Which one gets all the credit and all the blame, dude?
Neither one of them can have it both ways. If god made the good then he made the bad too. If satan made the bad then he made the good too.
2006-12-15 07:19:33 · 5 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
2006-12-15 14:54:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created everything...and everything is under His dominion. He allows Satan his power, and limits as to what he can or cannot do.
Satan is the tempter, accuser and destroyer of mankind. He's not a cute little devil, he is the opitomy of evil my friend.
2006-12-15 15:26:51 · answer #2 · answered by TAHOE REALTOR 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here's the big secret that the church doesn't want you to know, they are both the same person.
2006-12-15 15:22:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
they're both more emo
2006-12-15 15:22:23 · answer #4 · answered by hot carl sagan: ninja for hire 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
julia?
2006-12-15 15:51:19 · answer #5 · answered by pop 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋