Do you consider Beelzebub, Lucifer and Satan to be the same character or three different ones? [Spirituality & Religion]
26-30, F
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NorthernRoses · 26-30, F
@TimingQuasars Beelzebub is often used as a synonym for Satan, but should technically be a different demon entirely.
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@TimingQuasars the Bible tells us it means prince of devils...
Luke 11:15
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But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons."
Luke 11:15
Verse Concepts
But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons."
NorthernRoses · 26-30, F
@SW-User I mean, it definitely does not mean prince of devils. At least not literally. Beelzebul means "Lord of a High Place", later changed to "Beelzebub" because idk, maybe they thought "Lord of a High Place" was too flattering. Beelzebub means "Lord of the Flies".
Beelzebub was technically a semitic god of fertility, and as Christianity thought worshipping other gods was a big no-no, it got downgraded in their stuff.
Beelzebub was technically a semitic god of fertility, and as Christianity thought worshipping other gods was a big no-no, it got downgraded in their stuff.
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@NorthernRoses The Bible is my final authority on it but I did read somewhere outside the Bible that it was lord of flies
@NorthernRoses He's not different.