# Can Fallen Angels repent?  Be forgiven?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fallen-angels-repent-be-forgiven/332987>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 28, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fallen-angels-repent-be-forgiven/332987 "2005-11-28T01:54:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fallen-angels-repent-be-forgiven/332987/41 "2005-12-02T03:58:16Z")

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> [@Khadaji](#):
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> I dunno where to put this. It is vaguely about religion, so I’ll start here.
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> Can the Fallen Angels repent and be forgiven?

Kinda hard, since there is no such thing as an angel.

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**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fallen-angels-repent-be-forgiven/332987/42 "2005-12-02T05:21:30Z")

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> [@Clothahump](#):
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> Kinda hard, since there is no such thing as an angel.

I’m curious, Clotha, have you ever made an intelligent comment in a thread?

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fallen-angels-repent-be-forgiven/332987/43 "2005-12-02T11:09:10Z")

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> [@Clothahump](#):
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> Kinda hard, since there is no such thing as an angel.

::sigh::

Obviously the OP should have said “Granting for the purpose of the discussion that angels exist and have the following attributes…”, and then no-one would have felt it necessary to come in and trumpet his disbelief in angels. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fallen-angels-repent-be-forgiven/332987/44 "2005-12-02T22:05:44Z")

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Part of the problem with this thread is it hasn’t really specified the denomination which gets to determine what angels are. I offered a Kabbalistic interpretation, and people seemed to prefer the Christian one, which is getting it’s angels from the tradition that predated it, ie Judaic, ie Kabbalistic.

Erek

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