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Did the angels who fell with Lucifer ever have a clear reason for why they rebelled? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by Magician@hexbear.net to c/christianity@hexbear.net

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I'm sorry if this is isn't the appropriate comm, but I'm curious about why the angels sided with Lucifer in a fight they knew they would lose?

Were there things Lucifer said to get angels on his side or did they just follow his example and refuse to subjugate themselves to humanity? Was there any context like that in the Bible?

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[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

The only actual Biblical mention of the "War in Heaven" is in the Book of Revelations, which was really more of a political allegory than a literal apocalypse prophecy. It was pride, rebellion against God's natural order, refusal to submit to or hold equal footing with humanity because they came first, and everything else is just John Milton fan fiction (again sometimes interpreted as his melodramatic baroque copium for the parliamentary revolution failing and losing his eyesight)