2006-09-03 07:34:21 · 45 answers · asked by Oliver S 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-09-03 07:35:35 · answer #1 · answered by jyd9999 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The concept of the devil was absorbed into Christianity by the early church to com-bate Paganism, the horned image of the devil was adopted from the Greek God Pan and the Pagan God of the animals.
The term Satan means adversary, so a personified imagery of the devil was created and accepted largely by people who love to abdicate responsibility for their own actions onto a mythical personality.
The psychological device that also conditions the fundamental mindset is the view that the devil himself forces individuals not to believe in him.
Is it justifiable? The fundamentalists would certainly denounce the devil as a concept negating the question, for most non conditioned minds the devil is a concept of explaining to a primitive people the difference between Godly and worldly behaviour, knowing the value of improper action to be diametrically opposed to achieving the objective of human life, which is love for God.
To discuss further:-Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari (sda@backtohome.com)
2006-09-03 10:03:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan exists in all of us as God does. It is up to us whether we choose to be good or bad.
There is good and bad in everyone and everything...for humans, it is simply a matter of choice.
As an example....you find a wallet on the street full of £50 notes. Satan will tell you to keep it, God would tell you to hand it in to the police.
2006-09-04 00:47:53 · answer #3 · answered by Goddess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Satan does exist.
2006-09-03 07:50:53 · answer #4 · answered by Andrew 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some have suggested that IF God exists, then so does the Devil. WRONG. It's only true if, and only if, god exists AND the Torah/Bible/Koran is something he really demanded. The two may be totally separate.
However, since there is neither proof nor evidence that God exists at all, then it can reasonably be argued that the Devil doesn't either.
2006-09-03 07:51:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like asking if Santa Claus exists. It's very possible that Satan was based on a real person or people. It doesn't mean all accounts of him are factually accurate, though.
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Some feel the devil of the Christian Bible could have been as many as three different entities. (The snake of Eden, God's 'devil's advocate' of the OT, and the tempter of Jesus in the NT.)
2006-09-03 07:40:04 · answer #6 · answered by Lunarsight 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
For God to exist, Satan will exist.
2006-09-03 07:36:52 · answer #7 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Satan exists.. He is not an angel. He was a seperate being created by God. He is created of fire, where we are of earth, and angels of light. When God asked the angels and satan to bow down before Adam, Satan refused. he was arogant. So God punished him by putting him in hell forever or till God deams him there for.. Satan of course cursed God and claimed he will try to pull all mankind towards evil forever. Satan is the only type of his creation. There was only one. No mrs satan..
2006-09-03 07:51:51 · answer #8 · answered by Mintee 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I think he exists in the minds of those who believe he exists. Without belief he is nothing.
2006-09-03 08:17:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He exists to the same extent that God exists. Without the concept of evil, there can be no concept of good, as opposites define.
2006-09-03 07:37:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe evil exist. I believe there are people who think that they are possessed by the devil.This is an excuse for them to do what they want to. No matter how much it hurts people.But the devil itself....NO
2006-09-03 07:42:56 · answer #11 · answered by sweet_thing_kay04 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋