Are dragons basically Satan?

Satan can also appear as an angel of light, so you might as well remove all angelic images from your life.

(No, depictions of dragons are not Satanic. Sorry for the sarcasm).

Strathos said:

Satan can also appear as an angel of light, so you might as well remove all angelic images from your life.

(No, depictions of dragons are not Satanic. Sorry for the sarcasm).

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Yes , indeed when i was saved that was 3rd thing that i did .

No. Its symbolic. The devil is described as a lion in the Bible, but so is Jesus. The snake is also used as a symbol of the devil, but remember that Moses' staff turned into a serpent, and God told the Israelites to set up a bronze serpent statue to heal them from poison. Just because its used as a metaphor for Satan doesnt make it evil in itself.

MonstersvsMartyrs said:

No. Its symbolic. The devil is described as a lion in the Bible, but so is Jesus. The snake is also used as a symbol of the devil, but remember that Moses' staff turned into a serpent, and God told the Israelites to set up a bronze serpent statue to heal them from poison. Just because its used as a metaphor for Satan doesnt make it evil in itself.

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If that dragon was cute plushie i would consider that .

That serpent stick was later destroyed because Jews were worshipping it .

Amazing Horse said:

Might aswell hang all around your house pentagrams and goat heads where you are at it , because they are just symbols not Satan .

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Pentagrams have been used historically to refer to the five wounds of Christ. You even find them on Cathedrals.
Goats have been used to refer to the Scapegoat.

Both of those can be interpreted in a Christian light.

Symbols have no power in and of themselves. It is about intent.

Theres no evidence of the existence of dragons.

MonstersvsMartyrs said:

No. Its symbolic. The devil is described as a lion in the Bible, but so is Jesus. The snake is also used as a symbol of the devil, but remember that Moses' staff turned into a serpent, and God told the Israelites to set up a bronze serpent statue to heal them from poison. Just because its used as a metaphor for Satan doesnt make it evil in itself.

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Good point. The Bronze Serpent is a prefiguration of Christ, and Jesus told us to be as wise as Serpents. So the Snake can also be interpreted as a Christian symbol if you wish.

Amazing Horse said:

If that dragon was cute plushie i would consider that .

That serpent stick was later destroyed because Jews were worshipping it .

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Yes, and if the child was worshipping their dragon coloring books, I would say burn them too. But just having them around the house is doing nothing wrong.

Deuteronomy 4:2
Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you.

Amazing Horse said:

No i don't celebrate holidays , not even my birthday .

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Your birthday is not a holiday--yet!

Quid est Veritas? said:

Pentagrams have been used historically to refer to the five wounds of Christ. You even find them on Cathedrals.
Goats have been used to refer to the Scapegoat.

Both of those can be interpreted in a Christian light.

Symbols have no power in and of themselves. It is about intent.

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All the more reason why we must know the Biblical interpretation of these and what they meant back then and how God see's them, then, after that and knowing that, making a determination or judgment afterwards...

Quid est Veritas? said:

Good point. The Bronze Serpent is a prefiguration of Christ, and Jesus told us to be as wise as Serpents. So the Snake can also be interpreted as a Christian symbol if you wish.

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This gets on dangerous ground, as some, like the Pharisees concluded, is that Jesus was a or the serpent or Satan himself, deceiving the whole world...

But, I rather think that, for God to "catch or trap a serpent in his own cunning" it takes a "greater serpent" than the serpent your trying to catch... Jesus was kind of like a serpent, or at least could be like that if and when needed or necessary, but, he is also a lion and a lamb...

Truth is God (and Jesus being God) could be anything he wished and could switch that up at any time, being "all" of them in reality... Satan is not all of them, but is some of them, as much as he tries to be like God and be all of them, he is not...

Each animal likeness is a personality or way of behaving or acting that is like the spirit of or in the one being described...

God Bless!

Psalm 104
24How many are your works, Lord!

In wisdom you made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.

25There is the sea, vast and spacious,

teeming with creatures beyond number—

living things both large and small.

26There the ships go to and fro,

and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.

Job 41
12“I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs,

its strength and its graceful form.

13Who can strip off its outer coat?

Who can penetrate its double coat of armora ?

14Who dares open the doors of its mouth,

ringed about with fearsome teeth?

15Its back hasb rows of shields

tightly sealed together;

16each is so close to the next

that no air can pass between.

17They are joined fast to one another;

they cling together and cannot be parted.

18Its snorting throws out flashes of light;

its eyes are like the rays of dawn.

19Flames stream from its mouth;

sparks of fire shoot out.

20Smoke pours from its nostrils

as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.

21Its breath sets coals ablaze,

and flames dart from its mouth.

Genesis 1
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.

Neogaia777 said:

This gets on dangerous ground, as some, like the Pharisees concluded, is that Jesus was a or the serpent or Satan himself, deceiving the whole world...

But, I rather think that, for God to "catch or trap a serpent in his own cunning" it takes a "greater serpent" than the serpent your trying to catch... Jesus was kind of like a serpent, or at least could be like that if and when needed or necessary, but, he is also a lion and a lamb...

Truth is God (and Jesus being God) could be anything he wished and could switch that up at any time, being "all" of them in reality... Satan is not all of them, but is some of them, as much as he tries to be like God and be all of them, he is not...

Each animal likeness is a personality or way of behaving or acting that is like the spirit of or in the one being described...

God Bless!

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Jesus himself explain what that serpent was , you will find nothing in OT about it tho .
John 3:14

Nathan98 said:

Im just wondering if this is true, cause I have some kid-friendly dragon material in my household.

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Perhaps, but prosecution lawyers most certainly are. Make sure you get rid of all of the images of prosecution lawyers that you have in your household.

But seriously are you not aware of the international cross cultural, and biblical imagery of the dragon?
This dragon from China holds the globe of the world in his hand as a trophy.

Nathan98 said:

Im just wondering if this is true, cause I have some kid-friendly dragon material in my household.

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Dragons are basically fantasy.

Zoii said:

Theres no evidence of the existence of dragons.

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There might be no evidence of the European fire breathing winged, four armed scaled green dragon, but there is evidence of huge crocodiles, alligators and King cobras.

Dragons no....mosquitoes yes.

Gee....a lot of posts for something so simple....

.....Just tell your kids that dragons are make-believe and there is really no such thing. Worked for my kids, and I'm sure for the great majority of 'em.

Nathan98 said:

Im just wondering if this is true, cause I have some kid-friendly dragon material in my household.

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Generally not used that way today.

SkyWriting said:

Generally not used that way today.

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Yeah, but that's not like real dragons...they're evil.