Are pagan faiths demonic?

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Are they of God?

All who truly seek God are of God. It is promised that they will find Him.

We seem so certain that Christianity and the Good is not about those who seek God, but rather about those who think that they in their interpretation have found him, and understand Him.

 

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The concrete thing is Jesus Christ and the description of Isa in Islam sounds like Jesus Christ but isn't. Its a deception.

Theological error and deception are quite different things.

Jesus and Mary are revered by Muslims. Jesus is the 6th prophet.

We must preach the Truth about Jesus to Muslims. There are many Anglican missions who do so. However, to start by indicating Muslims are not monotheists, anddo not revere Mary and Jesus, is downright silly.

 

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There are also offshoots of the world religions that might be included like Sufism.

There are twelve classical world religions—those religions most often included in history of world religion surveys and studied in world religions classes: Baha'i, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism. Here are overviews of nine of these classical religions. None of these are classed as pagan religions.

 

[Simon_Templar]

It depends on what you mean by "pagan" and "demonic".

Do you mean, are the gods that pagan's worship demons?
Do you mean, was their religion invented by demons?
do you mean, is everything about their religion false and/or evil?

The Biblical answer to the first question is pretty clearly yes. The Bible states in a few different spots, both Old and New Testaments that the other gods whom the gentiles worship are demons. This of course leaves unanswered the question of what is meant by "demons" which is not as clear cut as most modern people imagine.

The answer to the second question is most likely that the pagan (or any non-Christian) religions are a mixture of both angelic and demonic influences. The Bible paints a picture in which both Angelic and 'Demonic' (for lack of a better term) powers exert influence over the nations. The Angels try to deliver truth and direct people to God, but the Demonic forces do the opposite. As a result in most of the pagan religions you will find truths and good things which have been perverted and twisted into darkness.
CS Lewis referred to this as "gleams of celestial brilliance falling on jungles of filth and imbecility."

The answer to the last question is no. There are true and good things in most religions because no human civilization has ever been completely cut off from God and his divine influence through Angelic ministers.