05-05-2024, 08:02 PM
(05-05-2024, 06:19 PM)Creaky Wrote: So these people are human or spirits?
I kind of get the impression you are indicating they are supposedly spiritual beings pretending to be human?
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Angel
Superhuman or heavenly being who serves as God's messenger. Both the Hebrew malak and the Greek angelos indicate that these beings also act decisively in fulfilling God's will in the world. But these two terms also apply to human beings as messengers ( 1 Kings 19:2 ; Hag 1:13 ; Luke 7:24 ).
An angel is defined a messenger so, doesn’t really gel with me theologically
Seems you are making a comment based on biblical teachings and I don’t see how that is possible
on a personal level, yes I believe there are people who are extremely compassionate and empathetic but, it seems life scars have made them this way
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Perhaps that is one way to look at this. But I felt that not to be a mystic allegory. I think people... some of them particularly... are intensely good. Ironically, they usually are not tolerated unless they hide who they are. These people, by their nature, are a force of goodness. Whereas I could be an inspirationally inclined person who could embrace the idea as "Anyone might be one." Generally uplifting you see.
The spiritual identity-minded might invoke an "essence unseen" or an "influence unfelt" as an entity - an angel or a demon - it matters little as a diagnosis... I can only deal with the effects. So I proceed with the human experience as my context, generally.
Once you get into the demon or angel "personality" the complications get deep. It's too easy to project, and contrive an understanding, crafting it, rather than experiencing it.
Everyone either has 'scars' or makes their own, whether that person is good or evil... there are no special cases. Pain doesn't engender personal growth, it only mimics it.
