Theologies - Clover

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The Supposed Origin of Demons
**What follows are major viewpoints used to explain the origin of demons.
View #1: Demons are non-existent; belief in demons/demonic possession
is simply superstition and/or accommodation to explain disease,
disorders or other related yet unexplainable phenomena.
View #2: Demons are departed spirits; possibly these spirits were
men or some type of spiritual being or lesser deity.
View #3: Demons are bodiless spirits (seventh day host) or
Tower of Babel rebels; Rabbinic speculation.
View #4: Demons are spirits of pre-Adamic man; due to rebellion,
these men and Lucifer, their ruler, were judged by God.
View #5: Demons are the terrible offspring of angelic cohabitation with
women; this view sees Genesis 6 as describing the unnatural
union of angels with man to produce the "nephilim".
View #6: Demons are fallen angels; due to Lucifer's rebellion,
many others (possibly one-third) were influenced to rebel
against God; these fallen angels became demons.