"The biggest trick the devil has played is to make people think that he does not exist."
He has influenced so many people, not only back in the garden of Eden, but also today. However, is he a god? Think before you answer this question. I want clear answers. Whatever your answer is, back it up with facts (at least 5). The stage is yours...
2006-09-24 04:47:59 · 14 answers · asked by the_answer 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
1. Satan is the god of this world. It is stated in ll Corinthians 4:4
2. Satan is an angel of light. He deceives people. ll Corinthians 11:14
3. The biggest trick Satan has played to make people think he does not exist is to mask himself and make people doubt the authority of scripture. ll Timothy 4:3-4
4. Satan causes people to doubt the deity of Christ, including the doctrine of salvation & the second coming.
5. Satan was unmasked in Isaiah 14 and in Ezekiel 28, in both these instances, the prophet was speaking to a human ruler.
So, Satan is many things, including a god. His chief business is to deceieve the whole world. See Revelation 12:9
2006-09-24 06:07:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Satan is a fallen Angel who was an Archangel until he wanted to dethrone God. He also tries to teach us that we can be gods also!
Genesis 3:4-5
Matthew 4:8-11
Job 1:6-12
Isaiah 14:12-15
Revelation 12:7-9
This may not be the best references, but, it gives a good idea of what going on.
2006-09-24 05:14:15 · answer #2 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One verse in the bible 2 Cor 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
They link this to Satan, though there really is nothing in this verse or the one's before and after to show this direct link. But then this would mean the Trinitarians believe in 4 Gods... God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and Satan. Even if they refuse to see the Trinity as 3 Gods... they are still Polytheistic in nature, believing in a Dualism, One Good God and One Evil God vying for the souls of man.
Mankind doesn't need influence from a devil. We do enough all on our own.
2006-09-24 05:04:58 · answer #3 · answered by Kithy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Technically, Satan is a god. Now, a god is anything that is worshipped. Therefore, money, celebrities, and all the idols people had were technically gods. However, God is the only true God, the only omnipotent entity. As people sin, and do wrong, they in essence pay homage to Satan as a god, and he is the god of this world, the ruling force, but God is the only true God. Hope that's not too confusing.
2006-09-24 07:36:16 · answer #4 · answered by The Silent Wind of Doom 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Satan is the Christian god of Evil.
1. They give him much credit. I have met some Christians who actually claimed that Satan created bad things, like mosquitoes, sharks, and the flu. Ok, they were a family of wackos, but they were very devout wackos. Aside from total weirdos, many people give credit to Satan for things and attribute things to him. That's what people do with gods, they associate things with them. When I see carpenters, I think of Thor, with His hammer and good work ethic. When Christians see crack hos, they might see women led astray by Satan's addictive kisses. In fact, the level of sophistication that Satan is credited with is far wider and has a deeper global impact than God Himself. Many Christians say that the gods and goddesses of all other religions are really Satan in disguise, 'misleading' the followers of those religions into faith in order to keep them from converting to the One True Faith. That's putting a lot of credit to Satan. So Satan's been looking over and leading the faithful around the globe to keep them from joining one Middle Eastern religion. He must be a hard worker.
2. Rebel Christians worship Satan. Theistical Satanists use the Bible as much as Christians do. They draw all their theology from it and base their own faith upon it's teachings, even if it's only to reject them. The Egyptians Lord of Evil, Set, was reviled by the average Egyptian, but given worship by rebelious Egyptians. It is now recognized that Set is an Egyptian god, but the Egyptians of the time would have told you that he is the god of noone.
3. Satan originated from the Bible and Abrahamic (?) tradition. No other culture has a god, or any other type of being, called Satan, or Lucifer Morningstar, or Beezelbub, or Devil. If he is not a god of their tradition, then how would you describe him and the influence that he is associated with? Many Christians would say that Satans power is second only to God's. Fallen angel? I've heard about early missionairies claim Europe's ancient gods/goddesses were 'fallen angels', but does that make them any less gods? Especially if you consider that Satan, as a 'fallen angel' is given so much credit and is 'second only to God' in ability? More thought, and some research, has shown me that angels, as beings of cosmic awareness, CANNOT 'fall from grace'. My source indicates that they may well lack the capacity of freewill which would be required to 'fall'. What, exactly, is Satan to the Christian 'mythos'? If he cannot be a fallen angel, then would that make him a god, demi-god, what? How would you define 'a god'?
4. The passing of time and validity. Once the ancient Egyptian's faith had faded, those who collect ancient stories had no problem with calling Set a god. His associations were all with evil, so he was called their god of Evil. If Christianity ever fades away, the Devil will go down in history books as their god of Evil. He was attributed with much influence and power and all his associations are about Evil things.
5. A Monotheism is a religion with only one god. That means that all aspects of existance could be attributed to that one, single, Diety. In modern Christianity, there is God, Jesus, and Satan. That is three distinct individuals. Some Christians try to get out of that by saying that Christ is actually God incarnate and that Satan is 'just' a fallen angel, but this doesn't hold water. Why would Christ talk to God or spend time in God's company if Christ was, in fact, God? That's a totally seperate topic, sorry. But, let's just say, for the sake of arguement, that Jesus and God are one and the same being, what's with Satan? Is he another aspect of a single diety? Is Satan just God's 'dark side'? Aside from the occational wacko, 99% of Christians would say NO. So you have Satan, this being of immense power, influence, capability, and he cannot be a fallen angel. He must be a god of some sort.
2006-09-24 05:11:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dear Friend,
we all are basically SATAN because we know very well that there is no existance of God except LORD JESUS and SAI BABA in India.And if you go by BIBLE,simply it is written there that those who will act for the Betterment of the society,those who love others and sacrifice for others ;only those people are near to God and rest belongs to SATAN.
2006-09-24 04:57:28 · answer #6 · answered by juniorakd 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible says that Satan repeatedly tempts me, and tries to coherse me into worshipping him, but I've never been approached by Satanists. The Bible also says that Satan will try to decieve me into thinking he is my only chance of salvation or some other crap like that... Isn't it possible that Christians are actually being tricked into worshipping Satan? Christians are the only ones trying to tell me the only way to salvation is through Jesus, and Christians are the only ones trying to actively recruit me...
2006-09-24 04:53:48 · answer #7 · answered by raven7night 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
no he is not god, because the one true god (Allah) made him and created him from fire, and before god created mankind (Adam) there were the angels (created from light) and satan and they all worshiped god, and then god made Adam from mud, and asked the andgels and satan to bow to him but satan refused to do so, saying how could he satan made from fire bow to such thing made of mud, so god told him that he would put him in the iternal flames of hell fire, but then satan asked god to let him be until the day of judgement so he would make as many people go to hell with him by making sins good for them.
and so that makes him not a god, but god's creation!
2006-09-24 05:11:48 · answer #8 · answered by lupus 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He is not a god Like the God. He is a fallen angel.
2006-09-24 04:51:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
well dude if you like it
call him the god of evil/bad things of course
or he's just a fallen angel doing his job to follow his way
and u know what,
he has really done one hell of a good job
thumbs up for the devil
2006-09-24 04:54:53 · answer #10 · answered by St.Jon A 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋