I think these would be good sim types to have in the game. Both types could fly and have special powers, and special penalties if an angel meets a demon or vice versa. They also were a part of a Maxis game called Afterlife. A good trait sims would get a bonus being around an angel but bad vibes near a demon. An evil trait sim would get a bonus around demons but bad vibes around an angel.
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Yep love the idea, hope it gets included in a future EP. Id much rather have this than mermaids (sorry to all the mer fans :P)
The only problem with this is that not everyone is a Christian, so it would upset those whose religions aren't represented.
Prehaps if they used "Evil Spirit" instead of demon and "Good Spirit" instead of angel, then maybe the idea could work. Otherwise, it'll never happen.
Angels, however, is another thing... On the other hand, having angels and demons does not equal Christianity or any other religion. You can have them without any word of God, gods, Jesus, the Devil or anything else concerning deeper religion. Just bad spirits called demons and good spirits called angels. Nothing higher, no references to religions.
^^^ this seems reasonable.
Example please?
as a christian i dont want them.
I'm happier with awkward Simbots and Imaginary Friends.
Rakshasa, piasca, vetala (Hinduism)
Amanojaku, anmo, enenra, kappa (Japan)
Rusalka, polevoi, leshii, ala (Slavic mythology)
Hiisi, näkki, ajattar, maara, kööpeli (Finnish mythology)
Ammut (Egyptian)
Bäckahäst (Norway)
Tannin, Semyaz (Jewish demonology)
And many more
Would I want angels and demons in my game? I would certainly like the CAS items like accesory wings and horns and the like, plus more powers/ways of influencing sims or better or worse, but I agree--call it something other than Angel/Demon, so you don't offend people. Just call it Good/Bad Spirit, the same way we have good/bad witches in Supenatural/Apartment Life. It's cleaner that way.
Thank you. I'm interested in Ancient Greece and I've heard of all sorts of creatures from mythology but I didn't realise that they were refered to as 'demons'. You're right though, I checked the definition on the Oxford English Dictionary Online and it is an Ancient Greek word. It's strange that I didn't know this! Must swot up!
Demons in Greek mythology are quite shady, though. Originally, the word mean all kinds of divine spirits and spiritual creatures, not just the evil ones. And the definition of some creatures isn't very clear. For example, in some myths Lamia was a single monster created from a Libyan queen by jealous Hera, in other myths the lamiae are seen as vampiric demonesses. And the beautiful daughter of the spirit Mormo and Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft, was called Empusa, while the devilish female monsters that attacked travelers were called the empousae.
So it's really just a line drawn to water. :-)
Anyhoo, back OT... I wouldn't mind angels/demons or even religion as long as it was done in a sensitive fashion, obviously avoiding REAL creatures and religions. I think it would have to have a comical angle, so the bad spirit could encourage teens to do pranks, or skip school, or jump out at sims and say 'BOO!' (or whatever that is in simlish), so they're not exactly 'evil', just as the 'evil' trait isn't really that bad.
Well demons and angels aren't just exclusive to Abrahamic religions like Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Almost all religions mention demons and angels in some facet.
With that said, I voted for the afterlife world they mentioned in a survey. I just wish we would've gotten it.
Look you may have come from thin air,aliens or pond scum but some us feel there is a higher power that created life.Amen.
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