Did they also get that from Paganism or is it just something from cartoons?
2007-03-02 08:45:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The picture of the angel on the right shoulder and the devil on the left is a funny, cartoonish depiction of a very real human dilemma--the struggle between good and evil. Don't you often feel tugs within yourself, one to do the right thing, and one to do the wrong thing?
I don't know the answer to your question for sure, but I imagine that the image you describe was invented by a cartoonist.
That said, the Bible does include advice and episodes of devilish temptation. The most famous is Satan trying to tempt Jesus in the desert, depicted in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. There are also angelic warnings, encouragements, and visitations: Gabriel visiting Zechariah, then Mary; angels attending Jesus after the Devil's tempation, and also in Gethsemene; angels visiting Lot's family and then escorting them out of Sodom; an angel breaking Peter out of jail.
In fact, one epistle does tell of Satan and the archangel Michael arguing over Moses' body. I believe Satan and Michael also battle it out in the book of Revelation. Offhand, I can't think of any more Biblical descriptions of direct angel-devil confrontation.
2007-03-02 08:51:32 · answer #1 · answered by MNL_1221 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Animal House.
2007-03-02 08:49:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
iT'S USED AS A PLOT DEVICE on cartoons and movies as a metaphor for the character's confusion in doing right or wrong.
2007-03-02 12:53:54 · answer #3 · answered by 0 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have something not really connected to ur question but i'll say it anyway in my religion we believe there are two angels always with us one writes down every good thing u do or say and the other on the left writes every bad or evil thing u say or do they are with u from ur birth till the day u die ...
i dont know why i wanted to wright that but hope it didnt bother u
::D
2007-03-02 09:01:10 · answer #4 · answered by me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey cupcake. Hmmm, I don't remember reading that in the Bible. And you stop answering your own questions to get points. It's shameful
2007-03-02 15:39:04 · answer #5 · answered by Mike K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who says Christians came up w/ that?
2007-03-02 08:51:16 · answer #6 · answered by ac28 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was Psychology. Either that or Ornithology. For those of you who don't speak greek, Ornithology means The study of Chickens. That's it. They definately got it from Ornithology.
2007-03-02 08:54:34 · answer #7 · answered by Starjumper the R&S Cow 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christians are not retarded and We do not think anything is sitting on our shoulders
2007-03-02 08:57:08 · answer #8 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Demons put thoughts in your head. when you think it is your own imagination coming up with ideas, some may actually come from demons.
2007-03-02 08:49:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's not a christian idea, its a plot device.
2007-03-02 08:49:17 · answer #10 · answered by The_Music_Man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋