no, nor is everything that is a false god which is the very point I am making...all of the things that I mentioned in that post can and do become idols in the hearts of people, some even in the church, yet you don't call all of them demons, why? If all idols and false gods are demons, why are the examples above not in your mind demons? Maybe because in your mind they are more palatable? That is why many make the claims you are trying to make. Let's look at the passage and try to find what you claim, okay?!...."
7 “‘When any of the Israelites or any foreigner residing in Israel separate themselves from me and set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block before their faces and then go to a prophet to inquire of me, I the Lord will answer them myself. 8 I will set my face against them and make them an example= and a byword. I will remove them from my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
9 “‘And if the prophet is enticed to utter a prophecy, I the Lord have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel."
Not a single word about them being demons...and honestly, I am kind of amazed you want to try to make an issue out of this...but lets continue. Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.....nope, no mention of them being demons only that they are idols For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person--such a person is an idolater--has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God....again, no mention of the idol being a demon...hum, I wonder why I challenged you to show that all idols are demons when I said I haven't yet found a scripture that says they are?!
But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people....yet another passage that fails to show what you claim.
22deeds of coveting
and wickedness,
as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride
and foolishness.
23“All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.” ...again no mention of the idol being a demon...I think you are confusing the word idol with demon and in that confusion trying to argue something that simply does not exist in scripture. Of course idols are bad and sinful, I said that right off the bat, but they are not always demons and that is what you are trying to argue with me about...so if you are right, and all idols are demons, please show it in scripture where I missed that passage. amen...but that says nothing at all about all idols being demons....you have taken issue with me for saying that I do not know if the idols of the OP are themselves demons or not since I have not tested them...yet every passage you present says that idols are evil and nothing more...amen, idols are evil but that does NOT equal all idols are demons...so if you want to take issue with what I said, then please put forth your biblical evidence that all idols are demons...otherwise I think we are done. amen...but again you show nothing here about demons...where are the passages that you want to say that all idols are demons or that we should not test the spirits to see if they are demons? yep...shall I repeat myself yet again? Where is the scriptural proof you want to come against what I said that not all idols are demons? All idols are wrong and evil amen, we agree on that and I talked about that long ago but that they are all demons I see no scriptural proof of and if you don't want to present the scriptural proof you seem to think you have we must be done talking with me evidencing my claim and you are not.