2006-08-29 10:47:47 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-08-29 10:49:55 · answer #1 · answered by tammidee10 6 · 4⤊ 4⤋
In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.
The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of God plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.
Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.
Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.
Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.
Love and blessings
don
2006-08-29 22:08:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both Satan and God exist.
If you don't believe in God than look around you and explain how trees can grow, storms can produce rain, and your heart can beat in perfect rythm just to name a few things that cannot be explained by a big bang or any other scientific THEORIES.
2006-08-29 17:59:24 · answer #3 · answered by MTBikerUSA 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Nobody has answered your question correctly. Satan, also known as Lucifer, the Devil, Beelzebub, the adversary, Son of the Morning and Angel of Light, is a brother of Jesus Christ, also known as Jehovah. Both are sons of God in the Spirit. In the premortal existence, God the Father, also known as Elohim, called His children together and set forth a plan for them. He said that He would send us down to live on Earth to gain a mortal body, that we would not remember our premortal existence that we might learn to live by faith by exercising our agency to choose for ourselves the right or the wrong. Since He knew that we would make wrong choices and would become spiritually unclean, we would need a Savior to sacrifice himself for us that through the atonement, we could repent and come again to our Father's presence. God said "whom should I send". One said send me, and I will make sure that all of mankind is redeemed. Give me your glory for doing this great thing. The other said to send him and the Father's will would be done. God chose the second, and the first rebelled against God. Lucifer's plan would have denied us the agency to choose for ourselves. We would have learned nothing, being forced into blind obedience. Christ effectuated God's plan and became our Savior through the atoning Sacrifice.
In this world of ours, all good influences come from Christ and all evil influences come from Satan. Good people suffer because of the consequences of disobedience, either of our own doing or that of others around us. God would be doing us a disservice if he insulated us from all trials and hardships. That is like taking a test with the answer sheet in front of us. Ultimately we are tasked with becoming like Him and we cannot do that without challenges leading to personal growth.
Please understand that Satan is just as real as Christ. We have to follow Christ in order to avoid the influence of Satan.
2006-08-29 18:16:07 · answer #4 · answered by rac 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
If you believe in God, you should also believe in satan.
If you deny God, you should also deny satan.
When I'm saying "believe" here I'm surely referring to their existence. Do not belive in satan but its existence :>
2006-08-29 17:55:49 · answer #5 · answered by Earthling 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe that Satan is as EXISTENT as God. But God wields more power.
2006-08-29 17:50:56 · answer #6 · answered by Fashionvista 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Yes indeed. Satan's story doesn't make much sense without god's story now does it? They're both equally fictional.
2006-08-29 17:51:06 · answer #7 · answered by The Resurrectionist 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
No, both are very real. Satan of course is dangerous, but even Jesus recognized Satan's existence and warns us about him.
2006-08-29 17:51:37 · answer #8 · answered by Lola 6 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Hi,
I believe that in a sense we are "satan" all of us being sinners. I don't believe in the red man with the fork and horns!!
2006-08-29 17:55:45 · answer #9 · answered by scooby doo 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Satan is not even mentioned in the Bible, so he doesn't exist.
2006-08-29 17:52:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋