Theology Applied THE FRIDAY SPECIAL - Faeries | The “Elemental Spirits” (Colossians 2:8)
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May 10, 2024 Exploring the mysterious world of faeries and elemental spirits not fitting into the angel or demon categories. Delving into the theological implications of salvation for human-like beings on another planet and challenging traditional assumptions about angels. Examines the sinfulness of humanity, hierarchy of celestial beings, and explores high strangeness of mythological beings through a biblical lens.
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Scripture Isn't Exhaustive
- The Bible does not give an exhaustive inventory of created spiritual beings, so absence of a category there is not proof it never exists.
- We must avoid drawing conclusions from natural theology that contradict clear scriptural principles.
Earth‑Focused Spiritual Beings
- A radical but biblically-permissible idea is spiritual beings whose proper habitat is earthly rather than heavenly.
- Such beings would appear preternatural because they toe the line between seen and unseen.
Problems With A Third Species
- Medieval thinkers proposed fairies as a distinct third rational species, but that raises hard theological problems about sin and redemption.
- Treating them instead as angelic or fallen angelic beings avoids those problems.