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2006-10-27 18:04:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Satan is simply doing the work he was put on earth to do. And that is to tempt you and test you and make you reaffirm your faith in order to come through those tests purified like gold from the fire. His greatest trick so far though has been to deceive the world into not believing in his own existence.
2006-10-27 18:09:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan did it because he could. There's a good reason that Jesus called Satan the father of lies.
Check out the first link below for a project I'm working on to debunk the notion that Jesus wasn't crucified.
2006-10-27 18:18:50 · answer #2 · answered by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6 · 0⤊ 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’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
2006-11-01 13:20:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question isn't whether or not he was crucified, it's WHY he was crucified that strikes a nerve.
And why would one of your deities lie about the existence of the other one? Your ideas about your Gods confuse me almost as much as your question.
2006-10-27 18:11:45 · answer #4 · answered by Redcap the Druid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The muslim faith says that Judas Iscariot was crucified and Jesus Christ was hidden away.
2006-10-27 18:52:19 · answer #5 · answered by Faerie loue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan knows that people who believe that Christ was crucified, buried, and rose again, for them, will no longer be controled by Saten.
2006-10-27 18:10:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan is a mythological character.
2006-10-27 18:07:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-27 18:07:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 3 divine persons contained in the only God. the daddy is God, Jesus (the Son) is God and the Holy Spirit is God. each and every of the divine persons is God entire and entire. yet they're in hardship-free words one God, the con important Trinity.
2016-10-16 06:44:38 · answer #9 · answered by swailes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you think that phrasing preaching as a question will fool anyone?
2006-10-27 18:22:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋