how are the dragons & devils in the bible any different?

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   Baileybearposted 13 years ago

   How are the dragons, devils, demons, satan etc in bible any different from the devils, dragons etc of any other mythology?

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      just_curiousposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Ok. I know you. I know you take the bible as mythology. Do not drag dragons into it. Simply because you have no evidence is no reason to sully their name with non belief.

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         Baileybearposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         apparently there are 2 types of dragons in the bible, along with satan etc.  I am researching for a hub on dragon mythology & keen to see what people think

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            just_curiousposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            I know you're just looking for other opinions. I was just joking. I had no idea there were dragons mentioned in the bible. I thought all the references were to a leviathan that breathed fire. My husband, of course, told me I was wrong. Too bad. I'd always heard, and taken it for gospel, that only China and the British Isles had developed those myths. Which was used as the argument for a higher probability that there would be some animal that caused the myth to start in the first place. So, you've taught me something.

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               Baileybearposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               yes, it is likely strange, unfamiliar animals inspired the dragon myths.  I figured all the dragons/demons were more or less the same, so my curiosity has gotten the better of me, and I have just borrowed a whole pile of books from the library (and yes, they said there are 2 dragons in bible).

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                  mecheilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  the dragon that's mentioned in the bible pertains to the original serpent - satan. (you will find it in the apocalypse) check genesis for the first serpent mentioning in the scriptures.

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                     mecheilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                     (you will find it in the apocalypse) i mean, revelation.

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      superwagsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Because they're in the BIBLE. Durrr

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      paarsurreyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      There are no dragons , demons and devils mentioned in the truthful religion; Satan, yes.
      
      It is a concept misconceived; so it is mythical.

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         Baileybearposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         what makes satan more than mythology?

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            paarsurreyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            For clear human understanding like we name places and towns and hills etc; only smybolic.

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      DoubleScorpionposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      There is no difference. I recently picked up a book of Greek Mythology, you know, those stories (if the names are changed) are quite similar to the stories found in the bible.

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      earnestshubposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      They are all the same. Grim fairy tales to frighten children of all ages into believing the unbelievable.

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   Disappearingheadposted 13 years ago

   In the Old Testament you won't find any demons or dragons of devil. You will find various references to a satan, but that is just the Hebrew word for one that opposes or hinders. It could be a man or and Angel of the Lord. The word satan is not a proper noun and therefore can never be the name of a specific entitly and the OT recognises no spiritual being in opposition to God.
   
   As for dragons, ether read great big fishy whale for Leviathan, or a symbolic picture, but there are no real dragons.
   
   By the time of the New testament, the Jewish culture had adopted Persian Zoroastrian ideas of satan and demons into the national consciousness. In Jesus time they were a superstitious lot attributing mental illness with demon possesion. In order to recieve healing, tey needed to believe they were delivered, so Jesus went along with the superstitions for the sake of their healing. When he was refering to satan one must bear in mind that He had to work within their frame of understanding of the wolrd view in order to get His points acoss.
   
   For dragons in the NT read symbology again.

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      Baileybearposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      what about the fundies that insist the bible is taken literally?
      
      In OT, have serpent in genesis in garden that talks,
      have leviathan sea serpent in job that boils the sea water,
      have apocalyse dragon in revelation that has many heads and eats babies,
      in Daniel (original KJV & catholic version), Daniel makes a dragon explode by feeding it a mixture of fat, hair , pitch

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         Baileybearposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I've just published a hub about them

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   olgakhumloposted 13 years ago

   The dragon , the old serpent, is the Devil (Rev 20:2 ) will be bound a thousand years.

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      Woman Of Courageposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Amen.

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      Baileybearposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      yet satan has evolved just as much as dragons have
      
      http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Evolution-of-Satan-Part-1

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   billgaedeposted 13 years ago

   "how are the dragons & devils in the bible any different...
   
   ...than 4D spacetime, magical black holes, 0D Quantum particles, warped space, 1D strings, parallel universes, wave-packets...

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      Baileybearposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      no-one is claiming god can defeat any of those

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         Druid Dudeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         this is a strange place. see ya

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         billgaedeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I was not referring to interactions. I was referring to the objects claimed to exist by traditional religions such as Christianity and the newest religion: Mathematical Physics. Dragons, devils, and angels are supernatural objects. Spacetime, black holes, and 0D particles are irrational objects (i.e., concepts converted into objects). They are all a part of religion.

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            Baileybearposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            ah, you mean pseudo-science?  Guess that includes the big bang - I read religion came up with that too

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   billgaedeposted 13 years ago

   Bill: "Spacetime, black holes, and 0D particles"
   
   Bailey: " ah, you mean pseudo-science?"
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   Exactly! Religion passed off as 'science'!

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      Baileybearposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      oh, yes...seen plenty of that - claims that humans walked with dinosaurs & one big flood formed landscape

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