I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and one of the things that people often say against our church is that we believe that Jesus and Satan are brothers. Well, that's one way of phrasing it, because we do believe that we are spirit children of God, and that Lucifer is also a child of God who fell and became the devil. I suppose the reason people react so strongly to this doctrine is that by phrasing it as we believe they are brothers somehow makes it seem that we perhaps think that Jesus and Satan are somehow on the same level? They are brothers, but in the same way that all people are brothers and sisters.
Anyway, when I hear this protest it makes me wonder. I don't think I have learned what any other church believes about where Satan comes from, and I'm wondering if they do have any teachings about that.
I'd love to find out what your denomination teaches about where Satan came from, or if there are any teachings, and which denomination you are from.
2007-10-07
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