I mean, what would be eviler than having a world full of people believing they will go to Heaven by doing good deeds and believing in God, but instead, these people go to Hell for being good? And the bad ones live eternity well?
2006-10-29 07:01:02 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What if there's something OTHER than "God" or "Satan" in control? What if it's the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
2006-10-29 07:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 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’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 21:17:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only evil people go to hell.God is love, This world is CONTROLLED by the prince of the power of the air as mentioned in the bible.all that call on my name will NOT be saved only those that do my fathers will said Jesus, only a few will make it, God is merciful, we have an eternity as soul to find the way, he is NOT going to burn us in hell.We MUST except the spirit of god into us, ask and the door WILL be opened, unto you, ask not , and you will not find the door to spiritual freedom, It is up to you
2006-10-29 15:08:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
ulitimately God rewards
ultimately God punishes
Satan is a theme but actually a minor theme in the BIble notice only in the 2nd to last verse in Romanas
God is the one making heaven heaven and GOd is the one makign hell hell
2006-10-29 15:17:57 · answer #4 · answered by whirlingmerc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I truley believe we are all equal. Your question makes me think about it. But what you typed are just words well they may hold some truth. But I truly believe that we are all equal and when we die we ALL are equal as well. The only thing is if you live by SATINS word on earth you must and probably face the law that punishes such behaviour and if there was no such punishemnt we would be living hell on earth..could you imagine the chaos that would occur with no law!?
2006-10-29 15:05:57 · answer #5 · answered by hfdhs 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is in control. Satan has been given dominion FOR A TIME. Read Job.
2006-10-29 15:11:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well both control and exist. I believe he does anyway and so do millions of other people. Well u can't say they get worshipped either by all people, cuz some believe in other gods like chinese and asian. And bad people live cuz they do bad things to get wat they want.Satan is not in control thank Gooooooooddddd!!!>>>>>>>>luv god 4eva
2006-10-29 15:10:41 · answer #7 · answered by sexyme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan is never in control thank God
2006-10-29 15:06:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Think about it, who was in control before monotheism. Who was in control before Judaism and Christianity? Who was in control before Yahweh or Satan even existed?
2006-10-29 15:17:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Control is in us! God and Satan-have dealt their rules. Live well-by God rules. Satan-lies and makes us live misserable.
Control is in our choice-so the question is asked incorrectly by my view. We have free will-choice-therefore the control is in our hands-no where else.
2006-10-29 15:08:17 · answer #10 · answered by happyjoyjoy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
first of all there is no such thing as Satan he is a image that a person named Dante had made up of his own imagination.
2006-10-29 15:17:23 · answer #11 · answered by kina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋