Are vampires the symbol of people who would not accept christianity in the past, the pagans, jews and all? Like them being labelled as blooddrinkers, for the blood is the life according to christianity.
Symbolism like them being afraid of the cross and all! So essentially it was the the so called vampires being hunted by christians for the spread of christianity and today it has come to be associated with something supernatural!
2007-06-19 11:52:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Driving a stake through the heart is a common middle eastern practice also done by the muslims toward the Bahai people!
2007-06-19 11:54:35 · update #1
I'm not taking about whether the vampires are mentioned in the bible or not, I'm talking about other religious communities being stigmatised as vampires to get the christians to kill them and spread christianity!
2007-06-19 12:02:00 · update #2
Oh you should read a book called "The Dragon Legacy" by Nicholas De Vere.
Really, really, you should.
In it he brings proof that this is exactly what Christianity did, just what you're asking. And much, much more.
2007-06-19 12:51:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not sure if this really answers your question but I do have some tidbits on Dracula, the vampire of vampires. Dracula's name, for instance, came from the Order of the Dragon, originally founded to protect Christian Europe from invasion by Muslim Ottomans. Dracula helped build monasteries, befriends monks, and ultimately is concerned not with blood or young women, but with his own salvation. . He seems to have been aware that his deeds of torture and murder of his own people, at least--and who knows how he felt about torturing and murdering Ottomans, he may have felt very differently about that--caused him some doubt about whether or not he could actually enter heaven. It's hard to tell from the record whether he was genuinely pious, or just a shrewd leader who was worried about what was going to happen to his soul.
There is this very strong Eastern European belief in vampires. The vampire is an incarnation of evil in East European folklore, and can be opposed only by a mixture of rituals, some of which are Christian and some of which probably pre-date Christianity like the garlic thing.
2007-06-19 19:15:29 · answer #2 · answered by thundercatt9 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never saw Vampires mentioned in the Bible.
2007-06-19 18:57:14 · answer #3 · answered by easyericlife 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was actually the opposite.
The early Christians were hunted down and killed with a passion by the Romans because of the Christians sacraments of Christ's body and blood. They also hunted down Christians because they refused to worship Caesar as a god.
Drinking the wine (representative of Christ's blood), and breaking bread (representative of his body), was symbolism for Christians partaking in the Crucifixion. Our sinful will dying every time we partake in communion. We die unto Christ.
The Romans were of the understanding that Christians were practicing cannibalism through their rites and rituals, and teaching their children this.
Even the disciples were disgusted when Jesus said "unless you drink my blood, and eat my body, you have no life in you." John 6:53. This caused many disciples to leave the following. If you read just this one verse, you would think of it as pretty sick. that would be because it could easily be taken out of context. Basically he is saying that we have no real life unless we are followers of him. We have no real communion with God unless we are one with Christ. Jesus used 'shock value' to get people's attention.
For this reason, Christians were hunted down and killed at every opportunity.
2007-06-19 21:58:13 · answer #4 · answered by fortheimperium2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do a search for Vlad the Impaler for insights into our modern myths regarding vampires.
2007-06-19 18:58:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vampires are fictional creatures not connected with any religion.
Pastor Art
2007-06-19 21:25:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vampires are fictional. Christianity is real. Fiction often creates fantasy from reality, doesn't it? But, we need to remember that it is fiction.
2007-06-19 18:58:57 · answer #7 · answered by Joyful Noise 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty familiar with church history, but I've found nothing to support your theory. I don't think so.
2007-06-19 18:56:11 · answer #8 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are no such things as vampires....
2007-06-19 18:59:21 · answer #9 · answered by Jacob Dahlen 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a far stretch. but an entertaining false premise. Thanks for sharing. You made me laugh.
2007-06-20 07:29:29 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. Vincent Van Jessup 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋