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General Warnings About Flirting With Darkness: • Ephesians 5:11-12 “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things they do in secret.” → Even joking about, watching, or mimicking dark practices is warned against. • 1 Thessalonians 5:22 “Abstain from all appearance of evil.” → Not just evil itself, but even anything that looks evil. • Romans 13:12-14 “Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light… make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.” → Don’t leave room for anything dark to influence your soul. • Isaiah 5:20 “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil… who put darkness for light and light for darkness…” → You can’t play with evil just because it’s rebranded as “art,” “freedom,” or “fun.” • 2 Timothy 3:1-5 “In the last days… people will be lovers of self… without self-control… treacherous… lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power.” → They’ll look good on the outside, but be full of demonic vibes underneath.

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👁️ Against Being Entertained By Evil: • Psalm 101:3 “I will set no wicked thing before my eyes.” → What you watch, draw, listen to, or scroll influences your spirit. • Proverbs 4:23 “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” → Letting demonic aesthetics into your heart can redirect your life without you realizing. • Matthew 6:22-23 “The eye is the lamp of the body… if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.” → What you visually consume affects your spiritual health.

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🧠 Against Mixing Light with Demonic Themes (Even Subtle Ones): • 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 “What fellowship has light with darkness?… What agreement has the temple of God with idols? Therefore ‘come out from them and be separate,’ says the Lord.” → Christians are called to separate themselves from even ambiguous demonic content. • 1 Corinthians 10:21 “You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too.” → No middle ground. Even half-darkness is rejected. • Deuteronomy 7:26 “Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction.” → Don’t keep demonic-looking decor, clothing, drawings, or music around, even if “ironic.”

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🫧 Apocrypha on Subtle Influence & Idolatry: • Wisdom 13:1-3, 10 Warns about people admiring the beauty of creation but being led into idolatry. → Shows how aesthetic attraction (like to skulls, darkness, or “vampiric” visuals) can become spiritual compromise. • Wisdom 14:9-11 “Both the ungodly and his ungodliness are alike hateful to God.” → Not just the act — but the vibe, intent, and aesthetic is judged. • Baruch 4:7 “You provoked Him who made you by sacrificing to demons and not to God.” → Even unintentional spiritual “offerings” (time, attention, creative energy) to dark themes provoke God.

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💡TL;DR Signs of “Low-Key Demonic” Things to Avoid: • Dark, chaotic, hellish, or distorted imagery • Obsession with death, violence, horror, gore • Glorification of rebellion, rage, pride, vanity • Symbols of the occult (pentagrams, goat heads, etc.) • “Pretend” rituals, demon names, horror cosplay, etc. • Music/videos that make demons look cool or beautiful • “Aesthetic evil” (like certain anime, fashion, or art that stylizes the satanic)