7/3/2023 0 Comments Doodle god cheats devil vs godSome scholars believe that the notion of a central supernatural embodiment of evil, as well as the notion of angels, first arose in Western monotheism when Judaism came into contact with the Persian religion of Zoroastrianism. ![]() However, a "deva" or "diva" is not a devil. ![]() ![]() In other languages devil may be derived from the same Indo-European root word for deva, which roughly translates as "angel". The term devil can refer to a greater demon in the hierarchy of Hell. The English word devil derives from the Middle English devel, from Old English dēofol, from Latin Diábolus, from Late Greek Diabolos, meaning, slanderer, from diaballein, to slander: dia-, across + ballein, to hurl. In classic demonology, however, each of these alternate names refers to a specific supernatural entity, and there is significant disagreement as to whether any of these specific entities is actually evil. This entity is commonly referred to by a variety of other names, including Satan, Asmodai, Beelzebub, Lucifer and/or Mephistopheles. ![]() The Devil is the name given to a supernatural entity, who, in most Western religions, is the central embodiment of evil.
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