To suggest that the devil is not created by god gives credence to the fact that the devil is an alternative god which manifested itself. Which means there could be several gods. And if god is all powerful and created everything why did he create a devil in the first place and on what of the 7 days did he do it and why is the creation of this other being not mentioned in the bible - I would have thought it would have been a whole chapter of its own.
2006-07-13 02:57:43 · 12 answers · asked by marc k 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The "creation" of the devil is actually not the creation of a "devil." It's actually the creation of angels. When God did that he created heavenly beings that have many of the similar traits that humans do. The most important of those is free will. Angels like humans have the ability to reject God and think that they are equals to God. Satan use to be Lucifer the angel of light. However, he rejected God and took 1/3 of the angels with him. It's not mentioned in the bible because it doesn't pertain to people. Why would we need to know what day God created an angel? The fact that the devil exists does not show that there are multiple gods. Rather it shows that humans are not alone in showing rejection of God.
2006-07-13 03:06:05 · answer #1 · answered by cwenui 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer to this question is going to depend upon which religious belief you are following. Satan, or the devil, does not appear in the earliest books of the Jewish and Christian Bible. However, traditionally, Satan is an angel--created by God--but allowed--as much of God's creation is--to exercise free will. Satan chose to rebel. This "creation" isn't mentioned in the Bible because the Bible is concerned with the human story more than the angels. As a created being Satan cannot be omni-present and is not omnipotent.
Other faiths and some variants of Judaism and Christianity have held that there is a "Good God" and a "Bad God"--a theological dualism. But orthodox and traditional Judaism and Christianity have always denied that. Martin Luther, the Christian reformer, but it this way: "even the devil is God's devil."
2006-07-13 10:03:29 · answer #2 · answered by rillimd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the devil is a created being. He isn't omni-anything. He has a lot of help from his demons, but isn't all powerful. Don't let this mislead you, he is still more powerful than us, all of us.
Why did he create the devil? Well, when God created him, he wasn't the devil, he was Lucifer, the highest of angels. Don't think now, that just because the angels are in heaven that they are perfect, they aren't.
By that I mean when you make a mistake, it isn't always a sin. The devil's mind worked like any other created beings mind, just like ours. He knew what his position was to God. This lead to his desire to be like the most high. He wanted to be God.
Of course, you will ask, if God knew this was going to happen, why did he create him? God has a plan. Personally, if you look at it from the big picture, I wouldn't have done it any differently, and this comes from someone who has constantly fought God for my whole life. Some of us just learn slower than others.
Take care:)
2006-07-13 10:06:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the devil was created by god, but he was not sinful when he was created. Lucifer was an angel of light, but turned from God because he has free will. He would rather die than submit to God's will. The bible stories say that 1/3 of the angels did the same.
Humans aren't so different, are we?
2006-07-13 10:01:43 · answer #4 · answered by gg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God did created the Devil, but not on the days as mentioned.
Actually, God did not created the devil, but Lucifer, the chief angel of worship. But he was full of 'self' and wanted to be like God, and was cast down to earth. Thus, he ends us here and created chaos.
Satan is not omnipresence as God.
2006-07-13 10:25:54 · answer #5 · answered by Melvin C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No state can be experienced if there is no opposite state because in the absence of this opposite state, the current state is all that is. So we wouldnt know positive without negative,left without right, + without -, happiness without sadness, man without woman and so on.
Devil is a concept created by humanity over ages because as humans became "thinking creatures", they started wondering why lot of negative things happen in their lives (murders, rapes, suicides, to name a few). Humans deduced that if God couldnt prevent these from happening, then there must be definitely an opposite force which causes these negatives which God cannot control. This opposite force was christened as Satan, Devil, Asura and various other names across religions by humans.
So in reality, Devil cannot exist because there is nothing in this cosmos that is NOT GOD. GOD is What 'is' and What 'is not' , He is the up & down of it , the left & right of it, the Alpha & the Omega, the Almighty, All powerful Creator.
Devil therefore is just a "concept" in our mind.
2006-07-13 10:13:45 · answer #6 · answered by Harry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The devil was originally Lucifer, who was a beautiful angel created by God, who became prideful and wanted to rule over God, so God basically showed 'em who's boss, and cast him out and his followers out of heaven. And no, the devil is not omnipresent.
2006-07-13 10:01:03 · answer #7 · answered by jthreattix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God and devil both are in our mind not anywhere.
if we think positively and be good for our society, country and for the world then everybody feel god started his work on the earth. now same thing in reverse it's devil work.
2006-07-13 10:12:33 · answer #8 · answered by Aum 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gg's right. Lucifer, Satan, Beezubel, w/e u want 2 call him was once an angel, thought he wasa better than God, and God said im, "Im not wasting my time on him. St.Michael, gather your army and give em hell." st.Michael knew he wasnt as powerful as God, and if God damned the fallen angels, it would have been like arnold scwartzeneger fighting a baby, so St.Michael sent him to hell, and hes not all that powerful. hes just smart.
2006-07-13 10:05:24 · answer #9 · answered by xXBrudu BXx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is said that the smartest thing the devil ever did was to convince the world that he doesn't exist.
as for the devil getting his own chapter...he's not that important. (he only thinks he is.) we're the ones that's important to God, not him.
2006-07-13 10:49:12 · answer #10 · answered by lallie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋