I've heard that they are all the same (the Devil) and I've also heard otherwise that they separate entities.
2006-10-22 07:32:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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’s 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
2006-10-22 10:47:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same person but different roles. Satan is the devil, Lucifer names means morning star, and Beelzebub means prince of the demons.
2006-10-22 07:41:58 · answer #2 · answered by peewee5001 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to religion there is none.
But as I said in my answer to another question, I'm not religious, I'm spiritual. I believe that there is only One Power in the heavens and on this earth, and that is the power of God. Satan, Lucifer, please! Even the bible quotes God as being the One Power. So if there is a Satan, there would have to be Two Powers. Satan in my opinion is Ego. A person's jealousy, rage, hatred; all of that stems from Ego, not Satan, Lucifer, St. Nick, etc.
People when finding themselves in those particular moments, if repeating a mantra, say "love, love", etc., will find themselves in a calm state. State of calm is connection with God.
Just my opinion.
2006-10-22 07:42:30 · answer #3 · answered by Charlotte C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're separate demon angels Satan's the god of rage Lucifer is the god of vanity and Beelzebub is the god of lust, that's just an example of what they mean when they they're separate entities.
2006-10-22 07:38:03 · answer #4 · answered by Mrs. Butler ♥2 B♥ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Three different words same old devil.
In Christ in Love,
TJ57
2006-10-22 07:36:22 · answer #5 · answered by TJ 57 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Different names, same old devil.
2006-10-22 07:53:22 · answer #6 · answered by MUD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are the same name for the same fictional character.
No difference, exacept perhaps in aesthetic quality...
What? Don't tell me you don't have a favourite name for the Devil...? =P
2006-10-22 07:38:33 · answer #7 · answered by dirty_class 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One and the same and may you never get close enough to any of that kind to find out differently.
2006-10-22 07:37:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's sort of like the difference between the crayon colors "red" "crimson" and "firetruck".
2006-10-22 07:34:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No difference, but just to clue you in; "he" doesn't exist. And to those of us with a higher thought process "God" doesn't exist either.
2006-10-22 07:36:38 · answer #10 · answered by dumb guy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋