2006-12-15 14:08:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes
2006-12-15 14:10:05 · answer #1 · answered by chickenger 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No! Satan is an angel created by God. He was very powerful, and decided he was better than God, and wanted to be God. He made war, and had 1/3 of the angels team p with him. They were cast out of Heaven. Those angels that followed Satan are called fallen angels or demons. One day soon God will rip Satan and all his followers of any powers, and throw them forever in a lake of fire, and torment.
2006-12-15 14:14:46 · answer #2 · answered by friend 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
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 15:19:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Christianity, Satan is a fallen angel, so no.
I think of everything in the universe as being balanced, so there has to be bad to cancel good. So, in that sense, yes.
Of course, you could be an agnostic or an atheist, in which case the answer is also yes. They're both delusions. ;)
2006-12-15 14:14:56 · answer #4 · answered by adrienne06052 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, God is THE creator, and satan is a creation!
2006-12-15 14:12:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ah some believe that god is in all and satanist believe that satan is a force in nature so sure
2006-12-15 14:12:27 · answer #6 · answered by Laughing Man 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes early man's grey matter ....
2006-12-15 14:10:08 · answer #7 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋