2006-09-24 18:26:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Only the Christians believe in Satan.
Or are you speaking of Diablo Bush?
2006-09-24 18:31:40 · answer #1 · answered by Helzabet 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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
2006-09-28 23:16:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be honest, ppl believe more strongly that God exists than that satan exists. i heard a quote once that the devil's best trick was to make ppl believe he didn't exist.
2006-09-25 01:40:02 · answer #3 · answered by retro 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who said the satan exists?
2006-09-25 01:31:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Scary old Satan is a persona given to him by men to frighten people with punishment for misbehaving. His name is Lucifer, which means light-bringer. He merely offers optional, although more painful, paths to God (light).
2006-09-25 01:35:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you don't believe in God, you also don't believe he created an angel that defied him.
I don't understand your question.
2006-09-25 01:31:49 · answer #6 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe in one, then you need the other.
righteous implies truth, + justice. Don't play by the rules, suffer the consequences
2006-09-25 01:29:32 · answer #7 · answered by Slave to JC 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The equation would be: If A = True, then B = True also, which is flawed logic. We have no data to suppot that premise. But thanks for asking anyway.
2006-09-25 01:38:26 · answer #8 · answered by Rogue Scrapbooker 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's not hard, when have you ever heard of Satan, succeeding at opposing God's will http://www.freewebs.com/king_of_crusade
2006-09-25 01:39:33 · answer #9 · answered by king_of_crusade 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't believe in either.
2006-09-25 01:32:50 · answer #10 · answered by Girl Wonder 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋