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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Demons, Devils, What the Hell's the Difference?

Beezlebob would be a good name for a more mild-mannered sort of demon. Or is it devil? What's the difference between a demon and a devil, anyway? Aren't devils supposed to be locked up in hell for eternity? Devils are fallen angels, I get that. But I thought they were supposed to be being punished! If they're up here all the time, infesting people, then what does that do to the whole "eternal! Once you get in, can't get out!" nature of hell? Seems like a bit of a crock of shit, to me. If you can get out whenever you damn well please to go up infesting people on the face of the earth - some big punishment! Where's the torment, there? These dudes are evil, that shit sounds like a blast to them.

Now maybe the demons aren't in hell, and the devils are, and that's the difference. But would that mean demons are never in hell? Don't they kind of deserve it? Or maybe it just means that they're called devils when they're in hell, and they're called demons when they're not in hell. Kind of like, under the surface of the earth, it's called magma. Up here it's lava. But if so, that puts us right back on the whole "damnation: how eternal is it, really?" question. Because then it sounds like hell has a wide open door policy!

Which one would win in a fight: a demon or a devil? I mean, normally you'd think of the demon as sort of a lesser minion. But after the way the devils got their then-angelic asses handed to them in that last fracas, I really don't see smart money betting their way.

We don't really know enough about these demons. Where did they come in?

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