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I once read that one of the major causes of the war in heaven was that Satan and his apostate angels did not believe in free will, at least not in the sense that most religious people do, and sought to construct a society in which men and women were essentially placed on the same level as farm animals. ADM ( talk) 01:45, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
I removed this:
because websites are usually not Wikipedia:Reliable sources (see WP:SPS) and the criticism of Gill seems to be given undue weight in any case. A.K.Nole ( talk) 20:47, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
This article currently presents a narrowly Christianist view: the fully encyclopedic theme is the subject of Neil Forsyth, The Old Enemy: Satan and the combat myth, which discusses the transformations of all the parallel narratives.-- Wetman ( talk) 18:43, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Just to sum up the issue; I opened by questioning the value of an entry with: Not sure why a tiny fringe sect's view is presented alongside established theology. Especially when it's in the context of a racist beliefs system (blacks being decedents of "neutral angels.") 15:14, 5 March 2010
The response received was "The Mormon church is hardly "tiny"." 16:05, 5 March 2010 Cuchullain
and I responded with an actual fact proving that it actually is very tiny (large for a cult perhaps, tiny for a religion):
Mormonism =14 million out of 6 billion. 0.0023% is pretty darn small actually; and it's hardly mainstream theology besides.) 02:07, 6 March 2010
So I think I won the "size" issue there, anybody else have anything to add? Cosmickingpin ( talk) 10:38, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Really? Does anyone have any sources on a Jewish War in Heaven tradition? Because I'm not familiar with it and the examples given are all, you know, about Jesus. -- 134.173.14.247 ( talk) 19:20, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Under the subtitled paragraph "Causes of Satan's Rebellion" there is a parenthetical note "(and as is said of Iblis in the Qur'an)." This comment is incorrectly located. It is a Non-Judeo-Christian interpretation of a Christian and non-Islamic religious text. As such it should be placed in the paragraph below with the subtitle "Similar motifs outside Judeo-Christian faiths." In addition, this item needs a reference providing credibility that it does indeed come from the Quran. For these two reasons, I am removing it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rvallimo ( talk • contribs) 20:31, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
I am looking for information on a few things, these are terms that I have come across in many religions (in diffrent definitions) "The Fallen, Grigori, War in Heaven, and Nephilim". Also if anyone has information on two terms i've come across that I can't really find definitions for (religiously) I would appreciate it, the terms are "Shadows of Heaven and Guardians/resolute protectors". Gizmo8024 ( talk) 07:43, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
Sorry - "war in heaven" is a wrong expression for another happening called "Fight in Heaven". This of Satan should be called correctly "Throw to Hell". - guest, 23 January 2016
I have edited War in Heaven to include references to the King of Babylon in Isaiah 14, Satan as one of the sons of god, and the use of hyperbolic language. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aisforatheist ( talk • contribs) 19:30, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
What exactly happened in the War in Heaven, what exactly did we do to deserve this? Would be good for the article.-- 78.156.109.166 ( talk) 20:41, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
There are obviously many questions to this. One may want to refer to or check out the anthroposophical or theosophical worldview that explains the evolution of the solar system and mankind. This gives an answer to all the questions asked here. A first entry point, just suggesting to add one concrete reference,may be Rudolf Steiner's Outline of Esoteric Science.
Now these are not matters that can be explained in short and simple terms, as the evolution of spiritual beings and influences on mankind is of a rather high complexity.
But in short, a high level introduction for the open mind.
On this planetary embodiement Earth, mankind received the Ego or I or mental body, the ability to have self-consciousness and hence be de-coupled from spiritual realities. This Ego or I, or soul, is threefold in that it includes the awareness of the other bodies: physical, etheric or life body, and astral body. This threefold soul is hence constituted by a sentient soul (astral body), intellectual soul (etheric), and consciousness soul (physical). These new faculties were woven onto and granted to mankind by the Spirits of Form and enabled by the first hierarchy (of Thrones, Seraphim and Cherubim). Now as these components were added in previous epochs Lemuria, Atlantis, and the current postatlantean epoch, some influences 'sneaked in' to the threefold soul, respectively called Luciferian, Ahrimanic and Asuric influences. These influences put stress on the normal evolution of mankind and challenge and thereby strengthen its anticipated evolution. In other words: by having to face these challenges, the development of mankind is served in its ultimate finality (even if it makes for a hefty and painful journey).
The war in heaven is this stress field between the main spiritual beings that guide the development of mankind, and the countering spiritual beings (named above). Proponents of this are ao Lucifer or Satan at the time of the Fall, in Lemuria .. when the awareness through senses seduced mankind by infusing desires, urges. Similarly Ahriman or Mephisto convinces man to focus on the material only (see the current material physical worldview). And the Asuric influences that come with the infusion of the consciousness soul make for an over-increase in egotism (which will ultimately lead to the destruction of by mankind at the end of this epoch; this is called the 'war of all against all' in revelation).
The goal of the whole affair is to allow mankind to be free of spiritual guidance (we don't believe in the spiritual reality these days because our current sensory experience is blind to it), the key point is that freedom is a requirement for love. And Mankind is to develop as the next hierarchy in creation, to ultimately become the 'Spirits of freedom and love'. This is the core of what we are to develop, this is our task at hand. Now this freedom is 'a first' in creation and the cosmos. And to enable this feat, something exceptional had to happen, a high spiritual being had to go through the gate of death. This spiritual being is called Christ, the sun-spirit, who has been guiding the development of mankind by making corrective actions at each stage of development of the threefold soul, in order to warrant a balanced evolutionary progression. This happened in Lemuria, Atlantean periods, and finally also at Golgotha which was truly a cosmic event and not something that can be understood in human mundane terms.
Michael is a being of the order of the archangels, and is the representative of this sun spirit Christ. He represents the battle for balance, against the dragon which represents the opposing influences mentioned above. In practice, what all this means, is that Man has to fight these influences in himself, to find a way of balance through these opposing influences that push and tear his development sidesways. Hence Christ represents the seed in every human being that allows us to, through the conscious control by our Ego or I, to refine our lower bodies (astral: by controlling urges and growing out of emotional drives; then etheric, ultimately the physical). That way the ego is pivotal in creating a higher (spiritual) self by refining and letting go of the lower bodies.
It is important to realize that our physical reality is a Maya reflection of what is going in in this War in Heaven. So everything you see around you, from the first and second World Wars, to current mobile internet computing with Facebook/Google and Apple .. in all such things, we can find a reflection of the above-mentioned spiritual influences. We should not think or judge in the polarity of good or bad, the challenge for us is to retain balance in our development as mankind. As in: retain focus on our task at hand, and not be carried away left or right off center. If you doubt it: check the world around you and see how people focus only on the material, or the virtual world on their small smartphone screen (or: where did the selfie come from all at once, and can you think of a better symbol of egotism) .. and realize none of that was this way only hundred years ago. So to keep a clear course through that storm is not for everyone. The key to the door is called Initiation, and some people are awakening spiritually in one way or another to this.
Sorry if this was too lengthy or too far fetched for most readers not into esoteric or metaphysical worldviews, I guess I was just in a flow there for a minute or two. For what it's worth. May those who are ready to hear, hear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.118.18.49 ( talk) 15:29, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
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Is that suspicious édit ok?-- 62.242.41.180 ( talk) 22:26, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
The lion's share of Superntural's seasons are devoted to angels v. demons; heaven v. hell. Michael v. Lucifer arc appears prominently in Seasons 5 and 14 as well as running as an undercurrent throughout the series. LSB96 ( talk) 13:12, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
Edited: Please see below.
Edit: Thank You to the person who added the highlighted link in this article, for the word, “Mythical”. There are probably many others, like myself, who have/or had, a completely different understanding of the word, “Mythical.” To confirm my understanding of this word, I checked with the Cambridge Dictionary online, which more closely aligns with my understanding of it. However,after following the highlighted link a Wikipedia Editor kindly added for clarification, hopefully it’s not just myself that sees there are other cultural and historical definitions of “Mythical”, and apparently “Truthful” is one of its meanings. Thank You very much to whomever added this knowledge about the use of the word as it pertains to this Wikipedia article about “The War in Heaven.
The first sentence of this article uses the word “mythical”, to describe “The War In Heaven”. The article refers to an event that is believed as being a true event, in both Judaism and Christianity. Therefore, since the article specifically regards an incident that did occur as a *true reality*, for those of us who have this event within our belief system, to call it a “mythical” event, is an inaccurate and extremely insensitive term. The event may be considered a “myth” to people of other religions, or of none; however, this article is referring to an event explicit to the faiths of Judaism and Christianity. For instance, I am not a Buddhist. However , if I were writing an article about an event that Buddhists themselves believe truly happened, within *their* faith’s belief system, I would *not* write that it is a “myth”! A better term to explain “The War In Heaven”, which Jews and Christians believe did occur in reality, would be to say it was “an event that is believed to have occurred, according to (or ‘within’) the Judaic Torah and Christian Biblical belief (systems).” But to call it “mythical” is a slap in the face to Judaism and Judeo-Christianity. We can be sure that *no* other religion would accept an article as valid, that calls an event that they believe truly occurred in their religion, as being a “myth”. The same consideration needs to be taken here. 71.161.203.229 ( talk) 09:33, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
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I once read that one of the major causes of the war in heaven was that Satan and his apostate angels did not believe in free will, at least not in the sense that most religious people do, and sought to construct a society in which men and women were essentially placed on the same level as farm animals. ADM ( talk) 01:45, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
I removed this:
because websites are usually not Wikipedia:Reliable sources (see WP:SPS) and the criticism of Gill seems to be given undue weight in any case. A.K.Nole ( talk) 20:47, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
This article currently presents a narrowly Christianist view: the fully encyclopedic theme is the subject of Neil Forsyth, The Old Enemy: Satan and the combat myth, which discusses the transformations of all the parallel narratives.-- Wetman ( talk) 18:43, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Just to sum up the issue; I opened by questioning the value of an entry with: Not sure why a tiny fringe sect's view is presented alongside established theology. Especially when it's in the context of a racist beliefs system (blacks being decedents of "neutral angels.") 15:14, 5 March 2010
The response received was "The Mormon church is hardly "tiny"." 16:05, 5 March 2010 Cuchullain
and I responded with an actual fact proving that it actually is very tiny (large for a cult perhaps, tiny for a religion):
Mormonism =14 million out of 6 billion. 0.0023% is pretty darn small actually; and it's hardly mainstream theology besides.) 02:07, 6 March 2010
So I think I won the "size" issue there, anybody else have anything to add? Cosmickingpin ( talk) 10:38, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Really? Does anyone have any sources on a Jewish War in Heaven tradition? Because I'm not familiar with it and the examples given are all, you know, about Jesus. -- 134.173.14.247 ( talk) 19:20, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Under the subtitled paragraph "Causes of Satan's Rebellion" there is a parenthetical note "(and as is said of Iblis in the Qur'an)." This comment is incorrectly located. It is a Non-Judeo-Christian interpretation of a Christian and non-Islamic religious text. As such it should be placed in the paragraph below with the subtitle "Similar motifs outside Judeo-Christian faiths." In addition, this item needs a reference providing credibility that it does indeed come from the Quran. For these two reasons, I am removing it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rvallimo ( talk • contribs) 20:31, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
I am looking for information on a few things, these are terms that I have come across in many religions (in diffrent definitions) "The Fallen, Grigori, War in Heaven, and Nephilim". Also if anyone has information on two terms i've come across that I can't really find definitions for (religiously) I would appreciate it, the terms are "Shadows of Heaven and Guardians/resolute protectors". Gizmo8024 ( talk) 07:43, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
Sorry - "war in heaven" is a wrong expression for another happening called "Fight in Heaven". This of Satan should be called correctly "Throw to Hell". - guest, 23 January 2016
I have edited War in Heaven to include references to the King of Babylon in Isaiah 14, Satan as one of the sons of god, and the use of hyperbolic language. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aisforatheist ( talk • contribs) 19:30, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
What exactly happened in the War in Heaven, what exactly did we do to deserve this? Would be good for the article.-- 78.156.109.166 ( talk) 20:41, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
There are obviously many questions to this. One may want to refer to or check out the anthroposophical or theosophical worldview that explains the evolution of the solar system and mankind. This gives an answer to all the questions asked here. A first entry point, just suggesting to add one concrete reference,may be Rudolf Steiner's Outline of Esoteric Science.
Now these are not matters that can be explained in short and simple terms, as the evolution of spiritual beings and influences on mankind is of a rather high complexity.
But in short, a high level introduction for the open mind.
On this planetary embodiement Earth, mankind received the Ego or I or mental body, the ability to have self-consciousness and hence be de-coupled from spiritual realities. This Ego or I, or soul, is threefold in that it includes the awareness of the other bodies: physical, etheric or life body, and astral body. This threefold soul is hence constituted by a sentient soul (astral body), intellectual soul (etheric), and consciousness soul (physical). These new faculties were woven onto and granted to mankind by the Spirits of Form and enabled by the first hierarchy (of Thrones, Seraphim and Cherubim). Now as these components were added in previous epochs Lemuria, Atlantis, and the current postatlantean epoch, some influences 'sneaked in' to the threefold soul, respectively called Luciferian, Ahrimanic and Asuric influences. These influences put stress on the normal evolution of mankind and challenge and thereby strengthen its anticipated evolution. In other words: by having to face these challenges, the development of mankind is served in its ultimate finality (even if it makes for a hefty and painful journey).
The war in heaven is this stress field between the main spiritual beings that guide the development of mankind, and the countering spiritual beings (named above). Proponents of this are ao Lucifer or Satan at the time of the Fall, in Lemuria .. when the awareness through senses seduced mankind by infusing desires, urges. Similarly Ahriman or Mephisto convinces man to focus on the material only (see the current material physical worldview). And the Asuric influences that come with the infusion of the consciousness soul make for an over-increase in egotism (which will ultimately lead to the destruction of by mankind at the end of this epoch; this is called the 'war of all against all' in revelation).
The goal of the whole affair is to allow mankind to be free of spiritual guidance (we don't believe in the spiritual reality these days because our current sensory experience is blind to it), the key point is that freedom is a requirement for love. And Mankind is to develop as the next hierarchy in creation, to ultimately become the 'Spirits of freedom and love'. This is the core of what we are to develop, this is our task at hand. Now this freedom is 'a first' in creation and the cosmos. And to enable this feat, something exceptional had to happen, a high spiritual being had to go through the gate of death. This spiritual being is called Christ, the sun-spirit, who has been guiding the development of mankind by making corrective actions at each stage of development of the threefold soul, in order to warrant a balanced evolutionary progression. This happened in Lemuria, Atlantean periods, and finally also at Golgotha which was truly a cosmic event and not something that can be understood in human mundane terms.
Michael is a being of the order of the archangels, and is the representative of this sun spirit Christ. He represents the battle for balance, against the dragon which represents the opposing influences mentioned above. In practice, what all this means, is that Man has to fight these influences in himself, to find a way of balance through these opposing influences that push and tear his development sidesways. Hence Christ represents the seed in every human being that allows us to, through the conscious control by our Ego or I, to refine our lower bodies (astral: by controlling urges and growing out of emotional drives; then etheric, ultimately the physical). That way the ego is pivotal in creating a higher (spiritual) self by refining and letting go of the lower bodies.
It is important to realize that our physical reality is a Maya reflection of what is going in in this War in Heaven. So everything you see around you, from the first and second World Wars, to current mobile internet computing with Facebook/Google and Apple .. in all such things, we can find a reflection of the above-mentioned spiritual influences. We should not think or judge in the polarity of good or bad, the challenge for us is to retain balance in our development as mankind. As in: retain focus on our task at hand, and not be carried away left or right off center. If you doubt it: check the world around you and see how people focus only on the material, or the virtual world on their small smartphone screen (or: where did the selfie come from all at once, and can you think of a better symbol of egotism) .. and realize none of that was this way only hundred years ago. So to keep a clear course through that storm is not for everyone. The key to the door is called Initiation, and some people are awakening spiritually in one way or another to this.
Sorry if this was too lengthy or too far fetched for most readers not into esoteric or metaphysical worldviews, I guess I was just in a flow there for a minute or two. For what it's worth. May those who are ready to hear, hear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.118.18.49 ( talk) 15:29, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
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Is that suspicious édit ok?-- 62.242.41.180 ( talk) 22:26, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
The lion's share of Superntural's seasons are devoted to angels v. demons; heaven v. hell. Michael v. Lucifer arc appears prominently in Seasons 5 and 14 as well as running as an undercurrent throughout the series. LSB96 ( talk) 13:12, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
Edited: Please see below.
Edit: Thank You to the person who added the highlighted link in this article, for the word, “Mythical”. There are probably many others, like myself, who have/or had, a completely different understanding of the word, “Mythical.” To confirm my understanding of this word, I checked with the Cambridge Dictionary online, which more closely aligns with my understanding of it. However,after following the highlighted link a Wikipedia Editor kindly added for clarification, hopefully it’s not just myself that sees there are other cultural and historical definitions of “Mythical”, and apparently “Truthful” is one of its meanings. Thank You very much to whomever added this knowledge about the use of the word as it pertains to this Wikipedia article about “The War in Heaven.
The first sentence of this article uses the word “mythical”, to describe “The War In Heaven”. The article refers to an event that is believed as being a true event, in both Judaism and Christianity. Therefore, since the article specifically regards an incident that did occur as a *true reality*, for those of us who have this event within our belief system, to call it a “mythical” event, is an inaccurate and extremely insensitive term. The event may be considered a “myth” to people of other religions, or of none; however, this article is referring to an event explicit to the faiths of Judaism and Christianity. For instance, I am not a Buddhist. However , if I were writing an article about an event that Buddhists themselves believe truly happened, within *their* faith’s belief system, I would *not* write that it is a “myth”! A better term to explain “The War In Heaven”, which Jews and Christians believe did occur in reality, would be to say it was “an event that is believed to have occurred, according to (or ‘within’) the Judaic Torah and Christian Biblical belief (systems).” But to call it “mythical” is a slap in the face to Judaism and Judeo-Christianity. We can be sure that *no* other religion would accept an article as valid, that calls an event that they believe truly occurred in their religion, as being a “myth”. The same consideration needs to be taken here. 71.161.203.229 ( talk) 09:33, 2 March 2024 (UTC)