is a fallen Angel? who fell and took thousands of Angels with him..he would have enheirit all from God but he got selfish and impatient and greedy,was satan at one time not the one who stood to the right of God? if there is no devil.....then WHY did he try to turn Jesus away from God OUR heavenly Father..and why is there so much hate and terror in this world...I don't think there is a lil man in hell just having a bad temper tantrum and feels like reeking havoc all over the world, no sir...satan is as real as the nose on my face...and when Jesus comes (praise the Lord) satan will be cast into hell for a thousand years and Jesus will walk the earth for those thousand years.So...if there really is no devil....does this mean that "Revalations" is wrong???NO I think not...what do you think ?
2006-11-01 03:42:02 · 11 answers · asked by brandi R 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, if you don't believe in one, you can't believe the other either...
2006-11-01 03:44:25 · answer #1 · answered by fairly smart 7 · 2⤊ 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 13:24:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When will you accept that not everyone believes in your god, or that Jesus is the universal savior, or any of the stuff that you just spewed as "proof" that Satan exists?! Fine, he exists for you because you believe all that stuff. Just because you believe it does NOT make it fact! I believe in a godhead, a god and a goddess that created all of the world and therefore are within everything, and I don't claim that I can "prove" it or that it's fact by pulling up references from wiccan or pagan texts, and that belief system does not include a "devil" (who is really just a perversion of my Horned God - yes, GOD, thank you very much). I can't prove my Goddesses exist any more than you can prove angels exist, but that is the point of FAITH, isn't it? To believe in something even when you have no hard evidence that it's the truth? Go ahead now, declare that Christianity is "the truth", but then find me PROOF, concrete evidence OUTSIDE THE BIBLE AND YOUR FAITH, that agrees with you. Stop talking about your beliefs like they're fact instead of a mythology system that you have faith in. I have just as much faith in my goddesses and gods and they work very well for me. You using the Bible as "proof" that Satan exists is pretty weak and ineffectual, and you need stop using your belief in Satan as your concrete evidence for why I am wrong not to believe in him.
And I don't, by the way. I've never seen any evidence that he exists. At all. I'm sure you'll find hundreds of "examples" of his existence, but it will all be subjective, based on the fact that you believe in him, and it will do nothing to convince me of his existence.
2006-11-01 03:55:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Crazies aside, for many Christians, 'devil' and 'evil' are synonymous. What this individual probably meant is that evil is taking on the international (that's, debatably, actual). they only ensue to have self belief in devil, a personification of evil.
2016-11-26 21:55:16 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people who don't believe in Satan also don't believe in the Bible or your God, for the most part.
Or did the concept that not everyone universally believes the Bible to be true never cross your mind?
2006-11-01 04:02:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Satin is the ruler of this world (earth) as we speak--read your bible.
How could he of offered it to Jesus( if Jesus would just do obeisance to him one time) , if it were not his to give--(Luke4 -7 )
1John 5:19 says: " The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one."
The Bible also calls him " the God of this system of things,"who is honored by the religious practices of the people who adhere to this system of things--2 cor. 4:4; 1 cor.10:20
Jesus Christ referred to him as being " the ruler of the world," the one whom mankind in general obeys by heeding his urgings to ignore Gods requirements.(John 14:30; Eph.2:2 )
2006-11-01 04:12:41 · answer #6 · answered by ~♥ L ♥~ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Stick to your faith. Read the Bible.
Our enemy (Satan) happens to be the King of Deception. So you'd better cling to what is really good and consistent to the truth which you can find - only in the Bible.
2006-11-01 03:49:14 · answer #7 · answered by Solomon Grundy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In a story book, yes. In the real world, no.
2006-11-01 03:45:51 · answer #8 · answered by Hellsdiner 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Al-Qur'an Al-Kareem
[2]Al-Baqarah
[34] And behold, He said to the angels: "Bow down to Adam:" and they bowed down: not so satan: he refused and was haughty: he was of those who reject Faith
2006-11-01 03:48:27 · answer #9 · answered by Goombul! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Learn about the real world, too, so that you can understand what is real and what is metaphor.
2006-11-01 03:49:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no God, so therefore there is no Satan.
2006-11-01 03:44:01 · answer #11 · answered by Jon C 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋