On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Winelfred G. Pasamba <winelfredpasa...@gmail.com> wrote: > if i understand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(mythology) correctly > > daemon (latin for daimon) used to mean a good or bad spirit in greek > then Plato and Xenocrates started to associate it with evil (~400BC) > then when the Septuagint was translated to Greek they used daimon for evil > spirits and angelos for good spirits > then "The usage of daimon in the New Testament's original Greek text, caused > the Greek word to be applied to the Judeo-Christian concept of an evil > spirit by the early 2nd century AD." > > maybe we should ask Plato why they polarized the term? > anyway the ancient greek religions were probably confused on that before, > that's why they are now referred to as "ancient religions" and mythology.
I suspect that he didn't. The polarization came to effect inadvertently by subsequent followers to appeal with popular thought. -- Zak B. Elep || zakame.net 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
