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Tobit concerns itself very heavily with a demon named Asmodeus and his banishment.

>>773911

Apocryphal

Saul is plagued by a "distressing spirit" and needs David to send it away by playing his harp.

>>773913

Oh, you must have the handicapped version.

>>773893

They weren't absent in the OT, there was just less urgency in their work. They got scared in the year 1 AD.

>>773915

Moloch is never explicitly referred to as a demon in the Bible, just a "false god".

>>773913

>bu- but… Mr. Martin Luther didn't like it

that's adorable.

>>773893

There's not a ton about Satan either. Genesis has the serpent, but never calls him Satan, that identification of the serpent with Satan doesn't happen until Revelation. Job has Satan as a being walking about on the earth, but he doesn't exactly seem to be on hostile terms with God, making bets with him. The part about a third of angels falling doesn't show up till Revelation either. Also not a lot about hell as a place of eternal burning torment; most use of hell in the OT is better translated as grave. And even heaven in the OT is either just God's home, or the sky, not usually where the saved will go.

>>773913

>listen to the children of the devil

>>773942

Satan was referred to as Belial in the book of Judges.

>>773950

No one's worshipping that statue

>>773950

Did you seriously use BCE and CE in your image…

>>773950

>>774008

Except for places like India and Latin America where people literally honor fictional saints like Santa Muerte as idols; the World may have outgrown the fleshly mindset of worshipping fictional creations that represent power over the elements, but the fleshly principle of "give me this, Oh great thing in front of my eyes" remains, with the demons moving the hearts of many towards the sins of idolatry and coveting.

Moloch and Mammon are pretty much interchangeable in our modern society; like women sacrificing unborn children for their career. Moloch represents the hidden evils that people do with money in the high places as well as the destructive aspects of desiring money, while Mammon represents the desire for more money.

The fallacy of unlimited economic growth, the perpetual bull, is an idol that leads many companies towards cutting costs, ignoring consumer demands, mismanaging brands with poor quality products, and withholding wages from their employees(James 5:4).

Even though nobody directly worships the statue itself, there is still wickedness in the high places.

Psalm 96:5 (LXX): "All the gods of the nations are demons".

>>773893

They aren’t absent in the Old Testament. There is an incident at the end of numbers, and there is a very weird summoning the dead seance this scene just prior to the death of Saul in (1 Samuel I believe, or maybe beginning of 2 Samuel?) David goes off to pray and fast and consult with the Lord, Saul goes to a witch and summons the dead.

I also have not quite finished Old Testament just yet , but there are at least a few incidents , and the one in numbers especially is referenced elsewhere a lot more times than just the time there.

>>774010

Thank catholicism for not genociding the native when they had the chance and for being indifferent with it's heresy.

>>774025

>96:5 (LXX)

It's Psalm 95 though. 96 is from the MT.

>For all the gods of the nations are demons, But the Lord made the heavens; (OSB)

>For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens. (DRB)