Shouldn't good Christians everywhere practice a little less "Get thee out of me, Satan" and a little more "Come on in, old mate....and have a cup of tea"
2006-09-19 12:56:42 · 22 answers · asked by Wiley 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I guess my point is - why can't mankind be accountable for his own actions?
2006-09-19 13:15:57 · update #1
Actually Satan is a very intelligent free thinker (a free thinker must be nice, not corrupted with religious hate) and when he was the serpent in the garden, he simply told Eve that god lied, she would not die if she ate the fruit
Satan was the good guy in genesis, not god.
2006-09-19 13:05:01 · answer #1 · answered by daioka14@sbcglobal.net 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
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 Gods 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
2006-09-19 20:55:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does he play poker? Heard they used to say playing cards were the devils play things so wouldnt mind a few games with him. Bet hes an A1 player
2006-09-19 20:17:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Satan hates God, because God cast him out of heaven and because Satan wants to be God.
Because Satan lost his battle he intends to win the war with us by making us reject God and turning away from Him as he did. Satan hates you and me, because God made us after the angels and saved us from our sins.
The ultimate win for Satan with us is to make us kill ourselves, because suicide is the ultimate rejection towards God, because it is rejecting the life God gave you.
Matthew 16:23
Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men."
2006-09-19 20:08:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said this about Satan, "...He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood by the truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie he speaks in character, for he is a liar and the father of lies." (John 8:44)
Why on earth would I want a cup of tea with him?
2006-09-19 20:00:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋
Satan rules, he gave me this Blue Eyes White Dragon Yu-gi-mon card.
He's a-okay in my book mate!
2006-09-19 20:01:32 · answer #6 · answered by ronintama 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
.....''...I..''. LAUGH at the devil ,,,FOR HE HAS NO POWER OVER ME....!!! ''I'' WALK with GOD and GOODNESS!!!...I LAUGH in his face,,,,,,,, for he can NOT touch ME...........As for Others they should be Very Carefull ,,,,the devil works in many ways... In ways that we would never even imagine........He has been after me since the day I was born....The devil goes after the good and the strong people the hardest.........He works through others to attack.....I would not.....EVER....EVER.... GIVE him .... EVEN A CRUMB of BREAD.......NO matter what your beliefs,...Or religion , One does not even have to believe in God ....BAD IS BAD!!!! EVIL IS EVIL,,,It does not take a religious person.. at all ..to SEE this, just open your eyes and look at our world...and what is going on in it!!!!!
2006-09-19 20:57:48 · answer #7 · answered by *Glowing* *Wings* 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have kept him occupied for a few minutes, just providing him a question to answer, so I guess he is leaving someone alone. lol
2006-09-19 20:01:32 · answer #8 · answered by theladylooking 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why would i wanna drink tea with the devil? COME ON nothing but jagermeister for the prince of darkness!
2006-09-19 20:01:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
SATAN DOES NOT HAVE ANY POWER OVER ME. I PUT A FULL ARMOR OF GOD AROUND ME.
I leave entertaining Satan to people who do not wish to be with God after they die.
2006-09-19 20:01:13 · answer #10 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋