Being near a demon or demonic artifact makes humans evil or insane

Often there are only 'demons' with no corresponding angels. It's silly to think Abrahamic mythology is an end-all be-all.

I can think of an example that contradicts your point: in Demon the Descent, angels and demons both can imbue artifacts with mystical energy which has odd effects on mortals.

In the bible it causes people to feel ill and grow tumors or even die, so it's basically radioactive because god did it. It's not instant killing light like in the movie though.

Abrahamic cosmology is generally not dualistic in the strict ying/yang sense. The devil is not just an evil version of God and evil isn't simply the other side of good.

Yeah, if you have PROPER angels then you won't need to add in negative effects, they'll just be utterly horrifying.

Demons get corrupting hot babes.
Angels get virtuous winged wheels covered in eyes.

Sometimes you get angels who seem to pass well enough for human, like the ones who showed up at Sodom in Genesis.

How haughty do you like your angels?

What would an Angelic possession be like?

They are the direct, perfect creations of whichever God. Of course they're superior to humans. Why do you think Lucifer went rogue?

something something castiel

>Did I just spend my whole paycheck buying that homeless guy new clothes?
>I spent HOW long at the orphanage?
>I don't remember learning CPR.

Source? I ask because perhaps the ark was just actually a source of uranium, and I like scientific explanations for religious phenomena.

Light shining through the eyes, impossibly loud voice.

youtube.com/watch?v=YZvbCgnCJoA

You know all those reports of angels with the appearance of humans with wings and halos? That's what it looks like when an angel possesses you.

this
christianity aint hindu

>Paul went blind for three days after seeing an apparition of Jesus
>Angels generally start conversations with "don't be afraid" because their very presence makes people shit their pants
>Muhammad (pastrami be upon him) almost killed himself after hearing the voice of Gabriel
>God appearing as a fucking burning bush told Moses to avert his eyes

>"B-But the good guys can't be cool and intimidating because being cool and intimidating is evil"
This is why everyone likes playing bad guys: the good guys are dumb, boring and look stupid. This is also why I unironically like crusaderposting: it actually gives the good guys their groove back.

There's no mention of tumors or radioactivity.
Unauthorised personnel who gaze upon it are struck down instantly. Sometimes even those who are allowed.
That's why they tied a rope around anyone who went in to see it, so they could be dragged out.
You dirty dog shmeckle.

Going by actual biblical mythology being around angels makes you very very very afraid. Hell, in Jewish mythology some angels are always on FUCKING FIRE because they are that close to god.

I invoke moral relativism.

Both are giving people positive experiences and making them more virtuous, the only difference is the value system involved.

>Being on fire = closer to god
BRB going to go impersonate an angel.

Those Jews in the holocaust sure enjoyed the positive experience of Hitler's value system, eh?

You're forgetting the part where Angellic artifacts make people possessive of them and are capable of driving them completely mad, to to how otherworldly they are.

There's a probably a reason God gave King Solomon a few thousand Demons to fuck around with opposed to Angels.

>wake up
>see this
>wat do?

Yes exactly, except in this particular instance Hitler is a deity.

be not afraid.

abstract angels are so cool

>crusaders
>good

you take those words back you dirty infidel, or me and my jihadi bros rape your sister

I'm pretty sure there was mentions of tumors and illness when Philistines stole the Ark. Also, I remember it was said that god struck down (which happens many times in Old Testament) those who touched it rather than Ark, but the Ark itself also had ill effects of it's own.

God is supposed to be all about Free Will, so holy artifacts don't mess with that. Instead their powers are about curing afflictions or warding off evil. The Church used to make tonnes trading in relics of saints, bits of the True Cross etc for that reason

>crusaders
>good
>abrahamic god
>good in the fucking slightest
lol

I prefer CS Lewis's relation of evil to good: evil is good gone rotten, spoiled, and septic, OR evil is a virus latching on to good because evil never creates, only pirates.
Basically, sex is good, and rape is bad because it takes something good (sex) and uses it in a bad way and toward bad ends

Also there's nothing in the Bible that suggests angels are robots in the "no free will" sense, tho they may be made of metal rather than meat

its in the qu'ran, flat out states that angels struggle with the concept of free will because gods been telling them what to do since time was a thing

Angels were and are the worst part of Supernatural.

So is Iblis a rebel or a faulty computer?

I think he's a Djinn (effectively a fire elemental) according to Islam.

being near an Angel makes you feel safe, secure, like nothing can harm you
their mere presence is reasurring and at least for the moment, eases you of all the troubles that burden you

they bring inspiration, comfort, peace, and rejuvenation
items blessed by angels lift a great weight from your body, as if someone out there is watching out for you and will help you through harrowing journeys

That's not in line with what can be found in bible. Then again fantasy angels can be what ever you want. I quite like the way bible portrays them, after all power is power, there is no good or bad power, only powerful good or bad beings. When confronted with something like an angel, a normal human is right to be terrified. How can he know whether this or that wheel of eyes has good intentions for him?

theres also the god turning people into pillars of salt and his affinity for fires
but melting faces and spoopy ghost stuff fits too
as for the ark of the covenant go ask the ethiopians

Demons are fallen angels, angels require free will in order to fall.
There were angels who disobeyed god and had children with human women, creating biblical giants anakhim.

they always bring up wheels with eyes, there are much cooler designs of angels than rotating eyed wheels.

the seraphs had six wings and were either made out of fire or permenantly on fire, they used two of their wings for flight, two wings like a shroud to conceal their faces and two wings draped over their legs to conceal their feet, they orbited the throne of god and spent eternity singing his praises when they weren't slapping someones shit or making sure reality didn't fall apart at the seams.

and thats to say nothing of the fucking cherubs, who bore four wings covered in eyes, four heads being the heads of a man, an ox, an eagle and a lion, the body of a lion and the cloven hooves of an oxen.

angels are weird, be not afraid indeed

demonic shit should turn people manic and psychotic
angelic shit should turn people depressed and sociopathic

haha yes so much work to be done. I see the demons everywhere now. no more concerns for consequences getting in my way. need more time though. too many things to do, gotta do them all now now need more stuff to do more things yes yes yes

fuck, what's the point? why should i care about these people? They are nothing, I am nothing compared to the beauty and grace of the angels. why bother? why care? get out of my way and leave me be.

Demigods are all nephilim
Gilgamesh was one of the first
Hercules was sired by a fallen angel calling itself Zeus, the God of Thunder

>holocaust
false analogy, it never happened.

So like a babby first Augustinus?

>Sacred items are more dangerous than demons, they usually kill most people just by being seen

With the exception of Supernatural, never

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....uuh fuck it.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_pornography
>mostly made by and for people living in Israel

>Your eyes will burn out of your sockets and you'll go blind
Was it necessary to explicit that you go blind after your fucking eyes have burnt?
Imagine a guy with charred eye sockets that can still see somehow

Angels don't do that

See, that's where you're wrong. Unless you want to specify a pantheon other than Abrahamic?

Works on a macro level, but I do agree more nuance is needed further in

An angel would not possess someone, because that implies a hostile takeover of the body, wresting its control from the rightful human owner.
More likely is some kind of conditional empowering with divine power, a la Samson, Moses, the Apostles.

Not exactly angelic but aren't relics of Saints believed to perform miracles

>BE NOT AFRAID CHILD...

He's not wrong though.