Why is salt believed to repel demons and what are the origins of that belief?

What repels demons?

Secular answerDemons are a part of almost every religion in the world. It seems that religion needs demons as much as demons need religion.Atheism repels demons. When you no longer believe in religion, demons no longer exist.If you believe in demons, there are many types of advice on how to repel them. Salt is said to be able to repel demons because it is pure.Religious answerTo start with, the following are anathema to demons:confidence, happiness, cleanliness and order, ritual purity, and godliness.

What does Ganesha hold?

The physical attributes of Ganesha are themselves rich in symbolism. He is normally shown with one hand in the abhaya pose of protection and refuge and the second holding a sweet(modaka), symbolic of the sweetness of the realized inner self. In the two hands behind him he often holds an ankusha(elephant goad) and a pasha (noose). The noose is to convey that worldly attachments and desires are a noose. The goad is to prod man to the path of righteousness and truth. With this goad Ganesha can both strike and repel obstacles. His pot belly signifies the bounty of nature and also that Ganesha swallows the sorrows of the Universe and protects the world.

Why is Our Lady of Victory named after Mary Mother of God?

By the middle of the 16th century the Muslims had invaded much of what is called Western Europe, and were approaching Vienna and the nations of Europe joined forces to repel the invaders and the Muslims were decisively defeated at the sea battle of Lepanto in 1572. The victors ascribed their success to the interecession of the Virgin Mary whose help they had implored through the Rosary. Pope Pius V instituted a new Catholic feast day of Our Lady of Victory, which is now celebrated by the as the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on 7th of October. Today, Catholics see the title Our Lady of Victory (Our Lady of Victories) in non-militaristic terms, but as being a sign that eventually good will triumph over evil, love over hate, joy over sorrow and life over death. Related Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Rosary

What is a false prophet?

The New Testament speaks of two "false prophets": a "historical" one whom Barnabas and Saul [Paul] met during their travels to the island of Paphos:"...they met a Jewish sorcerer, a false prophet named Bar-Jesus." (Acts 13:6 NLTNew Living Translation)Whose given name was: "...Elymas, the sorcerer (as his name means in Greek)..." (verse 8).And Bible prophecy speaks of another "future" False Prophet who shall be "joined-at-the-hip" [as the saying goes] to a "political/military" leader whom the Bible calls "the Beast." They are both introduced to God's servants, first, in Revelation 13, where God's Word calls them BOTH "beasts!" With the False Prophet taking a lesser role to the First Beast; the Bible introducing the False Prophet as "another beast" [Rev.13:11].These two will rule the coming brief [three-and-a-half year] prophesied resurrection of the old Holy Roman Empire when the present strife and attacks on the global economy finally collapses it, to the dismay and panic of all the nations of the world -- plunging the world into Jesus' prophesied scenario of "Great Tribulation" [horrifying, unprecedented global distress, that, if left in man's Satan-guided hands, would result in the cessasion of all life on the earth - see Matt.24:21-22].These two men, the Beast and the False Prophet, are first named as such in Revelation's 16th chapter; where Satan, the Beast and the False Prophet all give voice to the nations of the world to gather their military forces together to repel the "alien invasion" they see forming in the clouds that surround the darkened earth. The "alien invasion," of course will be the returning Jesus Christ and His armies approaching the earth to save it from the demons who rule it... but the deceived nations won't know this:"...I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs leap from the mouth of the Dragon [Satan; see Rev.12:9], the Beast, and the False Prophet. These miracle-working demons caused all the rulers of the world to gather for battle against the LORD on that Great Judgment Day of God Almighty... And they gathered all the rulers and their armies to a place called Armageddon in Hebrew." (Rev.16:13-16 NLT)Being future characters in the fulfilling of Bible prophecy... they remain nameless. It's only to God's Believing, Faithful servants who know and trust His Word, to whom God will "reveal" the identity of the Beast and False Prophet... just before Jesus returns:"...let us tell you about the coming again of our LORD Jesus Christ and how we will be gathered together to meet Him. Please don't be so easily shaken and troubled by those who say the Day of the LORD has already begun... Don't be fooled by what they say. For THAT DAY WILL NOT COME until there is a great rebellion against God and THE MAN OF LAWLESSNESS IS REVEALED - the one who brings destruction." (II Thess.2:1-3 NLT)Prophetically... to the very end... the Beast and False Prophet both go "unnamed." Right up to the moment when Christ casts them both into the "Lake of Fire" [Gehenna; the valley east of Jerusalem, which Christ will kindle into flame that will last throughout His entire thousand year earthly ministry, and on into the "eighth day" -- Judgment Day."And the Beast was captured, and with him the False Prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the Beast - miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the Beast and who worshiped his statue. BOTH the Beast and his False Prophet were thrown alive into the Lake of Fire that burns with sulfur." (Rev.19:20 NLT)The world will see both of these men as "heroes"... not "beastly" or "false." Only God's Faithful servants, for whom the Bible was written, will be able to discern the identity of these two, as yet unnamed [and unrevealed], men.

How accurate is Acts of the Apostles in reconstructing the history of the early Church?

A:I believe Acts of the Apostles is not very accurate at all. When we are able to compare passages in Acts about the apostle Paul with what he himself wrote, there are often wide discrepancies: According to the epistles, Paul did not spend time in any existing Christian community for the purpose of instruction, nor did he have a mentor who travelled with him in order to instruct him in the faith. In fact, Galatians 2:9 suggests that the Jerusalem leaders and Paul were unknown to each other until nearly twenty years after Paul's conversion. Whereas Paul had represented Barnabas as a loyal assistant, Acts had Barnabas become a mentor assigned to Paul by the Jerusalem elders in order to educate him and play a part in the Gentile church as an equal to Paul. In this account, Paul became a leader within the church, performing great wonders and miracles, but always outshone by his superiors.In the epistles, there is no mention of Paul performing or experiencing miracles, and Paul presented himself as a man unlikely to have experienced miracles, other than the revelations from God. Paul faced many challenges to his authority, yet in his account he never performed miracles to persuade or repel his opponents, nor even described those miracles that appear in Acts when to write about them would have enhanced his authority. Paul could not risk his credibility by writing about miracles and wonders that he performed if they never really happened, since he could be challenged to substantiate any events he described. However, after a safe interval of many decades, the author of Acts attributed previously unknown miracles to Paul. In Acts, miracles were almost commonplace and, if miracles were attributed to Paul in order to ensure that Paul's followers were willing to accept this narrative and to gain their allegiance to Luke's concept of Christianity, then at the very least, there was significant division within Christianity during the early decades after the death of Paul.Acts says that after Paul's miraculous conversion, he went to Damascus, where his blindness was cured and he spent time being taught the gospel. Acts then divides the mission of Paul up into three missionary journeys. In his undisputed letters Paul gives us no information about the first missionary journey and his own account of his itinerary seems to differ considerably from that in Acts. Some who challenge the historicity of Acts dismiss the account of Paul's sea journey in Acts 27:1-28:14 as novelistic fiction. On these issues, Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) says the three journeys are only a convenient classification developed by students of Acts.In 2 Corinthians chapter 11, Paul describes how when he went to Damascus, he was lowered down a wall in a basket to escape the governor, who was furious at him for converting Gentiles. Acts chapter 9, written some decades later, mirrors Paul's account, but says that when Paul first went to Damascus, he was lowered down a wall in a basket to escape the Jews, who were furious at him for converting Jews. This change to Paul's account allows the author to portray Peter as the instigator of the decision to preach to the Gentiles.Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) says that the scene involving Stephen's trial and death is significant because the death of Stephen in Acts matches so closely the death of Jesus in Luke. Both cases begin with a trial and then the Jewish mob demands the death penalty. Both accounts speak of the Son of Man at the right hand of God (Luke 22:69; Acts 7:56); both have a prayer for the forgiveness of those who are effecting this execution ( Luke 23:34a; Acts 7:60); both have the dying figure commend his spirit heavenward (Luke 23:46; Acts 7:59). Brown says that Acts has shown Peter providing continuity with Jesus' ministry of healing and preaching, while Stephen provides continuity with Jesus' death. Importantly, he says we can never verify the existence or martyrdom of Stephen.Acts of the Apostles is not really a history of the early Church. An important, well disguised theme is the primacy of St Peter over St Paul, drawing them together in a number of subtle comparisons, even when those comparisons are in widely separated chapters. If a previously unknown miracle was attributed to Paul, then quite comparable miracles were also associated with Peter, and the miracles associated with Paul were always less impressive those associated with Peter.According to Acts, Paul's first miraculous cure was improbably similar to Peter's first cure. In both cases, a man who had been lame since birth was immediately cured by being commanded to stand and walk. Peter's first miracle cure was performed in the name of Jesus, at the Temple, where the faithful saw the healed beggar praising God, and was the opportunity for some outstanding proselytising. Paul's first cure was clumsy and without apparent purpose, given that Paul did not tell the man about Jesus and he was even mistaken for a pagan god.In an even more difficult challenge, Peter resurrected Tabitha, a good woman and a disciple, who was certainly dead and her body had already been washed. This miracle became known throughout Joppa and, as a result, many were converted. Paul also resuscitated a young man who foolishly fell asleep in an upper storey window and fell to the ground. There is some uncertainty as to whether the young man was really dead when Paul intervened to revive him, and the miracle did not present an opportunity to convert unbelievers.Peter and Paul were also capable of malevolent miracles. In an apparent miracle, Paul blinded Elymas (Bar-jesus) the sorcerer, for trying to frustrate his attempts to convert Sergius Paulus. But Peter was to be feared more than Paul. A certain man named Ananias sold a possession and gave only some of the proceeds to Peter, who believed that the church was entitled to all the money. Peter realised the deceit immediately and Ananias fell dead. Later, Peter told Ananias' wife she would also die, because she repeated the deceit. The two slayings were carried out with almost no effort on Peter's part, whereas Paul could only blind Elymas for a season, and to do this had to wave his hand across his victim's face.According to Acts, Peter was released from prison twice by angels, who in one case accompanied Peter from the prison. There was no doubt about the extent of divine assistance Peter received in his escapes. Paul was released from prison by a timely earthquake that arguably need not have been of divine origin, and furthermore he did not make good his escape.

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