/lit/ - Literature

>>20116461
silence you demonic faggot i can smell the maggot infested feces sulfuric death-breath coming out of your rotten corpse smelling cunt from afar

>>18070874
>>18074604

The only two Chads to ever post in /wg/.

https://youtu.be/WstYMmsdFqo

>>16744630
I hold the Christian faith and metaphysics above all others, mainly because of the power of God in praxis, and the sublime apologia. But you're right. The meditation is terrible. It's why Hermeticism was invented, and probably why Gnosticism keeps coming back.

I'll tell you what though, by having a few canonical prayers that everyone does, all to venerate God and ask for His deliverance, Christianity provides every believer a sharp and ruthless sword against spiritual evil.

Demons exist.

>>16706572
In Christianity angels are beings of intellect and will, however they have perfect knowledge and are unconstrained by time. Because of this, when an angel reaches a decision or changes their will it's essentially irrevocable.

Traditionally the sin of Lucifer was pride- he hated man and refused to accept that God could allow beings of both spirit and flesh to attain salvation. It's speculated he also refused to bow to God Incarnate, which is to say Jesus.

Many angels followed Satan. If Apocryphal texts such as the book of Enoch are taken into account, lusts for flesh and power were also driving factors in causing some angels to rebel and fall. In any case, as Satan and the angels made their decisions outside of time they were ultimately irrevocable. They would never change their minds as there is no new information for them to receive. Angels don't undergo character development as they are outside time.

Right now, Satan is actually roaming the Earth like a hungry lion according to the New Testament. He wants nothing except to tempt people out of their salvation and away from God, due to his hate for mankind and spite towards God. His ultimate pride and contempt towards mankind was the cause of his downfall. The New Testament also heavily suggests that the world is under Satan's dominion (how could he tempt Jesus with all the kingdoms of the world if they were not his to give?).