This week at the Space we looked at Luke 4:31-42 and as a result I'm playing with an new definition of demon. A "demon" δαιμόνιον is any corruption of humanity that can't be explained otherwise. In Luke, 4:31-42 is the first time we come across "demons" δαιμόνιον. Here the possessed person is just shouting. In chapter 8 it looks like epilepsy, in chapter 9 it looks like a mental illness of sorts and in chapter 11 the person is mute, three things we would describe as sickness today. The Gospels often talk of healing the sick and casting out demons in the same breath so perhaps the two things are not as different as we might be tempted assume given medi-evil stories about demons. Anyway, just a thought to play with for a while.
2 comments:
bee vewy vewy careful
dis is dangewous tewitorwy
i think if you look you will find jesus heals the sick AND drives out demons
this for me strongly suggests the presence of both - however great evil has come to pass because of misguided ill informed beliefs. i am one such survivor.
please don't let the ill-informed, stupid and downright nasty abuse the gospels further by taking such a small passage and making such huge leaps.
you know better!
frogtheology
Hey Frogtheology,
Yes it is two separate things. My question though is how different. Are we talking "Barry likes to ride a motor bike and tap dance" different or "Barry likes to ride a motor bike and ride a moped" different? I think Xns have usually thought very different where as I think they could be much closer.
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