Are dragons basically Satan?

[MonstersvsMartyrs]

Yeah, so the next time someone asks for advice on a public forum, ignore them. You should be ashamed of yourself

Iam confused, my friend. What did I do?

 

[Instrument150]

jk bud

 

[MonstersvsMartyrs]

jk bud

Oh ok. Thank you

 

[Instrument150]

Iam confused, my friend. What did I do?

I was just being silly. All you did was answer a question lol... Somehow that offended someone. I got your back

 

[MonstersvsMartyrs]

I was just being silly. All you did was answer a question lol... Somehow that offended someone. I got your back

Thanks lol

 

[MonstersvsMartyrs]

I may not be qualified to give this advice. Im still a young parent with a lot to learn. I will try my best to keep my own opinions to myself and only quote God's Word, which we know is trustworthy.

May God bless you all and give us all discernment and wisdom.

 

[RaymondG]

Im sorry if I offended anyone and I certainly didnt mean to try to appear more holy. I was just giving a friendly piece of advice, because thats what the OP asked for. My mother threw away my coin collecrion when I was little because she thought it was cursed by a witch. It may be a small thing now, but I still remember that it hurt. I dont want somebody else to go through that experience.

I dont get offended easily so you dont have to worry about that. The OP said he had kid friendly items....I didnt link that to his childrens toys. I personally dont see anything wrong with Dragons, but i also dont see anything wrong with others feeling that their IS something wrong with it.

My point was that this is not that big of a deal....He feels the dragons are staring at him funny.......remove them. If He thinks they are cute.....leave them.. I dont understand the need of religious advice.

Your opinions are heard and respected.....and you should continue to give it if you desire to.

 

[MonstersvsMartyrs]

I dont get offended easily so you dont have to worry about that. The OP said he had kid friendly items....I didnt link that to his childrens toys. I personally dont see anything wrong with Dragons, but i also dont see anything wrong with others feeling that their IS something wrong with it.

My point was that this is not that big of a deal....He feels the dragons are staring at him funny.......remove them. If He thinks they are cute.....leave them.. I dont understand the need of religious advice.

Your opinions are heard and respected.....and you should continue to give it if you desire to.

Thank you, I appreciate it.

Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Proverbs 28:26
Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

 

[actionsub]

Fascinating. I didn't know that!

Actually, that is the Rod of Asclepius. It was the symbol of the ancient cult of this god of healing, which was related to snakes. The Hipoocratic Oath starts: "By Apollo the Healer and Asclepius..."

It may be derived from the treatment of the parasitic worm Dracunculus Medenensis, which entailed dragging it out of the subcutaneous tissue by means of a stick. Alternately, it may have simply been derived from Asclepius' association with snakes, who were present in his sanctuaries and said to aid in healing.

Regardless, this medical symbol is derived from the Greco-Roman medical tradition and is of pagan origin. It predates the Christianisation of the Empire, and likely was strengthened and survived due to the erroneous connection to the Biblical Brazen Serpent Nehusthan.

Incidentally, especcially in the US, some medical organisations use a double snake over a staff with wings. This is the Caduceus, and is a symbol of Hermes. This is actually a symbol of Merchants and was mistakenly applied to the US army medical corps in 1902 by an uneducated top brass officer, to the chagrin and embarrassment of many, subsequently spreading to civilian usage. It is profoundly inappropriate, as Hermes was related to making money and was a psychopomp, taking the dead to Hades.

 

[actionsub]

I do not think God would compare our adversary to a fictional creature. God is not the author of confusion. There is nothing more satan would like to do than to get you to believe in the fact that he was fictional himself. Believing that he is compared to a fictional creature is just one step in that direction. People need to realize that the Bible refers to dragons as a real animal.



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My guess is that we're conflating two or three thoughts here:
1. What is referred to in our bible as "Dragons" is more than likely a carryover from King James era English. A "dragon" may well be a large lizard, just as you have the Kimodo Dragon lizard in the Far East that is quite real, and quite large.
2. The whole "fire breathing" thing that we associate with the word "dragon" comes from folklore and mythology. I think we can all enjoy a Godzilla movie without fear.
3. The problem comes when we combine the two thoughts. Ken Ham addresses this point very well:
Dragons: Fact or Fable?

 

[Bible Highlighter]

My guess is that we're conflating two or three thoughts here:
1. What is referred to in our bible as "Dragons" is more than likely a carryover from King James era English. A "dragon" may well be a large lizard, just as you have the Kimodo Dragon lizard in the Far East that is quite real, and quite large.
2. The whole "fire breathing" thing that we associate with the word "dragon" comes from folklore and mythology. I think we can all enjoy a Godzilla movie without fear.
3. The problem comes when we combine the two thoughts. Ken Ham addresses this point very well:
Dragons: Fact or Fable?

Not at all. The Leviathan sounds a lot like a fire breathing dragon. The Bible talks about how this fearsome creature with scales who breathred fire.

Job 41:15 "His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal."
Job 41:19 "Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out."
Job 41:21 "His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth."


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[Breve]

I thought the stance taken against having images of dragons in the home is the association with Chinese mythology and folklore and the concern it could be idolatrous to have them around.

 

[Allan David]

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

Dragons are summoned by invoking the dragon spirit which is an elemental creature in order to harness spiritual power and personal transformation. It is paganism which is associated with witchcraft and mysticism. Witchcraft is the devils tool and favoured mode of operation to manipulate and harm/destroy Christians, and symbology in mysticism is also used in witchcraft. In " Corinthians 10:5 we are told to cast down ''oppose and be rid of'' every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and in Proverbs 3:5-6 we are told to completely trust God and not our own understanding and in all ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path and in Ephesians 6:10 we are to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Also the 2nd of the 10 commandments says you are not to make yourself any graven image which is essentially an idol. So to have even a toy or statue or anything like that resembling a dragon ''in this instance'' is an invite for unclean-spirits to investigate you further and nobody should want that and believe it or not such symbolic creatures are associated with the devil and he is a total legalist and he'll use anything to get a foothold in a persons life- even an innocent or kid-friendly toy dragon because God associates the dragon with the devil in scripture and so does the devil and you should not want to possess anything that the devil is directly related to or recognizes as himself. P.s, please be kind to me if you don't agree and any scripture that is able to enlighten or correct me is most welcome, thanks.

 

[Presbyterian Continuist]

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

I have known some women who looked like dragons, but I wouldn't say they were anything to do with Satan!

 

[Monk Brendan]

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

Dragons are creatures of legend and fantasy. They do not exist. If I want to write a story about a dragon, I can make that dragon into anything I want--good, evil, indifferent, whatever. There is ONE species of dragon on the earth, and that is the Komodo Dragon, the largest walking reptile in the world. However, he doesn't have wings, and he doesn't breathe fire.

 

[Celticroots]

Not any more.
Dragons and unicorns battled each other to the death.

There's no scientifc evidence to support dragons or unicorns actually existed. If unicorns and dragons did fight to the death that would've been one heck of a show.

Team Unicorn!

 

[Friend-of-Jesus]

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

No. Dragons aren't Satan.

 

[Blade]

You know.. there are things (animals and what not) that could have been here...WAY before Jesus came and died. You did notice that this SNAKE that could talk? Didnt bother them at all it was ..normal. Then GOD said it would crawl on its belly? As if it was standing before? And again talking.

Job talks about something.. BIG! So before the flood who knows. Maybe some MYTH we talk about today.. was REAL back then.

 

[Colter]

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

Satan was a fallen Son of God who has been deposed and dragons are a myth.

 

[Erik Nelson]

Dragons are described as flight-capable, armored hexapods ("six-feet", here two hind-, two fore-, & two winged-limbs). On earth, flying armored six-limbed insects are the single most successful & prolific group of animals. Flight capacity is an enormously beneficial trait, affording protection from predators, as well as mobility. Birds are some of earth's most successful, widespread, and intelligent lifeforms. Of course, armor -- insects' exoskeletons, Birds' & reptiles' scales -- has obvious utility also.

Judging solely from earth as one known example, if humans ever encounter actual factual intelligent Aliens, it is actually predominantly likely, that such Alien "xenomorphs" would be flight-capable, armored, hexapods, more or less resembling "dragons" ("Ridley Scott Aliens with wings instead of shoulder tentacles" as it were):