Fear Not!

Alright folks, it's time for my first post with actual content. Today's topic: angels. Now, when many of you think of an angel, you get an image of some guy in white robes with a halo and fluffy wings. In almost all cases, this is completely wrong. Take the cherub. Naked baby with wings? Try "multi-winged humanoid with four different faces". In many verses, angels are described as being beautiful. Beautiful, and often terrible to behold. The angel in Daniel 5:6 : "His body was like chrysolite, his face like lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude." Beautiful, but at the same time fucking terrifying. And those are just the angels that look like people. Some are described as looking like rings of flame lined with eyes. In Revelations, there are four angels that appear as six-winged, eye-covered animals. There are angels that appear as nothing more than a light or a suggestion that comes in the night. In short, angels can look like damn near anything.

Angel behavior is also a bit different than what you might think. Angels are typically described nowadays as sitting around on clouds, twiddling their thumbs and playing the harp. Not so. In the Bible, especially the Old Testament, they got shit done. They were messengers - and soldiers - of God. If you did something that pissed one of them off, you were in trouble. If they just blinded you, you could consider yourself lucky. If they really didn't like you... well, you were dead. Archangel Michael (aka, the guy with the flaming sword) is said to have wiped out an entire Assyrian army - nearly 200,000 men - all by his lonesome.

So, in short, angels are terrifying, vengeful soldiers of God who could blow you away without a second thought... if you make them angry.

In the Beginning...

Hey, everyone. Or, quite possibly, 'hey, no one'. Anyway, like most first posts, this one contains a lot of introduction and not much actual content. So, let's get that out of the way so we can move on to bigger and better things. My name's Mike, and though I am not a particularly religious man, I'm interested in the mythology behind a lot of the major religions. That is what this blog is going to focus on. No mundane crap about what I had for breakfast (that's what twitter's for, haha). You can expect angels, demons, and everything in between. Stay tuned, folks.

Rouge Angles of Satin. Or something

Huh. Last post was... wow. That long, huh? Sorry, three follower-peeps. Ive been swamped lately, and I'm running on damn close to no sleep just about now. anyway, this might not be the most coherent post, but its been too long since I did something with this,

So. Last post was about angels, high time we talk about demons. Really, angels and demons are just two sides of the same coin. You guys probly know the drill. Lucifer, one of the biggest baddest angels of the bunch rebels against God and takes like a third of the other angels with him. Archangel michael kicks all there asses to the curb, an they all get chucked down into the pits of hell. Happy fun time.

Anyway, the actual appearence of a demon as they're described in the bible is kind of different fro m the popular image of a red guy with horns. Usually, demons don't even have a physicaal form, they're just incorporeal spirits. They're also not usually as powerful as angels. Mostly they can just whisper things in peoples ears while thry sleep, tempting them to sin,. Kinda boring.But, as theyre described in the bible,

Ah, fuck thjis i can barely think. Work tomorroew, Sleeep now