Angra Mainyu is the “bad guy” in Zoroastrianism. One of the differences between Zoroastrianism and Christianity is that the “bad guy” and the “good guy” (Ahura Mazda, angel of light, from whom the Mazda car gets its brand name) are of equal strength, and which one wins depends on which one gets the greater number of followers, whereas in Christianity the Triune God is the creator of Lucifer who becomes Satan, and so Jesus, as God the Son, cannot be conquered by Satan.
P.S. I think the word “angry” comes from Angra Mainyu, but I can’t find the source for that at the moment
And which CS Lewis totally deconstructs in Mere Christianity, pointing out that if good and bad are of equal strength and influence, than neither can truly be one or the other. Of course Lewis's argument contains a lot more structure, depth and eloquence than my very brief summation, but it makes for compelling reading :-)
anger (v.)c.1200, "to irritate, annoy, provoke," from Old Norse angra "to grieve, vex, distress; to be vexed at, take offense with," from Proto-Germanic *angus (cognates: Old English enge "narrow, painful," Middle Dutch enghe, Gothic aggwus "narrow"), from PIE root *angh- "tight, painfully constricted, painful" (cognates: Sanskrit amhu- "narrow," amhah "anguish;" Armenian anjuk "narrow;" Lithuanian ankstas "narrow;" Greek ankhein "to squeeze," ankhone "a strangling;" Latin angere "to throttle, torment;" Old Irish cum-ang "straitness, want"). In Middle English, also of physical pain. Meaning "excite to wrath, make angry" is from late 14c. Related: Angered; angering.anger (n.)
mid-13c., "distress, suffering; anguish, agony," also "hostile attitude, ill will, surliness," from Old Norse angr "distress, grief. sorrow, affliction," from the same root as anger (v.). Sense of "rage, wrath" is early 14c. Old Norse also had angr-gapi "rash, foolish person;" angr-lauss "free from care;" angr-lyndi "sadness, low spirits."
I recently saw Richard Dawkins during a discussion forum lose control of himself denying that Jesus ever existed, he was quickly corrected even by the other atheists on the stage, I just thought to myself how odd,
Odd that is, that it should make anyone witnessing it wonder how it is that someone so well informed with historical facts and very learned in the physical sciences should doubt his historical existence, Sure go ahead and doubt he was who he said he was if you’ve never witnessed or received his spirit, but to deny he “came in the flesh,”
Its because people like him don’t have a choice, this is a spirit empowered over them, a spirit with an absolute hatred of the truth having the spirit of antichrist, denying Christ, for which we’re told was already at work even in Johns day,
And is identified as:
“And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.” 1 John 4:3
The same goes for these demonic spirits masquerading as new age enlightened beings, light workers, alien messengers, avatars, ascended masters, anything that will attract and draw your attention and interest towards them. We become like the gods we worship, we become like what occupies our thoughts and they want us to focus all of our thoughts on them, it empowers them, strengthens them in the hierarchy,
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” 2 Corinthians 11:14
The good people of the great state of Oklahoma need to be actively working to bind and rebuke this event and this spiritual symbolism, which is merely trying to interject their demonic authority into that location,
Believers have been provided authority over these evil spirits if we would only claim it,
“Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 18:18
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)” 2 Corinthians 10:3-4