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