Ok I know that alot of you will take offense, but before you jump to any conclusions about me, and call me satans daughter, just please listen.
Man give words definition to describe his experience in this world. If something hurts it's called pain. NOw how do you explain to someone who has unlimited comprehension(god) to another who can only comprehend the world in the way the world it expressed to him(man) HOw do you explain unless you use symbols of what words mean. If there is a satan I say he is god, because if we are made in the reflection of god, do we not have sin. And sin being not something that you do, but something that you dont allow to happen so that you may move foward in this world of experiences.
Could satan just be a word to define the adversity of things, and that although god is god, is it possible that satan is another characterisitc of god, like the demons and the own inner turmoil that men fight everyday. Could this be what satan is?
2006-11-08 02:55:09 · 16 answers · asked by fryedaddy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, Your suggestion is that Satan is an alter ego of God.
Does this mean you think God needs therapy or medication?
2006-11-08 02:58:34 · answer #1 · answered by King 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everything is of God. There is no point where God ends and something else begins. If it exists is came from God and is operating as God intended for it to operate. To see it any other way is to see God as having made a mistake.
How likely is that?
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
2006-11-08 03:03:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Satan is a being just like you and me.
He is fulfilling a necessary component in the world, that of which embodying all that is evil and wrong. You in your small mind cannot comprehend how evil satan is.
However satan is one of those creatures who were given freedom of choice whether to obey or not.
If satan didnt do what satan did..god would have created another satan for us to know good from evil.
And it wouldnt have changed a thing.
God is a power, He is the master of all..hes not human nor a creature..His wisdom encompases everything and He has reasons for creating good and evil.
Edit: Sorry I shouldnt have said small mind..was wrong of me. However lets think of it this way: God is testing our faith by showing us what is evil through a creature who is our equal. Not a creature who is powerful like him. The devil is not powerful...he only suggests..and people ...make the choice.
2006-11-08 03:00:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No,God is not satan.......The alpha(meaning the beginning)and the Omega(meaning the end) only means that he is the beginning of this mankind known as the world and the end.In other words he is everything,both in the beginning and the end....There is a satan, trust me....satan was once the most beautiful angel in heaven,but he got a haughty spirit and tried to be his own God,so God tossed him out of heaven and he roams the earth,thats where evil comes from,every evil thought that crosses your mind comes from satan.......God envisioned a perfect word,he created Adam and Eve,in the beautiful garden of Eden,but satan tempted the woman Eve with sin and she eat it and gave it to adam and he ate.They always say it was a apple,but no one really knows for sure..all we do know that god instructed them not to partake of the fruit of the tree of good and evil or their eyes would be opened ..........We are formed out of the image of God,but we are born in sin because of satans sin and adam and Eves sin.that is why we should repent and walk after God because our body is the temple of God,and we should shun evil....Did you know that god repented himself because he created Man? I do hope that this has answered some of your questions
2006-11-08 03:17:12 · answer #4 · answered by slickcut 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan was once an angel of god. Being jealous of him, he gathered a group of angels and rebeled against god. God sent Satan to hell, along with all his followers, now demons. Yes, we are somewhat a reflection of god. Adam and Eve were completly sinless, until Satan decieved them and persuaded them to eat a fruit god forbade to eat. Because of that, we are born with sin. But Satan was an angel, not god. Jealousy of him caused all this trouble. Interesting question though.
2006-11-08 03:03:29 · answer #5 · answered by Sammy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Saying God has sin is where you are COMPLETELY wrong - God has no sin - if God had sin He would not be perfect. A house divided never stands - and God stand now and forever.
So NO God is not Satan - read and study your Bible - stop trying to find ways to comfort yourself trying to defend your life style.
2006-11-08 03:03:18 · answer #6 · answered by Gladiator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God and Satan are NOT the same. God is over all including Satan.
2006-11-08 03:04:24 · answer #7 · answered by Texas T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the Bible refers to Jesus as the Alpha and the Omega it is using terms to describe God that we can understand. Alpha is the first letter of the Greek Alphabet; Omega is the last. The Bible is simply saying Jesus Christ, being eternal, is the beginning and the end, the first and the last. As for God sinning, it is impossible.
2006-11-08 04:56:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, God is not Satan...
But God made Satan, and Satan is doing God's will...
Sort of like your kid's math teacher is doing what he's supposed to do...even though your kid hates him, she's learnilng what she needs to know.
Yeah, I know, they've called me "Satan's daughter", too, and I am a devout Christian.
Go figure......
2006-11-08 03:15:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The short answer to your question is "nope."
The long answer to your question is this:
You are ignoring one very important detail. God gave Satan (a fallen angel originally named Lucifer) and humans a free will. He gave us the power to choose whether to do the right thing or the wrong thing. Satan chose the wrong thing, and all of us have chosen the wrong thing at one time or another.
Why would He give us a free will? Why wouldn't He just create us all to be good and follow Him and obey His every command?
Because He wanted someone to CHOOSE to follow Him. He wants to be loved and He wants people to choose to love Him. He wants people to choose Him, just like you do.
2006-11-08 03:03:03 · answer #10 · answered by I'll Try 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋