2006-12-23 12:01:32 · 25 answers · asked by Atlas 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
that is correct--consider yourself confirmed
2006-12-23 12:05:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 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
2006-12-24 23:19:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All good things come from God only in the ultimate sense (James 1: 17). People are quite capable of doing, or producing, good. And in the same way, all evil, bad things come ultimately from Satan. But, we can create our own problems, or be subject to "time and unforeseen occurrence" (Ecclestiastes 9: 11).
2006-12-23 20:14:53 · answer #3 · answered by Charles d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. I am responsible for my own actions. If I blamed them on God then that is saying that I don't have my own agency. You notice that I am not calling it free agency or free will? It wasn't free. Jesus paid a dear price so that we can have the right to be good or bad. His death and resurrection was the price he paid.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
2006-12-23 20:13:38 · answer #4 · answered by TotallylovesTodd! 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everything good that comes to you is from God, and everything bad is from yourself.
2006-12-23 20:03:02 · answer #5 · answered by onewhosubmits 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the answer to everything bad is 'Satan made me do it!'.
2006-12-23 20:03:52 · answer #6 · answered by fatherf.lotski 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends how you view god as god! Everything is done acording to his will. His ways are not your ways. What you think is bad might not be bad.
2006-12-23 20:10:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no satan may influence you but everyone has a conscious which has to decide to do the good or bad
2006-12-23 20:04:32 · answer #8 · answered by E.T.01 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily, we must remember that nothing happens but GOD allows it.
That's sometimes hard to accept but then again sometimes we get what we really deserve don't we?
2006-12-23 20:03:50 · answer #9 · answered by drg5609 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People like to blame evil on the devil, but it comes from themselves and their unwillingness to do the will of God.
2006-12-23 20:09:08 · answer #10 · answered by The Gadfly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sociological tendency in Christian groups to attatch the ability to influence or even create to their 'devil' is interesting to me. It seems to diminish the status they give their 'creator' more than they realize.
2006-12-23 20:12:32 · answer #11 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋