Legion

Hello, I do own a Legion laptop from Lenovo. Not free though.

Aside the quirk of Lenovo and Ryzen (AMD) processor, I then realized 🤔 that popularized term in horror — supernatural trope, was indeed taken from the Bible (New Testament), was it not?

These excerpts:

• Mark 5:1-20
• Matthew 8:28–34
• Luke 8:26-39

I put Mark 5:1-20 as the first in order because the story there is more vivid compared to the other versions.

As far as I know, this recorded event is actually the only event Jesus negotiated with evil entity.

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The (Special) Demonic Decision Making

They were in order of thousands, a military legion usually consists of ~5,000+ soldiers.

I first thought those demons functioned as a single collective hive mind, like Cherubim. But then in the story, they begged to be sent into those 2,000 pigs. Meaning each of them had free will perchance and surely can separately occupy one pig. Woo, piggy ride!

But they did have spokesdemon:

Oh please, please, guv'nor! Spare us a moment, won't ya? How's about lettin' us hop into them lovely swine over yonder, eh? We'll be proper quiet-like, promise!

In not that language or wording for certain.

The spokesdemon intimidatingly (or confusingly) announced that they were Legion, for they were many. My name is Legion, an awkward response after Jesus asked, What is your name?

Indeed it's about flexing the "dynamic" collective hive-mind. Notice the my instead of our? That part.

That's like someone is asking your name, and you answer it with I'm Singular. Interesting name. Deal with it 🤺

Other possibility is that Legion was the actual name of that spokesdemon but not the entire group. Coincidentally similar to actual legion (military unit) back then.

Like, My name is Steve Market, we are from Marketing Department. We are many, there are interns too.

We don't then call the entire department as Steve Market 🤔

Just another what if.

I believe, in my opinion, Jesus saw weirdness in those demons, special sort of weird. As in, Oh my. Thus Jesus "listened" to their, yet another bad decision — even uncoordinated, negotiation.

First weirdness is:

They crammed themselves into one human.

(Two top...)

Two humans in Matthew 8:28–34...

That's like one platoon of foot infantry jamming themselves into one tank... max two... 🫠

I get spectral beings have different perception of physics compared to us. Still, that's too much 👀

Second weirdness:

This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.

Matthew 5:3

Really? Thousands of them supposedly, and only "that power"? And speaking of living area, not spectacularly creative. Not even a single ominously glowing levitation or basic laser-guided missile.

You see, it's called ... 🤔

Third weirdness:

Legion.

Like that tank(s) filled sardines analogy above, and from inside the tank(s), either tank, Oi, I am Platoon! Stop sitting on my face, George!

Final:

Occupying pigs.

Pigs are notoriously chaotic when introduced to excitement, especially if that excitement is a freshly evicted demon.

And well, the ~2,000 possessed pigs sprinted chaotically downhill into water and managed to drown themselves. Like a panicked stampede of clueless demon-occupied bacon.

ChatGPT Bit

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So, Legion.

• Did they float back to the tomb? That's rather odd.
• Did they wander off into the hills?
• Did they haunt the pigs' skeletons?

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Tribute to Cherubim

• Genesis 3:24
• Exodus 25:18-22 (and Exodus 26:1, 36:8)
• 1 Kings 6:23-28 (and 2 Chronicles 3:10-13)
• Ezekiel 1:4-28
• Ezekiel 10

Cherubim are bouncers of Heaven.

If you ever see thousands of awe-inspiring celestial beings with four faces (human, lion, ox, and eagle), four wings, glowing like fire, moving in perfect unity with mysterious spirit-filled wheels covered in eyes, their thunderous wingbeats roaring like an army, guarding divine presence with an overwhelming radiance that left even a prophet face-down in reverence.

And they say, FEAR NOT! in unison while rotating their multi-faces in perfect synchronicity, that should be Cherubim.

I might respond, too late... 😵‍💫😵

But first, I'd probably be unconscious in under one second from the experience.